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Old 5 March 2020, 12:29 AM   #1
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Rolex allows you one design change...

It can’t be a new model. But they will take your advice and make one design change/offering on any existing watch in the lineup.

It can be:

Narrow the lugs on the maxi case
Add red font to the submariner
Bring back lug holes on xxxx
Oyster on the blnr/blro
Etc.

Anything you want. No shortage, it will be available.

I would ask them to add white dial Explorer 1 model.

What is your wish?
What is your one request?
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Old 5 March 2020, 12:30 AM   #2
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A meteorite dial for the Explorer II
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Old 5 March 2020, 12:32 AM   #3
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I would love a red sub re-issue non date.
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Old 5 March 2020, 12:32 AM   #4
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You lost me at "no shortage, it will be available."

More matte dial options would be great.
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Old 5 March 2020, 12:34 AM   #5
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a Red 1680 reissue would be so nice
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Old 5 March 2020, 12:36 AM   #6
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Full PM bracelet on Daytona’s with a ceramic bezel.
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Old 5 March 2020, 12:37 AM   #7
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Change the Air King back and Men in Black us into forgetting the current iteration ever existed.
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Old 5 March 2020, 12:39 AM   #8
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Ceramic bezel on Exp II.
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Old 5 March 2020, 12:39 AM   #9
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Narrow lugs with red font Submariner and matte dial.
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Old 5 March 2020, 12:40 AM   #10
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Full Lume on ALL the numbers on the Air King. One make it “05”, not just “ 5”.
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Old 5 March 2020, 12:49 AM   #11
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Bring back the solid gold Datejust. My preference would be yellow gold, black dial, oyster bracelet, smooth bezel.


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Old 5 March 2020, 12:58 AM   #12
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Sapphire crystal exhibition case back for their entire range of watches (except where extreme water pressures prevent it)

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Old 5 March 2020, 01:01 AM   #13
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Take the Exp II back to 40mm and bring back the red second hand. Done. Take my money.
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Old 5 March 2020, 01:08 AM   #14
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Bring back the solid gold Datejust. My preference would be yellow gold, black dial, oyster bracelet, smooth bezel.


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Old 5 March 2020, 01:20 AM   #15
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This. Would be easy for them to do.
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Old 5 March 2020, 01:31 AM   #16
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SS sub with blue bezel and face.
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Old 5 March 2020, 01:34 AM   #17
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On the Platona replace the ceramic bezel with a platinum bezel.
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Old 5 March 2020, 01:35 AM   #18
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Explorer II with cerachrome bezel and 1655 dial/hands!


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Old 5 March 2020, 01:35 AM   #19
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Make the Datejust 41 actually 41
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Old 5 March 2020, 02:02 AM   #20
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Just come out and admit that the cyclops was a way to induce old men into buying a Rolex.

OK it worked. Now make the thing flat on the crystal and not look like a wart.

C'mon fess up.
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Old 5 March 2020, 02:40 AM   #21
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Offer Oysterflex as an option on SS Professional models.
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Old 5 March 2020, 02:42 AM   #22
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Offer Oysterflex as an option on SS Professional models.
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Old 5 March 2020, 02:51 AM   #23
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Add a GMT and power reserve complication to a Day Date 36 ��
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Old 5 March 2020, 03:09 AM   #24
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Bring back the 1016, and remake the 5513 at 39mm.
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Old 5 March 2020, 03:12 AM   #25
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Would love to see some of these changes.

1) 41mm Explorer 2, Ceramic bezel, white "polar" dial, same orange accents as current line. This would be an instant hit with the contrast of the black ceramic and white dial. The black dial would also look great. Red accents would also work but I think this is too similar to the GMT line and the "explorer 2 orange" color is something that should be used in perpetuity with this lineup.

2) Glidelock everything. Create glidelock in smaller form factors for watches with smaller clasps like the daytona.

3) Ditch the cellini, return the Rolex triple calendar moonphase in stainless steel on a jubilee bracelet.
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Old 5 March 2020, 03:12 AM   #26
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Just come out and admit that the cyclops was a way to induce old men into buying a Rolex.

OK it worked. Now make the thing flat on the crystal and not look like a wart.

C'mon fess up.





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Old 5 March 2020, 03:14 AM   #27
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Would love to see some of these changes.


3) Ditch the cellini, return the Rolex triple calendar moonphase in stainless steel on a jubilee bracelet.
Would buy
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Old 5 March 2020, 03:14 AM   #28
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Offer Oysterflex as an option on SS Professional models.


Not convinced this will work. It works on the PM models because it reduces the cost whilst at the same time adding a differentiator. They won’t reduce the cost on a SS model, and not convinced many people would in reality want to buy a watch on a rubber bracelet instead of the steel bracelet, for the same cost.

I could be wrong of course, I often am.


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Old 5 March 2020, 03:21 AM   #29
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Sort of a design change . . .

. . . get RID of that &#$@*!$ LOCTITE that causes so many incompetent, untrained, ham-fisted "AD Sales Reps" to butcher the he!! out of the bracelet pin slots and scratch the he!! out of the bracelet, too.

GRrrrrr . . . that's why I now do it myself. No more of that AD B.S. for me.


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Old 5 March 2020, 03:23 AM   #30
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Smaller professional model cases all-around. Lose the bulk all around.
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