Let's hear some serious Baselworld 2019 Rolex predictions

[kingflum]

Originally Posted by LesserBlackDog

SS YM with ceramic bezel insert... I hope.

This would be immense! I reckon SS Coke on Oyster, not Jubilee. This will be the BLNR replacement. I dont see them issuing both non-black ceramics on Jubilee... it will be BLRO jubilee, NORO (RONO?) on Oyster!

[Harry-57]

Originally Posted by kauffee

I’m actually hoping Rolex follows the trend and pulls out of Baselworld. It would be more fun to have them release their new watches randomly throughout the year when they are done. Right now we get new releases on one day per year, then have to wait another year for anything new.

Then we could have a couple of "What's coming next?", "When will the next one come?" and "I am reliably informed that the next...." threads every hour.

Something to look forward to

[Sublovin]

Panda dial Daytona SS

[codester]

Milgauss is way overdue for an update. Probably be upgraded to resist 20,000 gauss to put it back in front of the Omega offerings. Upgraded movements across the board.

[037]

Originally Posted by Sublovin

Panda dial Daytona SS

Silver like a 6263? That would be great.

[MilgaussBe]

I'm pretty sure all new GMT line-up with the updated mouvement. I'm very curious about what types of coloring there will be in the bezels and usage of the updated Jubilee bracelet. Return of the Coke?


Maybe a new sub with new mouvement and redesigned case?
Milgauss update or discontinuation?
More Oysterflex on PM sports models?
PM ceramic Daytona?

[Jsanders1985]

Originally Posted by brucethemanlee

Datejust 39MM

DJ 41 is 39mm

[m j b]

Originally Posted by Cru Jones

New movement Sub in SS, with one of the options being blue with sunburst.

Now that is something that I'd like to get!

Me, personally, I predict that the BLNR will get the new GMT movement.

[t65tampa]

Submariner on Oysterflex. That's a fact. :)

[Eric-London]

Originally Posted by venron

I am saying COKE on a Jubilee

In white gold for a couple of years.
Followed by a SS model with oyster bracelet in 2021.

[Speedbird-1]

Originally Posted by venron

I am saying COKE on a Jubilee

Going a tad radical there, aren't you Venron?

[cvo]

Coke on oyster Glidelock please. I know it is zero probability but it is fun to imagine. When it happens, I will need to pickup a Glidelock bracelet as I believe it should be compatible.

[ALF61]

No Coke this year. Batman upgraded to 3285.

[lamnyc]

Reversed panda Daytona in platinum. Single red line sub with new movement.

[Boba Fett]

Coke on oyster wg.
Sub date in platinum red dial and bezel.
Air-king new dials, old discontinued.
Daytona, ceramic bezels throughout.
Explorer, nothing.
Explorer 2, ceramic bezel.
Some expansion of newer 32xx movements all round.
New model line: office dweller. Exactly like the sub but with more accurate name.

[jsausley]

Originally Posted by Boba Fett

New model line: office dweller. Exactly like the sub but with more accurate name.

Don't forget the rubberized clasp to protect from keyboard scratches.

[MinMay]

Red Submariner is coming on maxi-case.

[Sarosh]

Oysterflex to be made available on SS sports watches.

[CPRWATCH]

Tudor BB58 date with Cyclops .I would be knocking my ADs door down for one of these .

[River]

Originally Posted by Giangos

Titanium coke!
The collective groan would reverberate from Basel to Brazil


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Diet coke


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[MTBer]

Originally Posted by codester

Milgauss is way overdue for an update. Probably be upgraded to resist 20,000 gauss to put it back in front of the Omega offerings. Upgraded movements across the board.

I'm doubtful...in order to make a watch that would beat Omega's 15,000 Gauss rating, Rolex would have to follow Omega's lead and create a movement inherently resistant to magnetism. There's no way they would devote so much to developing such a movement solely for the Milgauss, so to make it make sense economically it would have to become their 'standard' movement used in virtually all watches, much like what Omega is doing with their METAS 8800/8900 movements. If that were to happen, the Milgauss would lose its functional identity entirely.

