Pepsi is now a Coke !!!!

[exador]

Fuchsia!

[Claven2]

If I waited 12+ months to get a BLRO from my AD and it came in with burgundy and black bezel, I would lose my sh!t... just saying. You buy a pepsi so the blue and red POPS. Like the older 5 digit bezels.

[gtr600]

Sure looks deep dark blue it looks like a coke.

[zyad]

I got mine from the first batch made (straight from an AD 5 months after Baselworld announcement).
The lighting does indeed make all the difference in the world. In natural bright sunlight, especially looking at an angle are when it's pastely light colours. On an overcast day, not so much. But inside under office fluorescents or at home under warm light temperatures, it's definitely a more natural deeper red and blue.
However, those later batches definitely look like naturally deeper colours even under sunlight, which explains why they look even darker in indoor light. So dark indoor that they're quite a lot darker than what a 1980s Pepsi was.
All in all, it's obviously a matter of personal taste. There is no "better" or "worse".

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[Roli4life]

Originally Posted by Claven2

If I waited 12+ months to get a BLRO from my AD and it came in with burgundy and black bezel, I would lose my sh!t... just saying. You buy a pepsi so the blue and red POPS. Like the older 5 digit bezels.

Can’t help but agree. I would ask Rolex for a bezel from a better batch. This borders on a quality control when the color varies this much.

[Dhiren]

Got mine in December 19 here are a few pictures taken in a light box used at my factory to check for shade variations under different lighting conditions




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[Thewallin]

I am picking one up tomorrow from AD, will report back with color info!

My preference would be darker color.

[Parkville]

Originally Posted by Thewallin

I am picking one up tomorrow from AD, will report back with color info!

My preference would be darker color.

Looking forward to your update.

[descartes]

I just got mine and the blue is a very deep, deep blue and does look black in low light and deep blue in bright light. I love it.

That said, making a Coke now would be redundant.


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[Onikage]

Definitely not much Pepsi in this thread.

[Number3]

Originally Posted by Highlatitude

There is hope for this model if they make it in darker colours. I think the purple/pink pastel colours looked terrible. The darker the better for me.

....because they’ve been really struggling to sell the ones already produced!

I think it looks great OP, I much prefer their darker colours.

[Ipoy]

Date stamped Feb. 2020. Yes, darker blue but cannot be mistaken for black.


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[Boaters]

Originally Posted by JacksonRain

Depends on the lighting. Looks fairly blue to me....

Love that top pic

[JacksonRain]

Originally Posted by Boaters

Love that top pic

Thanks !

[calh22a]

Much prefer the darker bezels with the later “mk” releases

[Onikage]

Originally Posted by exador

Fuchsia!

Do the darker ones still do this?

[AJMarcus]

Originally Posted by Parkville

Below is in normal office lighting - I think this MK3 has gone a bit too far with the darkening - even the red looks almost brown....

I would agree. Prefer my MK I I got in June 20118:

[Thanos]

So much for a new 'Coke' GMT. MKIII BLRO dial gives best of both worlds.

[Chadridv]

Originally Posted by Onikage

Do the darker ones still do this?

Mine is from 2018 with what most recognize as a mark II, second batch, whatever, and it doesn’t look quite like that other pic in direct sun.

Keep in mind though, the direct sun definitely gives a bit of a purple look, I’ve seen it, but iPhones seem to get a little confused on which color temperature to shoot at in direct sunlight, specifically during a low sun.

Here is mine in similar light, direct sun.

[Special-K7]

Very nice piece

[RaZCaL]

Really love the Pepsi! Only watch I really want at the moment.

[F17RUK]

The chameleon!

[nr1416]

Originally Posted by Onikage

Do the darker ones still do this?

This is a darker bezel one. Lol

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[ltmgeller]

I love how the appearance of the watch changes in different light.

[exador]

Originally Posted by Dhiren

Got mine in December 19 here are a few pictures taken in a light box used at my factory to check for shade variations under different lighting conditions

Does that mean you have access to a spectrophotometer?

[cdubg21]

Originally Posted by nr1416

This is a darker bezel one. Lol

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Makes me lean toward the BLNR, honestly

[descartes]

Originally Posted by Thanos

So much for a new 'Coke' GMT. MKIII BLRO dial gives best of both worlds.

^^^^^^ This


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[armybuck041]

My late 2018 SS Pepsi:




My 2016 WG Pepsi:

[Swaye]

Mine is just right. MK3 I think (I can't keep up with which Mark we are even on now) from last summer. But I like it. Not light and pastel, and not so dark it doubles as black. Just right imo. I love it.

[georgekart]

Originally Posted by nr1416

Looks like the same shade as the original Bakelite bezels....

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Exactly, I think the current BLRO with the dark bezel is as close as we're going to get to the original 6542. I think Rolex realized how light the blue was on the GMTs and I think that might be the reason they introduced Coke back in the day. I always preferred Coke to Pepsi due to blue being too light. With this bezel, I feel like Coke is redundant. It's very dark blue that almost looks black, while still offering some color.