The SD43 Official Owners Thread

[samson66]

Originally Posted by Rolex85

hey all SD43 fellow owners - anyone having a rough wind with the crown? I noticed today that my crown is winding a bit `rough` or gritty. My BLNR winds much much smoother. I think i am going to let the power reserve die by not wearing the watch for a few days and see if i can wind it back up. wondering if something is wrong with the crown and it will not wind the watch properly. Thought i would check in with everyone here just in case others notice it a bit rougher than their other crowns as well.

I would say my crown requires slightly more force to turn than my Datejust or my old GMT. But it is buttery smooth, not gritty at all. I'm not enough of an expert to diagnose the problem unfortunately.

[crazycarlitos]

Originally Posted by kode701

Attachment 947592
watch of the day!

Haha nice pic.

Almost looks like a DSSD JC dial but with red letters. Lol

[www777]

Just picked mine up a few days ago. I must say I’m very impressed. I’ve owned subs and a dssd before and this could be the perfect combo. The new bracelet is amazing. That will be a major upgrade to the dssd.

[Dr. Prunesquallor]

I'm in.

[Devildog]

Originally Posted by Rolex85

hey all SD43 fellow owners - anyone having a rough wind with the crown? I noticed today that my crown is winding a bit `rough` or gritty. My BLNR winds much much smoother. I think i am going to let the power reserve die by not wearing the watch for a few days and see if i can wind it back up. wondering if something is wrong with the crown and it will not wind the watch properly. Thought i would check in with everyone here just in case others notice it a bit rougher than their other crowns as well.

Is it perhaps fully wound already? And what you're feeling the fully wound mainspring slipping inside the barrel?

[xelor63]

XELOR

[tac34vt]

Originally Posted by Rolex85

hey all SD43 fellow owners - anyone having a rough wind with the crown? I noticed today that my crown is winding a bit `rough` or gritty. My BLNR winds much much smoother. I think i am going to let the power reserve die by not wearing the watch for a few days and see if i can wind it back up. wondering if something is wrong with the crown and it will not wind the watch properly. Thought i would check in with everyone here just in case others notice it a bit rougher than their other crowns as well.

Yes, I have noticed that with mine as well. Perhaps because it's fully wound, as others have said. I haven't let mine run down to check...it's been on my wrist every day since I got it about a month ago.

I've also seen some other posts about the winding being louder and having a different feel with the SD43's 3235 movement vs the Sub's 3135 / other movements. Some attributed this to the new ball bearing automatic system.

[Wcdhtwn]

Mine is the same. And frankly I like the feel and sound over my GMT LN which provides little feedback until fully wound.


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[TeddyS]

I read on another thread that Rubber B are hoping to produce a rubber strap for the SD43 by the end of the month. Would any of you guys be interested in that? Id definitely like to see how it looks


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[SeaDweller50]

The oyster bracelet is just too perfect to swap for any other imo.

[FinWatch]

My SD43 50th Anniversary is resting on a sofa... BTW: I love the cyclops!


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[FinWatch]

My SD43 50th Anniversary is resting on a sofa... BTW: I love the cyclops!


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[Rolex85]

Originally Posted by Devildog

Is it perhaps fully wound already? And what you're feeling the fully wound mainspring slipping inside the barrel?

Thanks for the reply guys! sorry but i don't know how to quote all that replied in one thread just yet. hopefully all that replied to me see this as I appreciated the time you guys. Devildog you were right on. it appears to be that it was still substantially wound. I did a test and let it die down and have to say I was impressed with the movement. I took the watch off Thursday night, wore it for approximately 1 hour Saturday and 1-2 hours Sunday as both days we had fantastic weather and I had to drive to pick someone up and i figured i wanted to admire that dial in the sun; as we all know we secretly do at red lights and while stopped waiting in parking lots . , When i took the watch off i set it down face up. So by taking it off Thursday night and with only 2-3 hours of limited movement wear it did not stop until 9:36 pm last night. I wound the watch and it was a smooth wind. It took about 20 full turns of the crown until the hand started moving and after about 35 turns it got rough again to which i stopped.

[Wcdhtwn]

Originally Posted by TeddyS

I read on another thread that Rubber B are hoping to produce a rubber strap for the SD43 by the end of the month. Would any of you guys be interested in that? Id definitely like to see how it looks


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I like Rubber B's and I bet it would look great. But I agree that the bracelet it comes with is perfect and I wouldn't swap it for anything else.

[Devildog]

Originally Posted by Rolex85

Thanks for the reply guys! sorry but i don't know how to quote all that replied in one thread just yet. hopefully all that replied to me see this as I appreciated the time you guys. Devildog you were right on. it appears to be that it was still substantially wound. I did a test and let it die down and have to say I was impressed with the movement. I took the watch off Thursday night, wore it for approximately 1 hour Saturday and 1-2 hours Sunday as both days we had fantastic weather and I had to drive to pick someone up and i figured i wanted to admire that dial in the sun; as we all know we secretly do at red lights and while stopped waiting in parking lots . , When i took the watch off i set it down face up. So by taking it off Thursday night and with only 2-3 hours of limited movement wear it did not stop until 9:36 pm last night. I wound the watch and it was a smooth wind. It took about 20 full turns of the crown until the hand started moving and after about 35 turns it got rough again to which i stopped.

