Incoming BLRO!! how can i know which mark?

[Father and Son]

Originally Posted by Father and Son

Posted wrong pics.. Standby. Will edit this post...

I seem to have lost my ability to edit that last post. Maybe an admin can delete that one?

Here are a few pics of the BLRO I picked up yesterday (looks like I hoped it would-- like a PEPSI) versus the BLRO I received earlier this month (honestly just about a Coke in color- in most lighting conditions) ....

[pepsiretail]

Originally Posted by padi56

You can call it whatever MK you want too,as all the MK stuff only exists in internet land.

Are you saying that in real life there aren’t different versions?

Can’t you see that my watch is obviously different than the one it is pictured with?

It is not microns different. It is a different hue and has its own character.

You don’t believe me that I walked into the shop and immediately knew the two identical ones they had were different than mine? PM me padi56, I’ll give the contact info for the immaculately manicured gentleman holding the two Pepsis.

It really seems to bother a lot of people that I and other early clients have a distinctly different watch.

[pvl86]

Has it occurred to anyone that the variances are design? What if rolex set out to build in these variances in color and tone.

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[Mystro]

Has anyone determined why there would be a ceramic color variation only on the BLRO and not the BLNR,CHNR, LVC, etc.... Is Rolex just not happy with the BLRO hue or is this internet exaggeration in these bezel colors??

[kauffee]

Originally Posted by Mystro

Has anyone determined why there would be a ceramic color variation only on the BLRO and not the BLNR,CHNR, LVC, etc.... Is Rolex just not happy with the BLRO hue or is this internet exaggeration in these bezel colors??

It has to be a purposeful evolution of the colors by Rolex. That's the only explanation. If it was just random batches being different, we'd continue to see the more pastel hues of the Mk1 bezels. But we're not seeing them. Instead, the colors seem to be darker and more saturated. I think Rolex is still tweaking it.

[No SUBctitute]

Originally Posted by padi56

You can call it whatever MK you want too,as all the MK stuff only exists in internet land.

Are you saying that no one cares about the different bezel colors outside of watch forums? Probably.

Are you saying that there are NOT three distinct bezel colors that have gotten progressively darker? Eh, I don't know. The evidence is strongly leaning that direction.

We have seen a single photo of at least three different bezel colors. And the stories we are hearing is that the first watches at ADs matched the lighter color and the more recent watches at ADs match the darker color.

[superdog]

Originally Posted by Father and Son

I seem to have lost my ability to edit that last post. Maybe an admin can delete that one?

Here are a few pics of the BLRO I picked up yesterday (looks like I hoped it would-- like a PEPSI) versus the BLRO I received earlier this month (honestly just about a Coke in color- in most lighting conditions) ....

TBH that looks more like a lighting truck than anything else.

Is there a difference? Maybe. But clearly the lighting and shadows play a role in those two pics. No question about it.

[10klakes]

Originally Posted by Mystro

Has anyone determined why there would be a ceramic color variation only on the BLRO and not the BLNR,CHNR, LVC, etc.... Is Rolex just not happy with the BLRO hue or is this internet exaggeration in these bezel colors??

The BLNR and CHNR are a black base with blue or brown added. Key here is a black/xxxx color combination. BLRO doesn’t have a black base so they cannot hide the blue/red blend/bleed over between the two.

The LVC is one solid color so it’s plain/simple why we haven’t seen this evolve.

My thought initially was Rolex used up the bezels from the WG BLRO when the SS launched in 2018. That hypothesis went out the window when I saw they 126719 still has the Mk1 or so it appears.

I think they are tweaking the colors to streamline the red for a coke GMT in 2020. It’s nice to see these discussions of Pepsi color not getting locked tho.

[fskywalker]

Congrats!


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[Khans14]

Originally Posted by 10klakes

The BLNR and CHNR are a black base with blue or brown added. Key here is a black/xxxx color combination. BLRO doesn’t have a black base so they cannot hide the blue/red blend/bleed over between the two.

The LVC is one solid color so it’s plain/simple why we haven’t seen this evolve.

My thought initially was Rolex used up the bezels from the WG BLRO when the SS launched in 2018. That hypothesis went out the window when I saw they 126719 still has the Mk1 or so it appears.

