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22 March 2018, 02:23 PM | #31 |
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To be fair, a lot of people who wanted a Coke said they wanted it with a true, saturated red, and many who wanted the Pepsi wanted a saturated red and blue that corrected the WG BLRO bezel. The disappointment at the continued quasi-pastel Pepsi is consistent with many people's stated desires.
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22 March 2018, 02:29 PM | #32 |
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I would have been much less excited about a coke. I never warmed up to the coke.
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22 March 2018, 02:34 PM | #33 |
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I think Rolex has done a fantastic job with the SS Jubilee Pepsi. It is EXACTLY what I want in a watch.
I am sorry it is not EXACTLY what you wanted. Better luck next year. |
22 March 2018, 02:43 PM | #34 |
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I do not usually defend Rolex, BUT
Give Rolex credit they released 5 GMT model if you count the Tudor and the new WG GMT Pepsi. I really like them all...... |
22 March 2018, 02:47 PM | #35 |
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The photos I saw on Hodinkee say that it's basically a home run for Rolex with the new SS BLRO.
"First Take The Rolex GMT-Master II In Stainless Steel (VIDEO) After years of waiting, Rolex fans finally have a new steel Pepsi GMT. And it's awesome." https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ro...teel-new-video Here's their photo of the cranberry and grape watch as well. The colors sure look familiar. For now I'll stick with the Sky D. |
22 March 2018, 02:49 PM | #36 |
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22 March 2018, 02:50 PM | #37 |
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OP: i almost agree with you at 100%.
And i don’t take « The Rolex Way » too personally. Also i agree with the fact that what happened to the WG BLRO could happen the same « Rolex Way » with the Smurf, i just hope they will think about create some new blue sun-ray dial before they do it. This watch brand which is my favorite of all time is all about something that misses. So you flip, so you buy again, and you sell, and then you buy again... After 15 years doing it i have decided ( last year ) to reconsider my buying strategy because it was starting to annoy me in a certain way. Now i will have 3 Rolex watches max and i buy some other brand to relax. So i am not waiting any more after the executive office snail that decides what is the next 10 years move of the Rolie brand and i pick up the watch that songs to me without further questions. I have accepted that « The Rolex Slow Motion Way » is the reason why their watches are what they are: great, reliables, resistants, valuables etc... But today with the internet and all the new ways online to shop or to express our expectations, some other big brands are taking temperature before they come up with some new model, even at Basel... But Rolie doesn’t. Is it because they have so much money ? So they can keep doing what they want like a rainbow ( no date ) chrono ? And what about the shortage of sport models ? Did you guys read their comments at the Rolie booth at Basel ? « We know about the shortage being an issue but we don’t want to talk about it. » Ok, no problem, we will buy Datejust but sounds highly top secret... By the way i really like that new 126710BLRO and i think i am going to buy it if it is available one day...
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22 March 2018, 03:02 PM | #38 |
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I think Rolex hits a home run with the new SS Pepsi GMT. Awesome watch!
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22 March 2018, 03:09 PM | #39 |
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Anyone notice the crown logo in between the Swiss Made text at 6 o’clock? Not etched in the glass but on then dial.
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All successful business do this. Apple withholds technology that people want, even though it exists. but make slight upgrades to their current models by still giving people a few things they want, but not everything. They even make subtle aesthetic changes each model so you need to buy a new accessory. It’s genius. P.s has no idea you couldn’t fit a SS oyster on the GMT. They must have done this to keep their WG buyers from losing their faith in the brand and their minds lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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22 March 2018, 04:01 PM | #41 |
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I don't think I would have been too excited about the coke bezel, but I put my name down for a Pepsi.
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22 March 2018, 04:06 PM | #42 |
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Expectations like this make little sense. If Rolex or anyone made you the perfect watch in every way, why would you or anyone ever buy another?
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22 March 2018, 04:08 PM | #43 |
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With the pastel bezel colors, it will make a nice watch to wear on Easter Sunday, not so sure about the other 364 days. I'm happy with the 16710 with all three bezel inserts to choose from.
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22 March 2018, 05:03 PM | #44 |
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if I have the 16710 or Batman I see no reason why to get this but I don't have a GMT yet so time to call my AD :)
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22 March 2018, 05:08 PM | #45 |
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GMT belongs on jubilee IMO. Anyway if you want interchangability 6 in 1 there is always the 16710
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22 March 2018, 05:29 PM | #47 |
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Rolex is saving the real Pepsi for a rainy day. Why give the masses what they want when the market is so hot they will buy anything you tease them with?
When there starts to be softness in the market again, they will roll out the real Pepsi and reignite the market. |
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They just did release the Pepsi everyone wanted. Only it says Tudor on it. Seriously I would be 100% in on the Rolex Pepsi but the Tudor has me heavily rethinking that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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23 March 2018, 04:00 AM | #50 |
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Agree about the colors - not the right shades for me
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23 March 2018, 04:01 AM | #51 |
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Masses aside, you don't like the new Pepsi at alllll...nothing, it's all wrong...yes or no?
If they released it on an oyster that wasn't interchangeable, all the jubilee heads would also be on here throwing a fit. Sadly, Rolex is not one size fits all, but you can't deny that it fits mosts. |
23 March 2018, 04:02 AM | #52 |
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No Soup for YOU worked pretty well for the soup guy on Seinfeld. lol
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23 March 2018, 10:51 AM | #53 |
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I was kind of thinking this! 12 years on and it can be black, pepsi, coke, oyster or jubilee.
I remember back in the day the AD would make it like you wanted it. I remember when I got my GMT 2 in 1992 they put a sub clasped bracelet on mine because that is what I wanted. Things have certainly changed. |
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Does anyone have a good picture of the two GMT cases next to each other? |
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I do deny that it fits most. My non-scientific data gathering here () indicate that more people here wanted an oyster than a jubilee. The GMT is more closely associated with the oyster than the jubilee over the past half dozen decades. |
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23 March 2018, 12:09 PM | #57 |
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No one really knows yet if you cannot put a stainless steel oyster bracelet on it. Just like you can put a DJ jubilee on any 11671x
People want to believe you can't .... I bet you can |
23 March 2018, 01:00 PM | #58 |
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I was thinking of that same quote; this game is all about opinions, and tho we are all basically so like-minded to be here together, it is good and healthy that we have some disagreements and debates.
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23 March 2018, 01:17 PM | #59 |
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I'm a Pep-C fan, have been since 2014. I just wonder now that it's in steel, if the colors will be more palatable for the "masses".
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23 March 2018, 01:31 PM | #60 |
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You left off the most important part: "...but none of that matters, as long as Rolex pleases me of all the time."
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