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Old 12 April 2008, 09:43 PM   #1
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What was Rolex thinking????

Can you even think of a Submariner like this! Maxi Dial - OK but the color is downright Ughh!!
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Old 12 April 2008, 09:44 PM   #2
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Gotta agree with you!

This blue looks horrid! I guess Rolex could not get the right blue on the bezel and decided to make a matching dial. Awful looking watch, imho.
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Old 12 April 2008, 09:45 PM   #3
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Can you even think of a Submariner like this! Maxi Dial - OK but the color is downright Ughh!!

I don't think the Bugatti Blue is too bad and maybe it will grow on you.

Maybe they should have stuck to the Cobalt Blue - that would have gone well together.
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Old 12 April 2008, 09:49 PM   #4
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Whatever that shade of blue Bugatti or not, it will not appeal to me . If Rolex designers need a bloody shade card - I have plenty here!
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Old 12 April 2008, 09:53 PM   #5
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Whatever that shade of blue Bugatti or not, it will not appeal to me . If Rolex designers need a bloody shade card - I have plenty here!
Oh dear, Jay - you don't sound a happy bear about that watch.

I wonder how long it will be before it gets replaced - assuming, of course, that very few people will buy it.

The irony will be, probably, that it will become collectable, no doubt.
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Old 12 April 2008, 09:57 PM   #6
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The 'Smurf' is 100% not for me. Hideous
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Old 12 April 2008, 10:20 PM   #7
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The 'Smurf' is 100% not for me. Hideous
SMURF? lol!!! Brilliant nick name for that Blue WG Sub!!!
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Old 12 April 2008, 10:00 PM   #8
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I wonder how long it will be before it gets replaced - assuming, of course, that very few people will buy it.

The irony will be, probably, that it will become collectable, no doubt.
Definitely will Osytermann
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Old 12 April 2008, 10:03 PM   #9
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Definitely will Osytermann
Maybe you'll have to bite the bullet and get one after all.

You could wear welding goggles in the store, so you don't have to look at it, then throw it in the safe when you get home - for the next 20 years.
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Old 12 April 2008, 10:07 PM   #10
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I have seen this watch at basel and the colour looks better in real life than in all pictures i have seen.

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Old 12 April 2008, 11:04 PM   #11
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Whatever that shade of blue Bugatti or not, it will not appeal to me . If Rolex designers need a bloody shade card - I have plenty here!
its time rolex invested in a pantone color chart. it could be a lifesaver for future color references.

im forced to use it in my line of work and all color matching services, i think rolex should too

oh and since im selling them... maybe we should go there
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Old 12 April 2008, 10:46 PM   #12
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Might be something wrong with me, I like it, am I the only one?
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Old 12 April 2008, 10:54 PM   #13
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Just chatting to my AD about this watch and he was saying that in person it actually looks good, so lets wait and see before casting it away with the YM II, which if you read previous threads now seems in its own special way to be growing on people....

...and I don't mean like athletes foot
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Old 12 April 2008, 11:35 PM   #14
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I think that we should wait for the first live pics of the watch

Ceramic bezels play a lot of tricks to cameras
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Old 12 April 2008, 11:42 PM   #15
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I'm colorblind and that blue even looks hideous to me.
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Old 13 April 2008, 02:27 PM   #16
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I'm colorblind and that blue even looks hideous to me.
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I am color blind too and I would have to agree with Dan.
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Old 13 April 2008, 12:40 PM   #17
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Old 13 April 2008, 12:44 PM   #18
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If that colour is close to true it is beyond me how this could make it to production. Of all the comments I've seen on this only one is positive.
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Old 13 April 2008, 12:49 PM   #19
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With the maxi dial, the COSC blurb, the cyclops etc soon we wont even be able to see the dial. Too much going on IMHO.
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Old 13 April 2008, 12:49 PM   #20
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Once you see it in person you'll like it for it's razor sharp looks and it looks good underwater too.. It's different but not for everyone. It's an eye catcher and will def be a great conversation starter.
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Old 13 April 2008, 12:53 PM   #22
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I wonder whether Rolex performs any sort of market surveys for their new designs. I would guess not.
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Old 13 April 2008, 02:50 PM   #23
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wow...same colors as the Greek flag....lol...Got to buy one

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wow...same colors as the Greek flag....lol...Got to buy one

Probably they where thinking of greece
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Old 14 April 2008, 02:25 AM   #25
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I was shocked by the color when I saw it. Even more shocked when I saw the UK price is within 10 GBP of the w/g DDII?!? Rolex.. you must be joking!
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Old 13 April 2008, 02:58 PM   #27
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I was shocked by the color when I saw it. Even more shocked when I saw the UK price is within 10 GBP of the w/g DDII?!? Rolex.. you must be joking!
Actually we see this color every day...lol
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Old 13 April 2008, 08:42 PM   #29
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I love it.
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Old 13 April 2008, 09:45 PM   #30
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Sorry but I don't like it, it's just too blue. IMO it would have looked much better in a darker shade of blue.
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