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wytrader · 26 March 2018, 05:51 AM

So the BLNR and the LN GMT's were missing from the catalogue and pricelist handed out at Basel. Why is this not bigger news?

jb335 · 26 March 2018, 05:56 AM

First I have heard of this. BLNR maybe, but no way they discontinue the GMT LN. Right???

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tyler1980 · 26 March 2018, 06:00 AM

news to me

gliderpilot · 26 March 2018, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jb335

First I have heard of this. BLNR maybe, but no way they discontinue the GMT LN. Right???

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The green accents were supposed to commemorate 50th anniversary of the GMT (it was advertised as such back then). One possible explanation for updating the LN model, in addition to the new movement, of course...

Gary. · 26 March 2018, 06:03 AM

!!!!!!!!

Amazing · 26 March 2018, 06:05 AM

Still on the website though

Dusko.Popov · 26 March 2018, 06:18 AM

It’s been mentioned twice already. Once in the thread about the coronet being added between “Swiss” and “made.” And once in the “blnr discontinued” (paraphrasing) thread.

Something being on the website is not dispositive of it being discontinued or not. We need to start a thread of common Rolex misconceptions that are false but still parroted. The 16610lv was showing on the website until late November, 2010. After the 116610lv already debuted (sublv) and many months after that Basel.

That something is not discontinued because it is still on the website is fundamentally not true. It seems that Rolex keeps them on the website as long as there is some appreciable amount of retail presence even if the watch isn’t being produced.

Just because something is for sale doesn’t mean it’s being actively produced.

For those who collected then, the 50th anniversary subs sat unpurchased at many Ads for a while so it made sense for them to be illustrated on their website even if they weren’t being manufactured.

RHJ · 26 March 2018, 06:23 AM

I got the catalogue too and they are missing indeed.
Interesting.. means one SS model only for now

superstarmar · 26 March 2018, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by RHJ

I got the catalogue too and they are missing indeed.
Interesting.. means one SS model only for now

Not good news ...

tyler1980 · 26 March 2018, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by superstarmar

Not good news ...

and here come the price impact threads

...still not an investment

superstarmar · 26 March 2018, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by tyler1980

and here come the price impact threads

Oh yeah ... they’re a comin...

RHJ · 26 March 2018, 06:25 AM

I think Dusko is right

RHJ · 26 March 2018, 06:26 AM

Selling stock of BLNR and LN..

fleabag · 26 March 2018, 06:29 AM

now this is interesting

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RHJ · 26 March 2018, 06:32 AM

Let's suffer in silence!

Mozzer · 26 March 2018, 06:35 AM

Looks like there selling off remaining stock of BLNR
Then it will disappear from the website
Maybe
Seen this on a blog saying discontinued also
Could this be the end of the BLNR
Until a future update case/movement

SPMN · 26 March 2018, 06:36 AM

I wish there were watch journalists out there who would actually ask questions like these instead of putting up article after article of positive review. Did anyone see the Revolution Watch video where Wei had the president and creative director of Tudor on camera and ignored them to have his own person talk about the new GMT? Have them talk about it. Ask them about their watch. Ask Rolex if the BLNR is discontinued.

I’d be surprised if the BLNR is truly discontinued though. It seems odd to only offer a GMT on a jubilee bracelet with no oyster option in stainless.

Gary. · 26 March 2018, 06:37 AM

I hear the frantic scrabbling of all those dealers who got their hoarded BLNRs out of the safes a few days ago cramming them all back in again...

rkim11 · 27 March 2018, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gary.

I hear the frantic scrabbling of all those dealers who got their hoarded BLNRs out of the safes a few days ago cramming them all back in again...

Watcheroo · 26 March 2018, 06:39 AM

How comprehensive is the catalog and price list?

Jacobson · 26 March 2018, 06:43 AM

It's been my theory since Basel that the 1167XX (LN, BLNR, BLRO) are no longer in production but still on the website until stock levels within the supply chain have been depleted.

The LN and hopefully the BLNR will then be updated to 126710 LN & BLNR at Basel. Not too sure what will happen to the WG BLRO.

Wcdhtwn · 26 March 2018, 06:44 AM

Maybe they are being redesigned for the 3235?

Boothroyd · 26 March 2018, 07:18 AM

I have always believed the catalogue over the website. If it is not in the catalogue, it can't be ordered. Wonder how many are out in the retail chain at the moment. This is big news!

PLNYC · 26 March 2018, 07:21 AM

Maybe the LN is being updated. Can’t say the same for the BLNR though

OK_Computer · 26 March 2018, 07:29 AM

I really hope the BLNR isn’t discontinued — I have been looking for one for over 6 months. I’d really like to avoid the grey market and get one from an AD.

As a new (potential) customer to the Rolex brand, this has been quite frustrating.

zjd168 · 26 March 2018, 07:31 AM

They can be replaced as 126710 ln and Blnr, just like the DSSD.

