Pepsi Submariner, What If?.....

[eonflux]

Functionally, a 60 min bezel with 15-45 min one color and the other half another doesn't really make sense.
A countdown bezel with maybe the last 15 min in another color could make sense, but a bezel 1/4 one color and 3/4 another color would look odd.

[RolexAuthority]

If your under water for 15mins with that on then least your definitely in the red zone

[zama]

Why??????

[Cru Jones]

:-(

[Rashid.bk]

Originally Posted by rossk35

So why is this ok?

Well, obviously the bi-color bezel denotes day and night. That's it's functionality as a multi time zone watch.

Originally Posted by rossk35

And this isn't? I don't get it. Both look good. Yes, rolex won't make it, but still it looks great.

This is an atrocity which while serving no functionality may even be dangerous in the context of a dive watch. By splitting the colors in half on a dive bezel you are drawing attention in a non functional way to parts of the bezel that have no useful information in your diving context.

If perhaps the colors started at 12 and finished at 3 o'clock relative to the dial then that would make sense from a timing and function perspective. As such you are ruining an icon and loosing functionality of the bezel while embarrassingly using the features of another icon in completely wrong context.

That Submariner looks terrible, absolutely fake and makes me think bad thoughts about a fellow human.

[travisb]

No thanks.

[RazorD]

I do like that red script though.

[TheVTCGuy]

"You are a man haunted by those two most terrible words...... What If...."


(Name the Movie)

Oh, and as for having a Pepsi Sub

[Blackdog]

Originally Posted by Rashid.bk

This is an atrocity which while serving no functionality may even be dangerous in the context of a dive watch. By splitting the colors in half on a dive bezel you are drawing attention in a non functional way to parts of the bezel that have no useful information in your diving context.

Well, to be fair, 10 mts underwater it will all look black-ish anyway...

But I agree the half/half split doesn't make sense in a diving bezel. Something like red on the 0-15 (or 20)mins would make functional sense. Like this:


But on a different note, it's amazing how conditioned we are. Most of us see a pepsi bezel on a Sub and feel immediate rejection, pretty much the same thing with a Jubilee. But somehow we feel that those same things look perfectly correct on a GMT !! Frankly, the two watches are almost identical in aesthetic design...

[CRM114]

Originally Posted by rossk35

So why is this ok?


And this isn't? I don't get it. Both look good. Yes, rolex won't make it, but still it looks great.

Well, because it's taking an iconic, significant feature (blue/red Pan Am bi-colored bezel) that is functional (denotes day/night) and unique to the GMT Master since its inception and slapping it on another model for no reason.

It looks as good as if you threw a dive bezel on a Datejust and makes as much functional sense as an HEV on a Cellini.

[nickpan]

Well it doesn't look wrong, it's just a slight difference in hands. Could easily be my GMTs twin! So it doesn't offend my eyes
And functionality...I've been wearing divers watches all my life, I love 'em! I'm also a poor swimmer, and wouldn't dream of going in the sea, for fear of trampling something wriggly, sharp, or venemous :)
I wonder what percentage of "you can't dive with that" bought a divers watch for diving. With.

[Dante221]

that's supposed to be a RED Submariner dial???
with outlined hour markers???
It's not only a franken-rolex , but a fake franken as well.
Dante

[brandrea]

[beshannon]

Great for people that want to tell others that they have a fake watch, it certainly looks fake.

[stil]

No thanks. I don't even care for the LV. The sub bezel is supposed to be black.

[Dan Pierce]

Never has my GMT been used so many times on a thread I wasn't even aware of.
dP

[94chas]

That's just wrong.

[ColRam425]

Cool thought but I always thought that the whole point of the dual-colored GMT bezels was to visually separate day from night on the 24 hour bezel. I've always noticed the darker is always night and the lighter is always day. That's why it just doesn't work for a diver's watch with minute markers on the bezel.

[mfer]

Originally Posted by Rolextix

Sushi doesn't taste as good coming up than going down.

Name something that does!

[AK797]

Originally Posted by RayRay

negative ghostrider

Yup this watch is writing checks it's bezel can't cash!

[subtona]

No

[Swearengen]

No 1000f 300m Red subs either

Originally Posted by Dante221

that's supposed to be a RED Submariner dial???
with outlined hour markers???
It's not only a franken-rolex , but a fake franken as well.
Dante

[Jaycnyp]

That's like putting maple syrup on pasta. Both things are great but not together

[tfduff723]

What if?

My question is why?

What function would a night/day color combo serve on a dive watch besides the look?

[joe100]

See, I like it.

[tfduff723]

Originally Posted by Jaycnyp

That's like putting maple syrup on pasta. Both things are great but not together

They are if you're Will Ferrell in "Elf"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS8MegEiKLk

[RazorD]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

"You are a man haunted by those two most terrible words...... What If...."


(Name the Movie)

Oh, and as for having a Pepsi Sub

Time Machine

[TheVTCGuy]

Originally Posted by RazorD

Time Machine

DING DING DING DING DING DING..... We have a winner!

[El Cascarrabias]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

For one thing, the red and blue denotes day and night on the 24 hour bezel. On the sub it's just for show. Pointless.

Exactly!

It doesn't fit the purpose of the Sub.

Some may like the looks but it's wrong on a deeper level. Just wrong!

[watchdawg]

I don't think so.