What do you mean he’s got this ? I appreciate Christians knowledge since he has been in the watch industry for a long time but Michael is the star of the channel. The day he isn’t on the channel I’ll stop watching Christian can’t do it alone bc he’s too annoying and he knows it !
The more I’ve reflected on Rolex’s announcements the more I think they’ve done a great job. Rolex have answered many of their critics by introducing case-backs, by playing to their heritage (1908 and the beautiful reintroduction of the full gold GMT jubilee), their tool watch origins (titanium yachtmaster), their engineering (refined movements in Daytona), great new dial options (skydweller and daydates), their playful side (OP and daydates), and their bling side (daydate jewels) I don’t love them all but it’s a well balanced portfolio that defies critics saying Rolex are boring and plays to a broad audience and age range. I like the fact they’ve kept a dress watch. I’m sad to see the end of the milgauss (I love my Z blue) but know it’ll be back And I can’t wait to (eventually….) get allocated a GMT and SkyDweller I was though sad to see the meteorite dial Daytona discontinued. This was one of my favs…and I had been waitlisted one year and counting. Oh well! Removing this, the John Mayer and the blue dial white gold makes the Daytona range poorer than it was….but Rolex authorised preowned even hotter. I think we will see higher production but more frequent limited runs to retain demand and value. Great video. Great job.
I agree. It’s easy to bash Rolex. They’ll never do everything to please everyone. And if they were easy to get they’d lose the allure. With production increasing at least they’ll be easier…
I’ll miss the Cellini. My boss actually got one a while back and he wore it everyday until he retired. Once I saw it in person, I feel in love with it and knew I’d want one down the road.
YESSSSSS, the "bubble-dial" is nostalgia; it just brings me back to the 90's early 2000s, rich, colorful patterns that you could only see in that period. I LOVE IT!
The changes to the Daytona are nice, but I wish they’d revert back to the original/vintage Daytona Big Red and Paul Newman dial designs, just with updated manufacturing and materials (and lume, of course) technology. The titanium Yachtmaster looks really good.
The only interesting things were the 1908 and Display Caseback Daytona and they are both insanely priced and nobody will be able to get them. Tudor had a great release as much as these guys love to call them boring.
Like Tudor is so innovative, they basically copy vintage Rolex designs. The original Pelagos is the best Tudor that's not trying to look like a Rolex. Even the 58 is a wannabe vintage Submariner
@@javenturner1 I mean, call me crazy, but it might even be the entire purpose and business model of Tudor. They are doing exactly what they were created to do and at this point, more focused than daddy.
Omega used the special Bond font for the "7" on a date wheel in the past... I can't recall anything beyond that in terms of a brand playing with a date wheel until now. The puzzle day-date released at the same time Oris put Kermit on the date wheel.
the more models rolex releases the more I realise I could not care less about them anymore. I think its actually a blessing they aren't actually in any AD you go to so that you move on to the next even faster.
The yellow gold GMT was probably a black bezel until management stepped in and said “I thought we had decided the GMT line would have two colors on the bezel”. The result is a muddied bezel with little contrast between day & night.
If anyone else released things like the bubble or love watches, there'd be a ton of "wow, these are expensive for a Swatch." Rolex does it and it's somehow genius. To be clear, I think their just dandy, but it is a lot of money for a Swatch.
When I see my favorite watch RU-vidrs together at Watches and Wonders it reminds me when Disney Channel used to do those crossover tv-shows with your favorite cartoon characters in one episode 🤗🥲
13:35 "This yacht-master is more related to the original Submariners than the current submariner" ...... The 124060 has entered the chat. Is Christian on that Swiss Absinthe already? 🤣
Michael-The new Daytona has bigger crown guards, the bezel is metal with ceramic insert, sub-dials smaller (rings thinner like Zenith Daytona). Cellini replaced by new “1908” models.
Own a Explorer 1, 114270z myself I can't imagine that watch being any bigger. I prefer the Legendary size of 36mm. I like the new Perpetual line it reminds me of a Explorer 1 with a small seconds hand and also reminds me of a Dirty dozen feild watch and there's something special about having the same size Explorer as Ian Fleming. On the other hand I really wanted to see the Explorer get a white dial option like the Explorer 2. It just felt right ✅but I just can't imagine a Explorer 1 being almost the same size as a Submariner and it's probably going to wear big, like the 39mm but I guess we shall see feild watches aren't supposed to be big
Really depends on your wrist, the romantic in me agrees but they I tried a 36mm and the watch is lost in my wrist.. it’s just far too small for me and in my opinion. The new 40mm wears great, especially with 21mm lugs, makes all the difference. My wrist is 7.25 inches for reference but my hands are quite large which also comes into play, something not often considered
the only issue I have with 1908 is that it enters the waters of other big hitters from premium brands were details are hand finished. Here we have the crown and machines behind the production.
To me, the YM in Titanium is the winner. At 14k, I will need to save for years, maybe even a decade, but I think it is such a great grail watch. Kind of like a Pelagos Plus.
Correct me if I’m wrong but to me it appears that the 36mm platinum DD is now also available with a diamond set bezel featuring princess cut or a more rectangular shaped diamond like on the 40mm. And it used to be that the 36mm had only the option for a round cut diamond bezel. Secondly the 36mm platinum DD is now also available with baguette diamond hourmarkers on the ice blue dial. I am fairly certain that was also limited to only the 40mm version
Why aren't you both in Geneva? At first it looks like you are friends but sometimes it really shows you have a boss/employee relationship. And if there is a perfect reason for that, then my biggest apologies as this video doesn't show why one had to stay while the other is one of the most important watch event of the year.
The biggest difference I noticed with the Daytonas that no one seems to be commenting on is the fact that they fixed the asymmetrical lugs on the steel model
the issue with explorer is and the whole rolex line is that they have increased the prices on a level where you can find better watches. rolex explorer 40 for 8.000 euros? i know it a question of supply and demand, but add a bit more and you can buy jj lecoultre or other watches which are on a higher level.
Love the 1908, would buy used at 37mm. Everyone is taking about the price but it'll drop in the Grey market and the value proposition at $15k will be there
I really don’t understand watch people sometimes. Folks will say the Explorer 39mm had “too much dial space” but then say the 40mm has perfect use of dial space…but then also say the 40mm needs to have the word “Explorer” on the bottom half of the dial…..which is EXACTLY what the 39mm had…but the 39mm had too much dial space………… Huh???
EVERYONE is missing that the GMT Master 2 has a 2 color bezel (grey and black). Instead, they're like "booooring", but they're not even looking properly!
Rolex have gotten high on their own hype. They’ve lost the plot entirely in my opinion. They are trying very hard to mainstream the idea that’s been prevalent among hardcore watch enthusiasts for a while, namely, that they are a brand for chavs and wankers.
did they use the now discontinued 40mm milgauss case for the new 40mm explorer? 1908 has a ALS/Breguet combo feel to it to me. Love your "review" of the gold GMT, lol! The precious metal day-dates remind me of the vintage onyx dials that had no indices