The only way to keep the Milgauss line relevant would be to make further modifications so that its antimagnetic rating would exceed that of the rest of the Rolex line...doubtful anyone would really need such a watch, but the success of the DeepSea and its hilariously-unnecessary-for-something-worn-on-a-human depth rating prove that such an incredible engineering accomplishment is still valued, even if its overkill.

[JacksonStone]

Originally Posted by MTBer

The only way to keep the Milgauss line relevant would be to make further modifications so that its antimagnetic rating would exceed that of the rest of the Rolex line...doubtful anyone would really need such a watch, but the success of the DeepSea and its hilariously-unnecessary-for-something-worn-on-a-human depth rating prove that such an incredible engineering accomplishment is still valued, even if its overkill.

Do we know what the 32xx movement's antimagnetic rating is? The 31xx already had the Parachrom hairspring, and Rolex implies the newer movement increases magnetic resistance by making the escapement out of nickel-phosphorus. However, I've not seen any mention of a gauss-resistance rating. Would simply taking a relatively anti-magnetic movement and casing it up inside iron add to its magnetic resistance in any meaningful way?

Asked another way, is there a way to make the Milgauss more antimagnetic than the 32xx-based watches without completely redoing the movement? If not, is there even a point to the watch any more?

[usc89]

Originally Posted by Sublovin

Panda dial Daytona SS

That would be amazing.

[exador]

Lots of predictions for SS Coke. Same as the last 4 years

[Brian7708]

Originally Posted by kingflum

I dont see them issuing both non-black ceramics on Jubilee... it will be BLRO jubilee, NORO (RONO?) on Oyster!

Good point. This makes sense

[Tangier11]

I remember reading somewhere so question of Rolex downsizing the lugs on the Sub and or GMT? Anyone know anything about this?

[JacksonRain]

Originally Posted by JacksonStone

Fair enough. I'll make/add to the same predictions I have in every other Basel '19 thread up to now. (There's been more than one.)

- Better than 50% chance a new Submariner drops. Will be the 12661x, with 3235 movement. Following the pattern of the GMT this year, case refinements will be minimal, and virtually indiscernible from the 11661x series. Because of this, Rolex will put out new metal/color combos, and will not update existing models this year. If this holds true, then updates of existing models will begin in 2020. A red line on black dial will not happen until at least 2028.

- Hulk will be missing from the catalog price list, resuming a frenzy of speculation it has been discontinued, which will endure up until Basel '20, when it actually does get phased out.

- The existing 11671x GMTs will begin to be updated with the 3285. 33% chance BLNR is discontinued outright. 33% chance it will receive new movement and be reissued as the 126710 BLNR. 33% chance it isn't due for any change until a later Basel. 1% chance something else happens I didn't think of.

- Coke fanboys will continue to predict it will happen, only to be as bitterly disappointed as Star Wars fans in the '90s who had faith the Lucas prequels wouldn't suck.

- More DJ combos.

- Rolex will do something else to piss off PM owners.

- Yachtmaster, yadda yadda. (Rolex has no clear idea what that line should look like, so why should I?)

- No new Explorer II until 2021, which will be its 50th anniversary. All Photoshop mockups of a ceramic version between now and then will only serve as big clock-teases for the people dying to see it happen. (See Lucas-prequel simile above.)

- None of the above will be available at ADs before Basel '20, except for the DJs, which will be available at an AD near you beginning March 27, 2019.

- Some newbie will start another Basel '19 thread, claiming this one is tired, and all effort put in here will be buried and forgotten.

I see no reason to post anything on this topic after this fine and comprehensive contribution :)

[jimbones43]

Yacht master II with larger letters on bezel...,

[ltmgeller]

Ceramic bezeled explorer II would be sick.

[vipereaper30]

Originally Posted by venron

I am saying COKE on a Jubilee

This, in platinum thank you very much.