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Moby, I understand what you're saying. For bigger guys (or guys with bigger wrists), it's easier to pull off larger watches. I'm sure there are many people who feel the same way as you. I cannot say for sure what is best. If Rolex came out with a 42mm SD, it may be a huge hit or it may be a huge bust. Who knows. All I know is that 40mm has worked very well for the SD for many years and with the new SD, I think 40mm will also work very well.
Don't write it off just yet. It's not even out. Try it on once it comes out. I have a feeling that it will feel/look very substantial. |
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Glad they went for 40mm with this. I tried 42mm with the new Explorer and whilst its a beautiful watch, it just felt too big for me - each to his own I suppose!
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![]() Size aside, I've got to say just when I think a SS Rolex diver couldn't get even more crazy in price, the price goes up significantly. I clearly remember saying years ago (well before I even purchased my first Sub), "No way that SS watch is worth $4000!" Now I yearn for the days of a BNIB Sub or SD for sub $5K! ![]() |
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http://luxurytyme.com/en/rolex-revie...mariner-16610/ At the time, I couldn't imagine spending over double for a Sub (I think at the time, the 16610 must have been around 5k). It's crazy to think that the 116610 is 8.5k and with the expected price increase, it will be very close to 10k. |
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First post on the forum so please be nice :-)
I have the DSSD and have previously owned a Sub ND (old style). I just learned about the new SD4000 when popping in to my AD today to pick up a new strap for another watch. When I learned that the SD4000 is 40mm I was initially disappointed, as like many others I felt that 42mm would be a better idea and would be a differentiator from the Sub. HOWEVER, the fact that the caseback is so much fatter than a SubC will probably mean that it wears substantially bigger than the Sub C, in much the same way that the DSSD (44mm) actually, to my mind, wears quite a bit bigger than the YMII (also 44mm, but with 'thinner' caseback). BUT, the clincher for me that means that I will - absent being wrong when I see it in the metal - be holding on to my DSSD is that the new SD 4000 doesn't have the beautiful "domed" crystal of the DSSD that I find so mesmerizing. It seems from the pictures to have the flat face of the sub. |
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^Yes, the crystal is flat.
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But clasp disappointments aside, I quickly learned to love the look & feel of the SD (and eventually the Sub), but again, being an "Omega Man", I also wasn't thrilled w/ the poor lume of the Sub. Hence the purchase of the SubLV w/ it's maxi-dial. At that time I was thinking, "Okay Rolex, you fixed the lume disappointment, now do something about that damn clasp." When the DSSD was introduced w/ it's revolutionary Glidelock, I was HOOKED. It's then that I pretty much became a "Rolex before Omega" man. I loved my DSSD and didn't take it off for 3+ years...then the SubC came along. I didn't even think I would give the SubC a look, but after a year I bought it just to experience, and was convinced it would be flipped shortly after the "newness" wore off. But WOW...it quickly replaced my DSSD as my favorite daily wearer, so much so, I eventually sold off the DSSD because the SubC seemed to do everything I needed out of a watch. I still have a handful of watches in my collection, but there's no doubt if someone said I could only keep one, it would be my SubC without hesitation. All that said, I LOVE the graduated bezel of the DSSD (and now SDc) and the domed crystal...if the new SDc had a domed crystal is would be hard to beat IMO as the ultimate, ultimate Rolex diver. There's just something cool about the way the light reflects off the dome...I use to stare at my DSSD more than any other watch just to look at that glorious subtle dome. ![]() |
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But still you were right Gus. It is because of the pressure. The surface of the watch is flat to the pressure goes evenly.
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The Sea-Dweller lacks the magnifier supposedly due to the crystal thickness which caused some distortion with magnification, although I've seen a member install one on a DSSD and it didn't seem to really effect magnification. Rolex appears to have perfected waterproofing a watch so most of what they do is geared towards aesthetics it seems. Flat crystals, no AR, domed crystals...etc. |
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![]() There could still be something to it as far as shape or perhaps its a limiting factor of the glue holding the cyclops on, perhaps the glue wouldn't hold up to the greater pressures at depth but this is purely speculation ![]() Still a fine looking timepiece ![]()
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It's funny that a mere three years following the original post in the SD4K, it would be phased out in favor of the red print SD 50th Anniversary model. The latter being 43 mm, 3mm larger than the SD4K and thicker as well. I personally picked up the SD4K following the intro of the SD43. Although not rare this resulted in premium prices being paid for the previously hard to sell SD4K. Fortunately for me with slender wrists, the SD4K is for now the last of the traditionally proportioned Sea Dwellers with all the advancements of the most modern Rolex dive watches with the exception of the new 3235 caliber (replacing the 3135) which was added to the new SD43.
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nice post mate, Loving the detail
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Great write up! What a watch! Wow!
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