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Old 28 October 2014, 03:03 PM   #1
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Hi Guys, hope everyone is well. My watch has now been discontinued, what are your thoughts on this? Good, bad or indifferent? I absolutely love my watch and am a little surprised its been discontinued. Any ideas why this happens and if it will have much of an impact? Thanks in advance people.

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Old 28 October 2014, 03:06 PM   #2
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Hi Guys, hope everyone is well. My watch has now been discontinued, what are your thoughts on this? Good, bad or indifferent? I absolutely love my watch and am a little surprised its been discontinued. Any with ideas why this happens and if it will have much of an impact? Thanks in advance people.

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Is the model a secret or can you share it with me Adam?

I have a few discontinued models (6) and I don't think of it as a problem.
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Old 28 October 2014, 03:12 PM   #4
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Old 28 October 2014, 03:16 PM   #5
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Eventually they're all discontinued. Most of mine are. I've never even tought about it, it means nothing to me.

Enjoy it!
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Old 28 October 2014, 03:19 PM   #6
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Eventually they're all discontinued. Most of mine are. I've never even tought about it, it means nothing to me.

Enjoy it!
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Old 28 October 2014, 03:20 PM   #7
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Hi Guys, hope everyone is well. My watch has now been discontinued, what are your thoughts on this? Good, bad or indifferent? I absolutely love my watch and am a little surprised its been discontinued. Any with ideas why this happens and if it will have much of an impact? Thanks in advance people.

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You've said it yourself. You LOVE it. You've bought it cos' you've loved it. That all that matters, really.

I wouldn't put much concern over what the if/else are. If I like something, it stays with me. I don't care even if it becomes a museum piece or a collectors'.
If your concern is about serviceability, it's a mechanical timepiece, rolex would take care of it, else there's always the independent. To add, it's just quite recently been discontinued, so not much reason to worry, really..

Enjoy it!
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Old 28 October 2014, 03:22 PM   #8
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Oh no!
The last thing you want is a discontinued Rolex
The value is plummeting at this moment, but I'd be willing to do a clean trade for a current undiscontinuable Sub C date !
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Old 28 October 2014, 03:29 PM   #9
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Thanks for the input so far people. I am not concerned about value or anything, I was more interested in why, when its such a wonderful timepiece. In a way I like the fact that its not available anymore, becomes a little more unique. :)
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Old 28 October 2014, 03:34 PM   #10
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Old 28 October 2014, 03:35 PM   #11
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Old 28 October 2014, 03:43 PM   #12
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Lovely watch. Fun 'problem' to have! :)
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Old 28 October 2014, 04:00 PM   #13
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Thanks, and indeed!
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Old 28 October 2014, 04:08 PM   #14
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Actually my Birthday today, celebrating in KSA sucks! Will save it for my next visit to Dubai in just over a week ;)
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Old 28 October 2014, 04:09 PM   #15
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That watch was replaced with the sunburst dial which doesn't have the diamond option yet....it is still available on the black dial (diamond option). I had a brand new in box one of these that was a V serial and traded it in at an AD a couple of weeks ago.....its not discontinued, the dial options changed. It is still a 116613
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Old 28 October 2014, 04:16 PM   #16
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Forgive my ignorance, but whats the difference between my dial and the sunburst dial? Thanks
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Old 28 October 2014, 04:26 PM   #17
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Forgive my ignorance, but whats the difference between my dial and the sunburst dial? Thanks
No worries at all.....the sunburst dial has the same effect as the hulk...if you look at the 16613 Blue sub pictures on line you will see that there is more of a patterned sheen or reflection from the light as opposed to the flatter blue on your dial.

Some people prefer the blue you have, others prefer the new...totally personal preference.

However I do think that the bezel color is different on the new one too to match the dial but I could be totally wrong on this one.

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Old 28 October 2014, 04:34 PM   #18
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Oh okay i see. Thanks for clearing that up for me. :)
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Old 28 October 2014, 04:37 PM   #19
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Oh okay i see. Thanks for clearing that up for me. :)
You bet....however, one day that might be a super collectible watch! No one knows but it was only produced for around 4-5 years I believe with that blue.

She sure is beautiful!
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Old 28 October 2014, 04:49 PM   #20
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I love it! I have a feeling if you add diamonds to the sunburst it would be too much, although I could be wrong, will have to wait and see what rolex has in the pipeline in regards to adding diamonds to it.
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Old 28 October 2014, 04:54 PM   #21
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Actually my Birthday today, celebrating in KSA sucks! Will save it for my next visit to Dubai in just over a week ;)
Happy Birthday, I am not far away in Doha. I'll have a beer tonight to celebrate your birthday

Nice watch by the way.
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Old 28 October 2014, 05:15 PM   #22
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Thanks Pangit! I cant wait for my first cold one.
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Old 28 October 2014, 06:37 PM   #23
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If rolex did the sunburst dial with diamonds and I liked it even more, would I be able to have it installed into mine or would that be out of the question? Thanks again
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Old 28 October 2014, 06:45 PM   #24
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If rolex did the sunburst dial with diamonds and I liked it even more, would I be able to have it installed into mine or would that be out of the question? Thanks again
An official RSC would not do it but if you were able to source the new dial, you could have a watchmaker install it on your existing model.
Personally not a fan of altering Rolex from their original state.
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Old 28 October 2014, 06:54 PM   #25
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Yeah, i would only have it done if Rolex did it. I agree with you on that, was just thinking.
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Old 28 October 2014, 07:31 PM   #26
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Thanks for the input so far people. I am not concerned about value or anything, I was more interested in why, when its such a wonderful timepiece. In a way I like the fact that its not available anymore, becomes a little more unique. :)
Its a nice watch but in the real world TT watches or diamond type watches are not thought of as being collectible whether discontinued or not.Main thing is you like your watch as to be unique doubtful,I would expect there is more than one it this world, so wear in in good health that's far more important.
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Old 29 October 2014, 02:03 AM   #27
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That watch was replaced with the sunburst dial which doesn't have the diamond option yet....it is still available on the black dial (diamond option). I had a brand new in box one of these that was a V serial and traded it in at an AD a couple of weeks ago.....its not discontinued, the dial options changed. It is still a 116613

Last fall 2013, Rolex did discontinue all Submariners with diamond dials, both the black, and blue, for all models including the full gold watches.

Happy Birthday Adam! Beautiful Submariner!
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Old 29 October 2014, 02:12 AM   #28
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Last fall 2013, Rolex did discontinue all Submariners with diamond dials, both the black, and blue, for all models including the full gold watches.

Happy Birthday Adam! Beautiful Submariner!
Ooops....I do believe that is correct! My apologies for the misinformation.
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Old 29 October 2014, 02:13 AM   #29
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Less of them out there! Very cool!
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Old 29 October 2014, 02:15 AM   #30
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I have never seen a 116613 with a diamond dial before. I think it's really cool. Enjoy it!
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