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25 July 2009, 06:41 AM
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WG Submariner 116619
Hello to all,
Thought would share my feelings and experience about the new wg sub. My pics are not very good, professional photos and review can be found on John Holbrook internet site under http://www.rolexreferencepage.com/11...619review.html I bought this watch 4 months ago and now it is my only watch and my daily wearer. I dont really plan to buy another watch because I think it is okay either with casual or formal dress. Photos (maybe Holbrook photos yes) do not reflect the true blue colour of the dial and bezel. When you take photos of it with normal compact cameras the blue will always come out lighter than actually it is. I put some smurfs next to it to show that actual smurf colour is much much lighter blue but photo doesnt come through very well. So my advice is not to "burry" this watch until you see it in person. It is a very very nice, interesting and unique blue colour. Weight - I am not a small guy but have to admit that it takes time to get used to its around 220 gr weight. After 4 months it is okay now but even now sometimes I feel "it would be nice if could be little bit lighter". You have to wear it tight otherwise when walking it is moving up and down, causing little discomfort after a while. PCL - Polished links in general are very prone to scratches, these gold PCLs are even more. They pick up scratches superfast, but I dont really care about them as I dont want to spend time worrying about inevitable scratches. Clasp - This clasp is superb. The outside part is much longer than the new Daytona-GMTIIc clasp. It just looks fantastic to me and the glidelock feature is very practical. I had to take out one link from the 6 and one link from the 12 side and then it was easy to adjust it to be perfectly comfortable. I couldnt do it with the Daytona and GMTIIc earlier. 1 good new feature is that you can adjust the date independently from the hours. As I see lot of people dont like this watch because wg looks like ss. Well, I like the feeling that I am wearing a gold watch without shouting it to the whole world. Specially my be useful if you dont want to tell your wife the real price of your watch. If she is not interested in watches will never know that your new watch is not a summer edition steel submariner... |
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26 July 2009, 08:35 AM
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well done !! That's my next Rolex,I just love it !!
Are you planning some diving with it ??? Swimming at least ? Nice Smurf pic !! |
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26 July 2009, 08:56 AM
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great review and very nice pics..great pics congratulations
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31 July 2009, 07:04 AM
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I use it swimming in lakes and sea but unfortunately dont do any diving with it.
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31 July 2009, 12:14 PM
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Love the Smurfs.....Nice watch, enjoy it and wear it every where!!!
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2 August 2009, 12:47 PM
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What a beauty!
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2 August 2009, 01:00 PM
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Beautiful Sub and I agree the new glidelock is something. Enjoy it for many years.
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2 August 2009, 01:37 PM
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i like the blue colors...very nice & sweet...this my next watch....
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2 August 2009, 06:59 PM
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Superb!
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2 August 2009, 09:58 PM
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Nice post, i really like this watch!
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3 August 2009, 01:08 AM
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Awesome watch. People that know rolex will know right away that it is WG version since blue dial & bezel only comes on that model. It makes it unique.
Enjoy |
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3 August 2009, 05:11 AM
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Great review. Thanks.
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4 August 2009, 01:10 AM
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like the way way u said about the wifey thing VERY TRUE. Thats why i pick the white gold daytona . less attraction from people.
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10 November 2009, 01:24 PM
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I am in love with that watch!
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10 November 2009, 02:07 PM
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
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10 November 2009, 03:31 PM
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I wonder if wg looks lighter than ss. in any case youre watch is very nice and just beautiful.
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11 November 2009, 01:44 AM
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one question guys, is this watch all WG or just the case?
i dont understand.... |
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11 November 2009, 03:04 AM
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Submariner Review
Enjoyed the review. I can't stop looking at that watch....stunning!
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11 November 2009, 03:10 AM
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11 November 2009, 04:07 AM
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11 November 2009, 04:08 AM
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VERY nice write up...nicely done with smurf...
wear it in good health...great watch
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11 November 2009, 01:20 PM
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just like the wg daytona i'm after.... i was thinkin on geting a ss daytona and do a dial change in the ad |
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11 November 2009, 09:52 PM
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what a beautiful time piece!
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13 November 2009, 04:54 AM
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Man I love that blue!! Congrats!
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23 November 2009, 08:23 AM
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The smurf blue as a tangible look to it, congrats.....
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3 December 2009, 12:21 PM
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Wow, with the stainless, two tone with serti and the LV in my collection, this would complete the run. Savings begin now!
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4 December 2009, 02:10 AM
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Great write up.
Love the smurf pic!!
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6 January 2010, 04:29 AM
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Blue Bezel !!
Nice review.. I like your opinion about wearing a WG watch that will appear as SS for non expert Rolex people.
Can any one tell me if the Blue in WG model the same as in the SG model ? In my opinion if Rolex engineers used the old Cobalt Blue from the 16613 models on the new 116613 Sub WG would be much more elegant.. can you imagine this combination ! |
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6 January 2010, 02:23 PM
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Very nice review and photos, just a gorgeous watch.
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6 January 2010, 09:42 PM
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Beautiful watch, seems to have much more presence than other Subs. Have tried this one on a couple of times and love the weight
 Love the 'Team Smurf' pic Cheers
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