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26 August 2017, 01:40 PM | #1 |
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Old dial and hands vs new dial and hands
Which do you guys prefer, the older YM2 or the 2017 release?
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26 August 2017, 01:45 PM | #2 |
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I'd go with older, at least for me they're easier to see.
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26 August 2017, 01:48 PM | #3 |
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older ones... they were specific for that watch, now it looks like they have "mercedes hands" from another model put in it
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26 August 2017, 01:50 PM | #4 |
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26 August 2017, 01:56 PM | #5 |
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On the SS version, the old dial and hands.
On the new TT and YG, the new hands are killer in the flesh!! I could not believe how nice the new TT was in person. |
26 August 2017, 03:36 PM | #6 |
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26 August 2017, 05:30 PM | #7 |
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The old one for me. this is the original design of YM2
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26 August 2017, 06:19 PM | #8 |
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The old one for me.... much easier to see the hands - which is the basic function of any watch after all...
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26 August 2017, 07:30 PM | #9 |
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Old q
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27 August 2017, 06:30 PM | #10 |
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Old for me!
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27 August 2017, 06:52 PM | #11 |
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Old one and it has pretty decent discount too
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27 August 2017, 06:58 PM | #12 |
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Old one without a doubt. The Mercedes hand on this model look out of place.
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28 August 2017, 02:01 AM | #13 |
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Prefer the old hands
The new hands are hard to see |
28 August 2017, 02:09 AM | #14 |
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Older. Not every rolex sport watch needs mercedes hands...
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28 August 2017, 02:54 AM | #15 |
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The move to mercedes hands in this model mystifies me.
Why oh why would you commit this atrocity, Rolex? OK, maybe I'm being a bit dramatic. |
28 August 2017, 03:37 AM | #16 |
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Old hands>
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28 August 2017, 06:01 AM | #17 |
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The new hands kill the readability for me.
I like the new dial though, but not enough to suffer with the hands.
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28 August 2017, 01:33 PM | #18 |
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28 August 2017, 01:51 PM | #19 |
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Another vote for older. New hand makes the whole watch a bit busy give all that's going on with the dial
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28 August 2017, 02:09 PM | #20 |
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Much prefer the Blued hands. The new hands get lost in the dial, not enough contrast.
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