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Rolex Land-Dweller
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antonygr
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- 20/10/23
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They cost me less than 2500. I ordered them only for the review on YouTube. Of course, they are not worth the money they ask for them.
- 18/12/15
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Im very happy with my Tissot PRX 40mm Powermatic 80 – T137.407.33.021.00
A TT DJ got run over by a tank, flattened the bracelet, and left honeycomb-like track marks on the dial...Here's rep with some more photos. If you want my opinion, I think it's overpriced and not worth getting.
Nah, just kidding. It was way worse than that... XD
Still, cool to see the newly cloned 7135. Is it a full clone or just a cosmetic one? Does it come with the ceramic balance staff?
- 25/9/22
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It's fake miyota deco plate, the universe will die a heat death before the 7135 is cloned at a reasonable price
never say never... anyway, probably we might get a clone 7135 before Speedy is correctly cloned
I mean, there are a lot of stars out there that could explode and warm the place up a little. Kick your feet up
Always beating on Rolex, all of you lot!
Now leave away the pricing and the marketing, personal taste and the disappointment this issue caused - by YOUR expectations, mind you - what did other brands offer at Watches and Wonders?
The TAG F1?
A 2000$ plastic toy watch!
Panerai? New movements and new measurements!!!!! ....of the same watches.
Moser & Cie? Oh wow, new young colourways no youngster will ever be able to afford!
Tudor? Oh wow! New colors and measurements of the same watches....
Grand Seiko? Oh, great! Another.... differently textured dial....
IWC? Oh wow... ok, same as the others...colors, blah blah...
etc..
At least Rolex tried to resurrect a blast from the past. Admittedly, I prefer Cartier's Tank à Guichets and the Zenith G.F.J. is a cool thing, but not much in terms of design (not-so-novel) "novelty".
The so much hated honeycomb dial can be seen as an evolution of the textured DJ dials mixed with the mainstream touch of the relief motifs like AP, IWC etc. I liked the DJ version better.
The name, I bet we'll soon get over it and a year from now nobody will talk about it anymore.
This watch is a bit of a letdown, but it's the biggest strecth, design-wise, at Watches and Wonders. And don't forget, it's a first issue, I have high hopes for next years' variations. Come on, not even ZF gets first issues right
In Italy they say "Chi disprezza, compra", it's a variation of the sour grapes proverb, literally translating in "Those who despise, will buy".
If they just change the dial, a more subdued surface finishing and eliminate the numerals for simple markers, I will buy it.
- 25/9/22
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It's fine. I'm fine.
Always beating on Rolex, all of you lot!
Now leave away the pricing and the marketing, personal taste and the disappointment this issue caused - by YOUR expectations, mind you - what did other brands offer at Watches and Wonders?
The TAG F1?
A 2000$ plastic toy watch!
Panerai? New movements and new measurements!!!!! ....of the same watches.
Moser & Cie? Oh wow, new young colourways no youngster will ever be able to afford!
Tudor? Oh wow! New colors and measurements of the same watches....
Grand Seiko? Oh, great! Another.... differently textured dial....
IWC? Oh wow... ok, same as the others...colors, blah blah...
etc..
At least Rolex tried to resurrect a blast from the past. Admittedly, I prefer Cartier's Tank à Guichets and the Zenith G.F.J. is a cool thing, but not much in terms of design (not-so-novel) "novelty".
The so much hated honeycomb dial can be seen as an evolution of the textured DJ dials mixed with the mainstream touch of the relief motifs like AP, IWC etc. I liked the DJ version better.
The name, I bet we'll soon get over it and a year from now nobody will talk about it anymore.
This watch is a bit of a letdown, but it's the biggest strecth, design-wise, at Watches and Wonders. And don't forget, it's a first issue, I have high hopes for next years' variations. Come on, not even ZF gets first issues right
In Italy they say "Chi disprezza, compra", it's a variation of the sour grapes proverb, literally translating in "Those who despise, will buy".
If the just change the dial, a more subdued surface finishing and eliminate the numerals for simple markers, I will buy it.
Online discourse about Rolex releases go like this :
- Watch releases
- Everyone bashes the watch (remeber the 126500 release was WIDELY disparaged)
- Watch releases/people get allocated watch, real life pictures appear
- 6 months later, people agree it's a good release
- 1-2 years later the watch is accepted into the main stream
If people are talking about it, then it's a success for Rolex, what they say is true, bad publicity is still publicity.
Remeber the 1908 release, noone talked about that, now the model is dead.
For me, I don't care about the design, I am more interested in the movement. If they release some of KJ's renders (plain dial, stick markers), then I prefer that. The honeycomb doesn't do anything for me.
Didn't they debut the UFA 9RB2 movement? +-20 seconds annually/+- 3 seconds/month. The accuracy made me drool just from a tech standpoint.
Now it sounds like just because I don’t like the new Rolex, I’m automatically a hater...
I don’t like it simply because it (the land dweller) goes against my aesthetic, nothing more. Same thing I’ve been saying about the YM for years — still don’t like it, even if it’s somehow considered “mainstream” now. But no, I don’t hate Rolex. Not at all.
I don’t like it simply because it (the land dweller) goes against my aesthetic, nothing more. Same thing I’ve been saying about the YM for years — still don’t like it, even if it’s somehow considered “mainstream” now. But no, I don’t hate Rolex. Not at all.
Not talking about tech, there was interesting stuff in that field.
And I'm with you. I like the backdrop, the canvas, I don't like how it'S been put to scene.
I was more ranting about all the nitpicking obfuscating the fact that it wasn't Rolex alone to be a letdown. If you look at the other big brands and what they did this year and in the past years, Rolex at least has issued a new watch. "Inspired by" for sure, but at least not the upteenth iteration of the Speedmaster or the zillionth colorway of Tudors, or another interpretation of a perpetual calendar/hypercomplicated/Ultra-tourbillioned watch. Always talking about the design/aesthetic only.
Honeycomb dial is crap? Maybe, but better try and fail than relax on the usual teak/teal dials.
The numerals are crap? Yes. I have no defence for those. They have no place on that kind of watch imo, not styled that way, just too sporty.
Lesser brands did some interesting stuff, but nothing really unconventional.
If Rolex had used its conventional language and put a simple DJ sunburst dial, we'd be having the same nitpicking in reverse. "They didn't dare enough!"
I couldn’t agree more.
But for me, the issue is even bigger with jubilee-style bracelets — whether rounded or flattened. I’m not seriously trypophobic, but I’m definitely leaning that way. I just can’t stand anything tiny and overly patterned, like monograms or jubilee bracelets. The IWC Chrono might be the only watch I own with that kind of 5-column bracelet.
I don't mind jubilees per se, but I replaced all of them with oysters (DJ and GMT master). I like the more sporty look. The jubilees are simply too glittery, but I don't mind the pattern.
I've always wanted to try a jubilee, but haven't. The "glittery" part here that makes me dislike fluted bezels on DJs.
Are jubilee bracelets comfortable though?
I'd say yes, no substantial difference to oyster, if at all, they're more "flexible". Maybe even a slight plus on comfort.
But the glitter. My fluted/jubilee DJ became a smooth/oyster
The smooth bezel on that watch is a game changer. To me, it looks so much nicer and is more adaptable with different clothing options.
The less hair on your wrist, the better. Just imagine — on an Oyster bracelet, you’ve got three “hair pluckers” per row. On a Jubilee, it’s five of them giving you a full Brazilian… without the wax.
