Anybody Up for a SS Smurf ? Out of the Cards ?

[Roll the Lex]

Originally Posted by watchwatcher

Not gonna happen. Whatever they do, you can count on there will be no falling of prices.

Not gonna happen in me picking it up? The wife would agree with you 100%!

[belutak]

Originally Posted by Bigblu10

If Rolex offered a SS Sub w/Blue dial, who would buy the WG/YG Blue dial Subs? C'mon, this would be a bad business decision. I think you all can dream, but in reality this is not going to happen.

Absolutely... unless they DO want to kill the slow selling (albeit wonderfull) Smurf?


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[Number3]

[belutak]

Originally Posted by j-watch

Kind of a douche way to put that, don't ya think? Case in point, I can afford to wear a full gold sport watch, but I prefer the feel and lighter weight of the SS. Does that make me a "poser"?



Conversely, I'm not one to give a rats ass what someone else has on their wrist. If they're happy, I'm happy!

You do not but many and big many other do give a ... And WG Smurf is something unique in Rolex portfolio, completely different to any other sub.


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[belutak]

Originally Posted by Mystro

I honestly think a yellow 18K Sub with the LVc green dial will be the best new luxury diving watch look. The green and yellow is such a natural color combo and will look good on everybody’s wrist. Blue has been done to death IMO. Rolex has shown it can do other colors equally as well.

You mean like a YG green dial day date? Now this sounds more interesting, indeed...


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[TswaneNguni]

Smurf blue not for me .It will be chased into 2 to 2.5x MRSP though,that's for sure.......The von Grey family cant wait !!

I dont think they will use the sunburst dial on ss or wg versions.Will be kept for TT and YG .Perhaps a darker flat blue ? That would look good .

Rolex don't do what you want,they do what they do .That's why they are so successful .Ironic.

Everybody chases ss because the pm models are out of reach for most.

I think a ss Sub Red is more likely .Slight changes to case and bracelet .New movement perhaps.

[Goin2drt]

I would be in except they will sell them all to gray dealers and they will jack up the price too close to PM just like the BLRO so I wouldn’t actually buy one.

[TswaneNguni]

More than stockmarkets effect a smurfie ss Sub will have a greater effect on BLNR and BLRO going up or down ...

[rambo99]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Likewise.

I'm also hoping at Basel 2019 they'll release an updated Hulk with the new upgraded movement.

that would mean discontinuation of the hulk!

[athens7]

+1 for Number3's dark blue version.

[rambo99]

Originally Posted by athens7

+1 for Number3's dark blue version.

rolex should set msrp of this watch to > 12,000USD to be realistic.

[Calatrava r]

I think the Pepsi GMT in SS put a big damper on sales of the gold model which never was a good seller anyway. To create an identical blue dial sub in SS would do the exact to the current WG Sub. I think Rolex wants the WG Sub to remain in the line so a SS version would be something other than blue in my view.

[emtee]

I would sell both of my kidneys for a SS steel smurf. Then again I should probably aim for the white gold one for both of them.

[sager]

I would definitely jump on a SS Smurf. But only if it had the same flat blue dial. Not a fan of sunburst.

[elee617]

Originally Posted by Number3

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Like I said before, it would be Rolex's first sports model in all blue steel. Blue Steel aka, the "Derek Zoolander."

It would literally be their "one look" at an all blue steel sports. And we'd have absolutely "no look" at getting one as it would set the Rolex world on fire.

Ed

[dollar919]

Originally Posted by sager

I would definitely jump on a SS Smurf. But only if it had the same flat blue dial. Not a fan of sunburst.

Was thinking the same, sunbust belongs on TT

[ALF61]

Originally Posted by dollar919

Was thinking the same, sunbust belongs on TT

?? What about the green sunburst on the SS Hulk ?

[superstarmar]

Originally Posted by scottwmitch

This! A sunburst blue would be amazing.

The list would be 100 years long...
I think a Sunburst Blue Dial SS Sub would bag the
BLRO and the Mighty Daytona C...

[rominvicta]

To each his own. Me, I would go ahead only and if blue is sunburst. Flat blue Smurf is a no like to me at all.

[Horatio]

Originally Posted by Bigblu10

No joke. It won't happen. It would kill gold Sub sales. Why would Rolex want 35k gold Subs to sit and collect dust?

WOW. Someone has started on the booze early for NYE!!

[T3F]

Originally Posted by Number3

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Would LOVE this. I don’t think I’d buy a SS smurf if thenbezel and dial were the same as they are now on the WG model — the blue is too bright for me, and I’d prefer a sunburst dial.

[A.I.]

Originally Posted by emtee

I would sell both of my kidneys for a SS steel smurf. Then again I should probably aim for the white gold one for both of them.

Where can I join the queue? SS Smurf - flat blue

[edyu]

Originally Posted by Rolex addict

It wouldn’t make me mad. Posers can have their SS and pretend to be a big boy with a solid gold watch. When it’s on your wrist, you know. Hard to fake the weight of gold. Personally, I would rather see a platinum sub than another SS version.

Agreed. Once I go PM it’s hard to go back to SS. And the shine of the metal is different too. Not a fan of pt sub though. Sub is already big and heavy in gold.


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[Nikrnic]

Originally Posted by j-watch

I agree completely! In fact, I'd be all over a new Sub with the sunburst blue dial and cerachrome blue bezel, full updated with new movements and BCL's. A new sub altogether. I agree that to simply make a SS version of the exact model probably doesn't make sense, or anyone happy.

And offer it as a no-date, then I'd be in.

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[HogwldFLTR]

What would be Rolex's motive for this? Are they having a problem selling the bezels and dials? Do they need more Sub sales? Do they need to frustrate WG owners? While they're at it the might as well put the Playtona dial and bezel on a SS Daytona. I can't see a sub with enough changes from WG to SS that would allow for two distinct models. For the BLRO they changed bracelets; I guess they could put an OF on the sub in SS. That might make for greater profit on the pieces.

[dkg1616]

You mean something like this?

https://www.truefacet.com/rolex-subm...+New+Year+2019

[JacksonStone]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

What would be Rolex's motive for this? Are they having a problem selling the bezels and dials? Do they need more Sub sales? Do they need to frustrate WG owners? .

They weren't having a problem selling GMTs, either, but they did release new versions with new movements, and had no problem frustrating WG owners in the process.

What Rolex does need is to keep moving forward. It's true that they're not having a problem selling their sports models, but without forward progress (as in, updating a 30-plus year old movement design), eventually it would start to look like they're resting on their laurels and not living up to their reputation, much as it started to look when they were still making tuna-can bracelets while brands like Breitling and Panerai were running circles around them in that department. So they will be moving forward with the new movement, and it only stands to reason they will be releasing something visually new when they do it. A blue-on-steel Sub that has a different hue, and is therefore visually distinctive from the Smurf, is a plausible way they could go, though hardly a sure thing.

[Jimcover]

Originally Posted by yhzdude

i would not buy a smurf but i would buy this..

The shark!

[Calatrava r]

Originally Posted by yhzdude

i would not buy a smurf but i would buy this..

I do not like that. Too much contrast. The Smurf is much more pleasing.

[Calatrava r]

Originally Posted by Number3

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The green Sub currently in production is far more attractive to me.