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Old 22 March 2018, 09:28 AM   #1
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Live pic of new WG BLRO

Has a red hand and flat blue dial. Looks pretty sharp there.

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Old 22 March 2018, 09:31 AM   #2
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Looks pretty sharp there but can’t see why with the new SS honestly.
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Old 22 March 2018, 09:31 AM   #3
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Vid of RG GMT, very decadent.

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Old 22 March 2018, 09:32 AM   #4
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Old 22 March 2018, 09:32 AM   #5
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Looks pretty sharp there but can’t see why with the new SS honestly.
Because not everyone can afford the SS.
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Old 22 March 2018, 09:35 AM   #6
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Interesting. I thought the gmt hand was white from the Rolex website. Pretty sharp.
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Old 22 March 2018, 09:36 AM   #7
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Has a red hand and flat blue dial. Looks pretty sharp there.
Interesting. The rendering on the Rolex website shows it as having a white metal hand, same as the three main hands. Go figure.

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Old 22 March 2018, 09:37 AM   #8
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Interesting. The rendering on the Rolex website shows it as having a white metal hand, same as the three main hands. Go figure.

I saw with red initially so thought this was a mistake and yes it is.
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Old 22 March 2018, 09:38 AM   #9
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Interesting. The rendering on the Rolex website shows it as having a white metal hand, same as the three main hands. Go figure.

Good observation
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Old 22 March 2018, 09:40 AM   #10
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It's very blue, isn't it?
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Old 22 March 2018, 09:52 AM   #11
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Strange decision with SS Pepsi coming out too. Hope they aren't planning it to be a huge seller.
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Old 22 March 2018, 09:53 AM   #12
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looks sorta cheap to me

Coke with a black dial would have been much better
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Old 22 March 2018, 09:57 AM   #13
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Old 22 March 2018, 10:01 AM   #14
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I like it.
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Old 22 March 2018, 10:06 AM   #15
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Looks pretty sharp there but can’t see why with the new SS honestly.
I think that blue dial is stunning!!!!
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Old 22 March 2018, 10:10 AM   #16
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LOVE IT..I WOULD NOW CONSIDER THIS OVER THE SMURF...the black dial, not so much
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I don’t know if this has been answered in any of the other threads but why does the WG Pepsi dial lack the new crown logo between Swiss Made. At first I thought it could signal SS models to PM but I see the RG rootbeer has it as well.


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Old 22 March 2018, 10:14 AM   #18
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Looks pretty sharp there but can’t see why with the new SS honestly.


I was thinking the same thing this morning...a lot of extra bezels? Still some flat blue sub dials from way back laying around to re-purpose?

Looks good in that pic for sure...but definitely surprising. Blue dial - definitely playing toward the purists who love Rolex blue!!!


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Old 22 March 2018, 10:14 AM   #19
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Why the heck isn’t it a brown dial and all brown bezel. CMON!!!!!


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Old 22 March 2018, 10:16 AM   #20
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Because not everyone can afford the SS.


I LITERALLY laughed out loud. 🤣


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Old 22 March 2018, 10:17 AM   #21
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The dial and bezel look sort of waxy - like a crayon.
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Old 22 March 2018, 10:18 AM   #22
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have to say the RG is beginning to sing to me
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Old 22 March 2018, 10:19 AM   #23
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and there's no little crown at the bottom of the dial like the SS and the RG
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Old 22 March 2018, 10:22 AM   #24
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This may be my favorite of the Rolex Basel releases.
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Old 22 March 2018, 10:25 AM   #25
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Looks like a cheap Tag Heuer GMT in white gold.
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Old 22 March 2018, 10:26 AM   #26
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Looks great
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Old 22 March 2018, 10:27 AM   #27
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Stunning! One of the classiest PM models I have seen in a long time.
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Old 22 March 2018, 11:54 AM   #28
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I don’t know if this has been answered in any of the other threads but why does the WG Pepsi dial lack the new crown logo between Swiss Made. At first I thought it could signal SS models to PM but I see the RG rootbeer has it as well.


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That crown logo is interesting. It's obviously too small to indicate anything but pretty cool.
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Old 22 March 2018, 12:01 PM   #29
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I actually really like that blue dial, but just not sure what they were thinking.

Something about the blue dial plus half blue bezel insert is throwing me off.
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Old 22 March 2018, 12:04 PM   #30
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Rolex moved to its furthest point of being a tool watch. The new Sea-Dweller and Meteorite GMT seem best suited for raising PGA trophies, and that might be the closest we get to one anyway.
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