I think they are tweaking the colors to streamline the red for a coke GMT in 2020. It’s nice to see these discussions of Pepsi color not getting locked tho.

I can recall reading an article where they discussed the technical aspects of the ceramic bezels and I agree with the above. I might be remembering this wrong, but I am pretty sure all of the ceramic bezels actually start out green so the LV was very easy to do compared to the others. Someone with more technical knowledge please correct me if I am wrong.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Father and Son

I seem to have lost my ability to edit that last post. Maybe an admin can delete that one?

Here are a few pics of the BLRO I picked up yesterday (looks like I hoped it would-- like a PEPSI) versus the BLRO I received earlier this month (honestly just about a Coke in color- in most lighting conditions) ....

I asked you in the other thread but maybe you missed it ...

I’d like to know if the BLRO you picked up yesterday was BNIB? Which variation of MK bezel do you think it is?

[Mystro]

This is interesting because Rolex is a perfectionist when it comes to in-house manufacturing their parts. The very idea of them tweeting the blend in production means they are certainly aiming for a different hue. I think the Coke observation coming makes a lot of sense. The red on the Coke will be different if they are using the same black base as the BLNR.

[Khans14]

https://bezelandbarrel.com/how-did-t...bezel-inserts/

I have no idea if I am putting the link in correctly, but this explains the process a bit as to the ceramic baking.

[Father and Son]

Originally Posted by brandrea

I asked you in the other thread but maybe you missed it ...

I’d like to know if the BLRO you picked up yesterday was BNIB? Which variation of MK bezel do you think it is?

Yes it was BNIB. Saw them remove it from the coffin and put in in the presentation box for me. It arrived Saturday with a few others.

If I am sticking with the MK paradigm (1,2,3) then I think it is a lighter 3 or a 2. I didnt get to compare the new one side by side with the dark one I complained about. Obviously the first one was darker but I also thought that that one had more pronounced numbers on the bezel...

[Macnavara]

Originally Posted by 1665fan

The blue looks purple....I’m going mark 1

I agree....looks like a mk1 in the photos.....was it from an ad recently

[davidrcpo]

I received a BNIB BLRO from my AD last week. The blue portion of the bezel appears black in color except under intense light. The red portion of the bezel appears dark red. Unfortunately I have not figured out how to post a photo on the forum.

[10klakes]

Was looking at my Mark 2 this morning and amazed how light the colors looked in sunlight....

[stmoore]

Looks like my mk1

Originally Posted by 10klakes

Was looking at my Mark 2 this morning and amazed how light the colors looked in sunlight....

[10klakes]

Originally Posted by stmoore

Looks like my mk1

If I hadn’t seen a Mk 1 next to my Mk 2, I would think it was a Mk 1. It’s why I don’t try and speculate which is which based on pics online or TRF. That said, the mark 3 pics I’ve seen illustrate the blue as very dark.

Im glad I ended with with a Mk 2. I fee it’s the right colors, and is closest to a true red/blue under normal/most light conditions.

I’m still wondering if it’s 3 color variations or there are many different shades. I guess we will never know-

[stmoore]

Originally Posted by 10klakes

If I hadn’t seen a Mk 1 next to my Mk 2, I would think it was a Mk 1. It’s why I don’t try and speculate which is which based on pics online or TRF. That said, the mark 3 pics I’ve seen illustrate the blue as very dark.

Im glad I ended with with a Mk 2. I fee it’s the right colors, and is closest to a true red/blue under normal/most light conditions.

I’m still wondering if it’s 3 color variations or there are many different shades. I guess we will never know-

Hit me with this mk3 link. I’ve held a mk1 and 2 in my hand. Mk2 isn’t pinkish.
Thanks

[10klakes]

Originally Posted by stmoore

Hit me with this mk3 link. I’ve held a mk1 and 2 in my hand. Mk2 isn’t pinkish.

Thanks

If you think the pic I posted above is pinkish, than a mark 2 is pinkish in sunlight.

There have been several Mk 3s posted on TRF, as well as all three side-by-side.

The pic I posted is a Mk 2, and definitively not a Mk1. I have video of my Mk 2 next to a Mk 1, and the 1 is lighter.

I’m curious to see a Mk 3 in sunlight.

[pvl86]

Mk?

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