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Forum acronyms and vocabulary
This will be a living list and updated when new abbreviations become known and added..
![]() AD = Authorized Dealer (of Rolex or another watchmaker) AK = Air King AR - Anti-reflective coating ARW= Authorized Rolex Watchmaker BAR = Pressure/Depth rating (e.g.30BAR, 300m/1000ft) BLNR = Bleu/Noir (French for Blue/Black) Bluesy = Blue TT Sub BNIB = Brand New In Box BPH = Beats per hour ie. 28,800 bph, 36,000 bph Cal = Calibre (of a movement) COSC = Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres" (Certified Chronometer) Coke = Black/Red GMT Insert CPO = Certified Pre Owned (a Rolex program for Dealers) DD = Day-Date DJ = DateJust DLC = Diamond Like Carbon (usually blacked-out cases) DRSD = Double Red Sea Dweller DSSD = Deep Sea Sea Dweller EXP = Explorer EXP II = Explorer II Flip = Changing watches in one's collection FSOT = For Sale Or Trade GMT = Greenwich Mean Time GMT/GMT II = GMT Master II (Rolex Professional line model) GMTIIC = GMTII with Ceramic Bezel GV = Glace Verti (green-crystal of the Milgauss) HEV = Helium Escape Valve IBTL = In Before The Lock JUB = Jubilee Bracelet LEC = Laser Etched Coronet LN = Lunette Noir (Black bezel insert) LNIB = Like New In Box LV = Lunette Verti (Green bezel insert) MIB = Mint In Box MOP = Mother Of Pearl MSRP = Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price, NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization. refers to fabric straps used on issue watches ND = Non-Date (as in Sub ND) NOS = New Old Stock NSFW = Not Safe For Work OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer OF = Oyster Flex, rubber over titanium Rolex strap OP = Oyster Perpetual PCL = Polished Center Links Pepsi = Red/Blue GMT Insert Perpetual = Self Winding/Automatic movement PM = Precious Metal PP = Patek Philippe PVD = Physical Vapor Deposition (spray on metal) PT = Platinum Rehaut = French for flange. The engraved ring/flange under the crystal. RER = Rolex Engraved (etched) Rehaut RG = Rose Gold Root Beer = Brown TT GMT RSC = Rolex Service Center SCL = Solid Center Links SD = Sea Dweller SEL = Solid End Link (referring to bracelet) Serti dial = a watch dial that is set with precious stones SL / L = Super Luminova, Luminova SMP = Seamaster Professional (Omega) Speedy = Speedmaster (Omega) SS = Stainless Steel Sub = Submariner T<25 = Tritium based dial (Less than 25 millicuries of radioactive tritium) Ti = Titanium TOG = Turn-O-Graph TT = Two Tone (Bi-metal- yellow gold & Stainless Steel) WG = White Gold WIS = Watch Idiot Savant WTB = Want To Buy WTS = Want to Sell WTT = Want to Trade YG = Yellow Gold YM = Yacht Master YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary (you may have a different experience) __________________
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Perfect Larry, I think I'll print that out and post it by the computer for my GF so she doesn't keep asking me what does that mean when I have her read something here!
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Very good idea Larry. This will save some folks a lot of time. Adding:
GTG = Get ToGether DRSD = Double Red Sea Dweller Tim, someone is going to ask what GF Means! Lol
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It'll save us all a lot of time...........
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Well done!
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Is this list intended to be only Rolex related terms or all watch related abbreviations?
If general in nature, several additional ones come to mind: JLC, PP, ALS, VC, etc. Good idea. |
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Should be a sticky
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How about the most important one?
TRF = The Rolex Forum ![]() Great initiative Larry. ![]() ![]() |
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Thanks Larry.
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Thank you for that list Larry, it sure will be helpful to new members.
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Thank you…this is great, & much appreciated. :-)
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DSSD = Deep Sea Sea-Dweller
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NOS- New Old Stock
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Thanks for the time and effort Larry, really appreciated......I often have to look these things up. Couple of weeks ago had to find out what 'Serti dial' meant.
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![]() BLNR = 116710BLNR DJII = DateJust II DDII = Day-Date II LVc = 1166110LV SubC = 1166110LN SubC ND = 114060 Oh, and "Batman" only refers to: ![]() ![]() |
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A good sticky.
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Awesome thread!
![]() THC = Tudor Heritage Chrono OQ = Oysterquartz |
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Anyone have any idea what the BLNR of the new GMT II stands for?
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Thank you, there were still quite a few that I didn't know
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BTW (by the way
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Might as well add POS to the list.
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Agreed, used enough in "watchout"
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Thx
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