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Old 19 June 2017, 02:43 PM   #1
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Which discontinued Rolex would you want Rolex to bring back?
Which discontinued Rolex would you want Rolex to bring back?

I vote for the Paul Newman Daytona.
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Old 19 June 2017, 02:48 PM   #2
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Root beer, on jubilee. And more generally, GMTs on jubilee.
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Old 21 June 2017, 12:43 AM   #3
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Root beer, on jubilee. And more generally, GMTs on jubilee.
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Old 19 June 2017, 02:58 PM   #4
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Old 19 June 2017, 06:21 PM   #5
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Old 20 June 2017, 05:27 AM   #6
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MilSub.
My first two thoughts were these.
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Old 19 June 2017, 03:19 PM   #7
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ss gmt coke and/or pepsi with a jubilee option -- even in ceramic is fine.
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Old 20 September 2019, 11:13 AM   #8
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ss gmt coke and/or pepsi with a jubilee option -- even in ceramic is fine.
Holy thread bump

They were listening
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Old 19 June 2017, 03:21 PM   #9
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Any sub/sd/gmt that had a matte dial. I love the look with no white gold surrounds.
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Old 20 September 2019, 02:10 PM   #10
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Any sub/sd/gmt that had a matte dial. I love the look with no white gold surrounds.



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Old 21 September 2019, 06:06 AM   #11
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Which ref-nr is this? No-date, matt dial and four-liner? Never reflected on this combo before. 5512?


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Old 21 September 2019, 06:15 AM   #12
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Old 19 June 2017, 03:24 PM   #13
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Old 19 June 2017, 04:19 PM   #14
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6542 Bakelight GMT, but maybe lumed sapphire bezel instead of acrylic. Brushed bracelet of course and keep the proportions but bump up size to 42mm. Using current GMT 40mm proportions would work ok too and may appeal to more wrist sizes.
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Old 19 June 2017, 04:27 PM   #15
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probably in the minority here but i would say none. While i am not into vintage watches, i suspect part of the appeal is that they are discontinued.

Getting a new watch that looks like an older style watch i just don't understand. Some brands do it all the time and i would either get the original vintage one or a completely new reference that isn't trying to be like a previous one.
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Old 20 June 2017, 04:00 AM   #16
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probably in the minority here but i would say none. While i am not into vintage watches, i suspect part of the appeal is that they are discontinued.

Getting a new watch that looks like an older style watch i just don't understand. Some brands do it all the time and i would either get the original vintage one or a completely new reference that isn't trying to be like a previous one.
+1 completely. The appeal of the iconic milsub as suggested in an earlier post would undermine the whole appeal.
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Old 20 September 2019, 09:07 AM   #17
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6542 Bakelight GMT, but maybe lumed sapphire bezel instead of acrylic. Brushed bracelet of course and keep the proportions but bump up size to 42mm. Using current GMT 40mm proportions would work ok too and may appeal to more wrist sizes.
Amen
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Old 19 June 2017, 04:33 PM   #18
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Funny that this thread shows up today. Just yesterday a member posted a picture of a really nice-looking Daytona that I had never seen before. White dial, black sub-dials. Very thin bezel. I thought, hey, what a nice looking watch! In fact, the first chrono I actually liked the looks of.

Of course, a little research showed this rare vintage watch to be waaaay out of my price range, but if money was no object, I'd sport a Paul Newman Daytona in a heartbeat.
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Old 19 June 2017, 04:37 PM   #19
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I would love to see a 41mm Datejust Thunderbird in TT and SS.
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Old 19 June 2017, 04:40 PM   #20
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Old 19 June 2017, 05:15 PM   #21
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Old 21 June 2017, 01:41 AM   #22
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That would be cool.
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Old 19 June 2017, 04:56 PM   #23
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SS GMT Coke with a ceramic bezel or a Speed King with the dials from the SSC Bloodhound to commemorate breaking the land speed record (assuming it breaks it of course).
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Old 19 June 2017, 05:03 PM   #24
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Old 19 June 2017, 05:04 PM   #25
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GMT on jubilee
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Old 20 June 2017, 06:03 AM   #26
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Old 19 June 2017, 05:04 PM   #27
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Old 19 June 2017, 05:35 PM   #28
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116600 with 3235 movement.
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Old 20 June 2017, 02:48 AM   #29
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Old 19 June 2017, 05:44 PM   #30
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