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Old 17 February 2015, 11:07 AM   #1
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If you could design your own Rolex...
What would it be?

Me?? I would take the classic Submariner (16610/14060M) case and dial, put a modern ceramic bezel on it, and fit it with the glide-lock bracelet... and just for posterity, would print "SUBMARINER" in red....
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Old 17 February 2015, 11:15 AM   #2
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A Day Date SkyDweller without the GMT Dial
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Old 17 February 2015, 11:39 AM   #3
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GMTIIc - all get legible GMT hands (no more green...)
Glidelock clasp a custom option on all watches if you want to wait for your order from Rolex
1/2 link removable standard on all watches
bring back the green dialed sub with the black face.
make the new GMTIIc BLRO reasonable in price with stainless model
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Old 17 February 2015, 11:41 AM   #4
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Modern Daytona with a panda PN dial.
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Old 17 February 2015, 11:45 AM   #5
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Modern Daytona with a panda PN dial.
TOTALLY!!!! With a black 200 unit ceramic bezel!
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Old 17 February 2015, 12:55 PM   #6
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A platinum DSSD! Yeah baby!!!
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Old 17 February 2015, 12:57 PM   #7
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A modern reissue of the panda dial Daytona does sound great.
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Old 18 February 2015, 03:42 AM   #8
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A modern reissue of the panda dial Daytona does sound great.
That's what I'm talking about!

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Old 17 February 2015, 01:39 PM   #9
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I think an updated jubilee bracelet on the GMT IIc. I would pull the trigger on that.
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Old 17 February 2015, 01:44 PM   #10
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Old 18 February 2015, 03:46 AM   #11
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A modern 6062
You beat me to it!
I love complications - I'm hoping for a (sensibly priced) moon-phase Rolex from Basel in a couple of weeks.
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Old 18 February 2015, 04:16 AM   #12
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You beat me to it!
I love complications - I'm hoping for a (sensibly priced) moon-phase Rolex from Basel in a couple of weeks.
Not likely my friend, but I sure would love it.....
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Old 17 February 2015, 01:45 PM   #13
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An ultra-thin datejust, 36mm with moon phase, silver dial, oyster bracelet in stainless steel, domed acrylic crystal, gold applied markers and a cyclops of course.
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Old 17 February 2015, 01:46 PM   #14
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Great prospects!
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Old 17 February 2015, 01:51 PM   #15
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Old 17 February 2015, 01:54 PM   #16
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A modern day version of GMT 6542.
38mm case, sapphire bezel, gilt dial, etc
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Old 17 February 2015, 02:33 PM   #17
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SS Daytona with black ceramic bezel and black ringed sub-dials like the Zenith Daytona had.

That would be sh*t-hot. I would flip my 116520 in a heartbeat for that.
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Old 17 February 2015, 11:26 PM   #18
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SS Daytona with black ceramic bezel and black ringed sub-dials like the Zenith Daytona had.

That would be sh*t-hot. I would flip my 116520 in a heartbeat for that.

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Old 17 February 2015, 02:50 PM   #19
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I would live to see a GMT with a white dial and a ceramic bezel. Blue red or blue white possibly.
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Old 17 February 2015, 10:13 PM   #20
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I would live to see a GMT with a white dial and a ceramic bezel. Blue red or blue white possibly.
As I've said before this is how they could actually make an ss BLRO.
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Old 18 February 2015, 02:02 AM   #21
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As I've said before this is how they could actually make an ss BLRO.
They could but traditionally the white face GMT has been a rare gift to executives of Pan Am. If they did a whiteface GMT I would imagine it would PM or very limited. I just don't think they make this historically exclusive design and put it out for mass production.

That being said the white face GMT is a grail and I would love a white face GMT.

I'd like to see a return to the Air King. It was originally a big watch made for Allies Air Pilots, I'd like to see it re-released as a big watch for fighter pilots -- 44mm no date. Misc wish list: Platinum Sub Platinum GMT, Platinum SkyD. Curved Sapphire for the entire crystal on the SD.
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Old 17 February 2015, 08:51 PM   #22
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DJ II 116334, everything is perfect but I would love to make it 44 MM in size
BLNR, keep as is but size would be 44 MM
I don't have a 326938 SKY DWELLER but I want to say a few thing on it as it is my grail watch
I would make it bigger so as to keep GMT ring in aligned well from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock position and add markers in numbers like slate dial DJ II models
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Old 17 February 2015, 10:11 PM   #23
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A TRF special edition SS BLRO.
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Old 18 February 2015, 01:49 AM   #24
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A TRF special edition SS BLRO.
A TRF edition would be awesome
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Old 18 February 2015, 01:17 PM   #25
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A TRF special edition SS BLRO.
X2 All the way !!!
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Old 17 February 2015, 11:20 PM   #26
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Blue dial/bezel on a stainless sub. I'd buy that tomorrow.
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Old 17 February 2015, 11:31 PM   #27
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blue dial/bezel on a stainless sub. I'd buy that tomorrow.
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Old 18 February 2015, 12:20 PM   #28
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Blue dial/bezel on a stainless sub. I'd buy that tomorrow.
Count me in, too!
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Old 18 February 2015, 11:51 PM   #29
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Blue dial/bezel on a stainless sub. I'd buy that tomorrow.
Yes! what he said!!
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