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21 July 2018, 12:26 AM | #31 |
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Obviously the date on the warranty card is not the date is was produced.
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21 July 2018, 01:00 AM | #33 |
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Are you talking about a 116660 vs a 126660?
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21 July 2018, 01:21 AM | #34 | |
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Who buys watches they like anymore....those are the rare people now. Maybe since we like differentiating so much and separating ourselves from peasant regular Rolex owners we could call the real watch lovers The -wis savant- now. |
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21 July 2018, 01:41 AM | #35 |
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Welcome to "Rolex Commodity Trading" - Easier and more profitable then buying Gold now a days
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21 July 2018, 02:49 AM | #36 |
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For clarity:-
I adore this model and have done since the first time I saw it and that is the driving motivation behind the question. Prior to any major purchase I always carry out thorough due diligence. I only found out there was a Mark 1 and 2 face yesterday which I wouldn't have known unless I had done this. The year and dial may not make one bit of difference no one really knows but if I can buy any of the versions for the same price I am going to go for the 2017 Mark 1 dial. Personally I think a 2017 or 18 Mark 1 dial will be the version to have as that face is the limited 1 year run model (no crown between swiss made) but only time will tell. Either way I cannot wait to get it and start enjoying it for what it is first and foremost... A gorgeous looking watch. Thank you for the feedback everyone, positive and sarcastic! |
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If anyone is interested one of the Jacksonville Mayors got a SD43 in last night, not sure if its a MK1 or MK2. Got the call, but already got mine elsewhere.
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21 July 2018, 06:28 AM | #38 |
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21 July 2018, 06:37 AM | #39 |
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21 July 2018, 06:40 AM | #40 |
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doesn't matter, but please can we stop?
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21 July 2018, 06:44 AM | #41 |
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21 July 2018, 06:56 AM | #42 |
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How is 2018 within the 12 months of the 2017 anniversary year? Do you mean it was probably manufactured in 2017? Maybe, but we'll never know for sure, the random serial number won't give us a clue. A SD43 bought in 2017 however is guaranteed to have left the factory in 2017.
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21 July 2018, 07:13 AM | #43 |
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The sd43 was the end of march 2017 then rolled out april/ may , were not talking jan - dec 2017 . So a jan-march 2018 MK1 would still be a anniversary dial ? but this is only my thought process.
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21 July 2018, 07:37 AM | #44 |
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u must have meant "its not a limited edition".... since sd43 with mk1 dial was manufactured for a "limited" time (hence, limited run)
Rolex doesn't do limited edition like Omega. They make slight changes, especially on the dial, that WIS go ga-ga over.
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I would not buy any modern mass produced watch with “collectibility” in mind. The truth is no one can predict what reference will become so in the future.
I would venture a guess and say that not a single buyer had collectibility in mind when they purchased their Paul Newman Daytonas. Buy what you like, wear it and enjoy it and maybe if you get lucky your watch will become a lot more valuable in the future. |
21 July 2018, 08:46 AM | #46 |
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True
Probably more true. |
21 July 2018, 09:01 AM | #47 |
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isn't it true that w/ the random serial numbers you don't know when the watch was made?...if so then you are "dating" the 2017 vs. 2018 by the papers only, which means only when the AD sold the watch, not when it was made...my understanding is that the rolex crown/coronet between swiss and made indicates a later production
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21 July 2018, 09:11 AM | #48 |
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My warranty card says June 2017. I would venture to guess it's a MK1 and true Anniversary.
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21 July 2018, 09:17 AM | #49 |
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oh, and i got mine in june 2018, and it has the original mk1 dial with no crown...so the date of purchase will be irrelevant
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Right now, nearly 15 months and counting after release, they are still being received with a mk1 dial. But to be fair, f-serial 16610lvs were available into 2004 (January, 2004 is when I bought mine) and they still command a premium because of the bezel distinction. So even if the 126600 mk1 isn’t a sincere one-year deal, they still may still hold some extra value consideration relative to their mkx counterparts. Who knows right? Nice watch the sd43 is. But for my money, I’ll take a 116600 if I’m making a bet on collectibility. Whatever your thoughts are on the 126600 - sea dweller purists or not - the fact is that the 116600, as an entire flippin reference, was produced for 30 months. It sparsely sold during that 30 months. And it represents the last time that a traditional sea dweller silhouette was available. |
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21 July 2018, 09:38 AM | #51 |
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To the best of any of our knowledge, watches are still being received with mk1 dials. That can be a function of still exhausting old dials during the production process or Rolex can be exhausting the last of 126600s in the supply chain.
But what we don’t know is that mk1 dials are done. Until all incomings are mk2, we can just guess. |
21 July 2018, 05:47 PM | #52 |
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Rolex are 100% only printing crown dials and if we go back to the first sighting we can almost date stamp it as the end of May . So the new dial was probably ramping up in March/April what with re tooling and distribution . If you consider a service takes 3 months you can start to see the picture that from a printed dial to a completed watch could have a leed time of 3 months . I’m not collecting watches and my SD 43 is a daily but if I was collecting this would be the one to go for .
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There is NO mark2 dial. The picture of the coronet between Swiss made is photoshopped. If there is in fact a mark 2 for 2018 then why have we only seen the entirety of only two photos of this dial on the entire worldwide web? I think it’s a hoax. Some fool is pulling your legs people!
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With that said, I do find it interesting that we are near September, 2018 and all incomings (here at least) are still with “Swiss made” on the dial. The watch was announced in March, 2017 and owners were taking delivery in May, 2017. I don’t think the “Swiss made” iteration can fairly be called anything resembling an “anniversary” dial offering given the lateness into the “year after” (2018) and the reference is still being received as it was the year before (2017 - actual anniversary year). With that said, for the benefit of owners, and those who rushed to be a part of the mk1 ownership experience, here’s to hoping that the dial, in fact, changed. On Rolex’ website, it’s still “Swiss made” for whatever that’s worth. |
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18 August 2018, 06:17 PM | #58 |
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Has anyone actually received a MK2 dial yet?
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18 August 2018, 06:18 PM | #59 |
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I don't even want to know, pffff
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its just hallucination, nothing has changed.
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