Well i woke up yesterday to the postman banging on my door with a package for me from EMS... WOO HOO!! i thought as i tore the package open and pulled out my new rolex Deepsea Rep from peter at Watchstation...
Now dont get me wrong.. the watch is build very well, has no problems at all and keep perfect time. Its actually a pretty good rep aside from the incorrect V3 bezel insert but i was expecting that.
My issue with this watch is the way Rolex designed it. Its just plain silly. Now maybe its because i am a "vintage" guy at heart, or maybe its that it just feels weird wearing a 43mm rolex.. i dont know. The best way to describe this watch is as a "bloated" Sea-dweller. Its like the took the 16600 and "puffed" it up. The watch for me is just too smoooth and rounded compared to the older style rolex dive watches that i love so much. The head of the watch from any angle just looks strange.. the crystal is flush with the bezel insert and the fat crown guards and thick lugs. The thing that looks the funniest to me is the fact that the dial is still the same freekin size and they just made a fatter rehaut to accomidate it.
I think they should have taken the 16600 and made it bigger but kept the proportions of the old style one. I always gave Rolex the benfit of the doubt and thought the deepsea was really cool and we just needed some time to learn to love it... well.. i need a lot more time i guess.
I dont like it.
Again the replication is great and Watchstation was awesome and shipped me a watch with no problems at all... but as a Vintage guy.. i say Rolex f**ked this one up
BUT... i am going to try to make it better.. i've already polished it to make it look a bit brighter. Another problem is the NON-AR coated crystal. What the hell is wrong with rolex and why cant they put AR on their watches? I can only assume it effects the readability of the dial underwater?? The domed crystal has so much glare that you can barely see dial. I am going to pop the crystal out send it for double AR... yeah i know its wrong but there is NO way i can do anything to make this watch any worse.
heres some gen pics to show what i mean.. rounded and bloated
oh well you never know.. maybe i'll learn to love it but god i hate these crown guards.. they are very accurate but i STILL want to take a file to them lol
on a side note... the clasp is the coolest thing i have ever seen and the guidelock syslem seems very very well replicated. Its a very cool idea.
I'll take some pics of mine later after i give it another polishing...