Yep - all sounds perfectly normal

The movement in the SD43 not only has the 70 odd hour power reserve but the automatic winding mechanism is much more efficient/faster geared and achieves a full wind much more quickly than the older movements

[Rolex85]

Originally Posted by TeddyS

I read on another thread that Rubber B are hoping to produce a rubber strap for the SD43 by the end of the month. Would any of you guys be interested in that? Id definitely like to see how it looks


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I too am excited to see how it looks. I wonder if it will be like the deepsea with the rubber extending below the lugs or if it will be like the standard ones with no extension. I love the brushed oyster bracelet but I would imagine they are working on the bracelet with the red line such as how they have the blue and green lines for the GMT Master which I think would pop nicely with this SD43

[Devildog]

Originally Posted by TeddyS

I read on another thread that Rubber B are hoping to produce a rubber strap for the SD43 by the end of the month. Would any of you guys be interested in that? Id definitely like to see how it looks


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I'm interested for sure. Had Rubber B straps previously and I'm very interested to see what they produce for the SD43

[printrep]

Just picked up from my AD on Friday. I really like the 43mm size compared to the DSSD and 40mm subs. I removed 2 full links and a half link, left the diver's extension in and the fit is perfect. Using the Twixt cell phone app it is running +1.2 per day over the course of 4 days.

Pictured with a 44mm PAM 24 and a 42mm AP Diver.

[tac34vt]

Originally Posted by Rolex85

Thanks for the reply guys! sorry but i don't know how to quote all that replied in one thread just yet. hopefully all that replied to me see this as I appreciated the time you guys. Devildog you were right on. it appears to be that it was still substantially wound. I did a test and let it die down and have to say I was impressed with the movement. I took the watch off Thursday night, wore it for approximately 1 hour Saturday and 1-2 hours Sunday as both days we had fantastic weather and I had to drive to pick someone up and i figured i wanted to admire that dial in the sun; as we all know we secretly do at red lights and while stopped waiting in parking lots . , When i took the watch off i set it down face up. So by taking it off Thursday night and with only 2-3 hours of limited movement wear it did not stop until 9:36 pm last night. I wound the watch and it was a smooth wind. It took about 20 full turns of the crown until the hand started moving and after about 35 turns it got rough again to which i stopped.

Thanks for the follow-up post, and glad to hear all is well!!!

[TeddyS]

How long does your lume last? I’m not sure if I’m not letting it ‘charge’ for long enough or I just have high expectations but my lume doesn’t seem to last very long at all.

On a side note, Rubber B release the rubber strap for the SD43 this month so I will be purchasing one of those. I think it will look great on a rubber strap


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[samson66]

Originally Posted by TeddyS

How long does your lume last? I’m not sure if I’m not letting it ‘charge’ for long enough or I just have high expectations but my lume doesn’t seem to last very long at all.

On a side note, Rubber B release the rubber strap for the SD43 this month so I will be purchasing one of those. I think it will look great on a rubber strap


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Like most Rolexes the lume is not overly impressive. I can get through a 2 hours movie but I wouldn't say it's extremely bright. My Black Bay lume is better and that watch costs a third of the price of the SD43.

[Finfin]

Pulling the crown to position 2 or 3 on my SD43 sometimes takes multiple attempts. The behavior is similar to my GMT-IIC which I've had just a couple of weeks longer than the SD43. The crown on my Planet Ocean 43.5mm only occasionally requires a second attempt, doesn't seem as finicky.

Is this normal behavior for all Rolex movements? I'm a luxury watch newb and I only have the GMT-IIC and the SD43 to compare. Not a vast bank of knowledge.

[V25V]

Sitting out on my front porch while enjoying a Pilsner on this beautiful spring evening. Can't help but glare at this bad boy.




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[genkifd]

nice, very nice. hopefully ill joining the club very soon

[superlativechrono]

I'm really enjoying the pictures of the SD43.... Unfortunately haven't been able to track one down in the wild yet .......

It's going to be an expensive day if I ever chance across one at an AD!

In the meantime thanks for sharing the images!

[samson66]

My SD43's first trip to the beach

Beautiful sunny day down here on OCMD



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[watchmework]

Originally Posted by samson66

My SD43's first trip to the beach

Beautiful sunny day down here on OCMD

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Looks perfectly in its element sir, very nice!

[samson66]

Originally Posted by watchmework

Looks perfectly in its element sir, very nice!

Well with a 57 degree water temperature it won't be experiencing its TRUE element this weekend LOL 🤣

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[watchmework]

Originally Posted by samson66

Well with a 57 degree water temperature it won't be experiencing its TRUE element this weekend LOL 🤣

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Throw a wetsuit on there and go surfing! Hahaha.

[Rickywang]

Just got this beauty a weeks ago

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At first i'm in confused to get SD43 because i already have dssd blue which i thought it will be very look alike.. but after u have it on your wrist it's totally different and both have their own identity😊

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So here is my family 42 . 43 . 44

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