First world problem complaining about BLNR

[ct.matt]

I've owned the watch for 2.5 years now and enjoy it for the most part. Just wanted to share some weak points that prospective buyers might not be aware of as, imho, the watch is held to a higher standard here than it deserves:

- Lug edges are pointy and sharp, feel unfinished

- Chamfers on top of lugs are almost non-existent. I always liked shiny chamfers on my Rolex

- Brushing of mid-case on top of lugs is straight, no longer brushed diagonally toward the midlinks

- Quite frequently, the crown gets stuck in 2nd position when trying to pull out to 3rd position/hacking the movement. This has been widely discussed on this forum. It has not 'loosened' up over time so far. Usually winding it a few more times helps. Will have this addressed when it's going in for service in a few years.

- Lume is fairly weak, only bothers me when I'm flying overnight and the lights are off in the cabin
- In addition to the above, the GMT arrow is extremely hard to find when it's dark. It virtually disappears when lume is faint and whenever sits on top of an hour marker.

- Date doesn't exactly switch at midnight. Just shows laziness of whoever assembled it. Correct me if i'm wrong. Afaik all it requires is that the minute hand has to be installed immediately after the hour hand was moved to switch over to the next date and future date switches would occur when both hour and minute hand point at 12. Again, not a big deal but would add to level of perfection that is expected at this price point.

- ROLEX engraving on rehaut is now just laser etched. A single line for each letter. Previously it had the outline of the letters deeply engraved into the rehaut which I much preferred. The single line letter looks somewhat cheap to me.

Having said all that, it's a great watch at the end of the day but, ceramic bezel and better bracelet aside, older Rolex sport models seem more finished and refined than this one.