I still don't think Rolex will discontinue Hulk or Blnr in the near future.

jaisonline · 26 March 2018, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by wytrader

So the BLNR and the LN GMT's were missing from the catalogue and pricelist handed out at Basel. Why is this not bigger news?

do you think those 2 watches will likely be "refreshed" with the newer case and movement next yr? i think so along with an increased MSRP

rudegar · 26 March 2018, 07:44 AM

Are updates, such as a new BLNR with new movement ever intro’d mid year?

Boothroyd · 26 March 2018, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by rudegar

Are updates, such as a new BLNR with new movement ever intro’d mid year?

I don't remember a midyear announcement from Rolex with the exception of the Cameron DeepSea, and that was to commemorate an event.

Submaster · 26 March 2018, 08:01 AM

Could be no announcement, just no longer available for any AD to order like 116719BLRO...

26 March 2018, 05:51 AM	#1
wytrader "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: EU Watch: SD Posts: 583	Back from Basel, 116710LN & 116710BLNR not in Rolex book So the BLNR and the LN GMT's were missing from the catalogue and pricelist handed out at Basel. Why is this not bigger news? __________________ 116520 116710LN, 116710BLNR 16600 V NIB, 116660, 116660, 116600, 126600, 126660, 126660, 126603 126610LV

26 March 2018, 06:00 AM	#3
tyler1980 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Houston Posts: 17,622	news to me __________________ Instagram: tyler.watches current collection: Patek 5164A, Patek 5524G, Rolex Platinum Daytona 116506, Rolex Sea Dweller 43 126600, Rolex GMT II 116710LN, AP 15400ST (silver), Panerai 913, Omega Speedmaster moonwatch, Tudor Black Bay (Harrods Edition)

26 March 2018, 06:43 AM	#21
Jacobson "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA, UK, UAE Posts: 668	It's been my theory since Basel that the 1167XX (LN, BLNR, BLRO) are no longer in production but still on the website until stock levels within the supply chain have been depleted. The LN and hopefully the BLNR will then be updated to 126710 LN & BLNR at Basel. Not too sure what will happen to the WG BLRO. __________________ ROLEX: 16570 - 16610LV - 116610LN - 116610LV - 16710 - 116710BLNR - 126710BLRO - 116622 Rhodium - 116520 Black - 116500LN White - 116500LN Black - 228206 Ice AP: 15450ST White - 15202ST Blue - 26331ST -- PP: 5711/1A Blue - 5056P-001 -- BP: 5008 1130 71S -- JLC: 3908420 -- Tudor: M79470-0001

26 March 2018, 07:18 AM	#23
Boothroyd 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Daniel Location: Minneapolis, MN Watch: Wilsdorf(s) Posts: 10,186	I have always believed the catalogue over the website. If it is not in the catalogue, it can't be ordered. Wonder how many are out in the retail chain at the moment. This is big news! __________________ Explorer 214270 MK I/Datejust II Black 116300/Tudor Heritage Black Bay Black 79220N

26 March 2018, 07:21 AM	#24
PLNYC "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Mars Posts: 1,683	Maybe the LN is being updated. Can’t say the same for the BLNR though __________________

26 March 2018, 05:56 AM	#2
jb335 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: The States Watch: Cosmograph Daytona Posts: 6,833	First I have heard of this. BLNR maybe, but no way they discontinue the GMT LN. Right??? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

26 March 2018, 06:03 AM	#5
Gary. "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 397	!!!!!!!!

26 March 2018, 06:05 AM	#6
Amazing "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Herts UK Posts: 235	Still on the website though

26 March 2018, 06:18 AM	#7
Dusko.Popov "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: DC Posts: 829	It’s been mentioned twice already. Once in the thread about the coronet being added between “Swiss” and “made.” And once in the “blnr discontinued” (paraphrasing) thread. Something being on the website is not dispositive of it being discontinued or not. We need to start a thread of common Rolex misconceptions that are false but still parroted. The 16610lv was showing on the website until late November, 2010. After the 116610lv already debuted (sublv) and many months after that Basel. That something is not discontinued because it is still on the website is fundamentally not true. It seems that Rolex keeps them on the website as long as there is some appreciable amount of retail presence even if the watch isn’t being produced. Just because something is for sale doesn’t mean it’s being actively produced. For those who collected then, the 50th anniversary subs sat unpurchased at many Ads for a while so it made sense for them to be illustrated on their website even if they weren’t being manufactured.

26 March 2018, 06:23 AM	#8
RHJ 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: here Watch: 214270 Mk1 Posts: 920	I got the catalogue too and they are missing indeed. Interesting.. means one SS model only for now

26 March 2018, 06:25 AM	#12
RHJ 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: here Watch: 214270 Mk1 Posts: 920	I think Dusko is right

26 March 2018, 06:26 AM	#13
RHJ 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: here Watch: 214270 Mk1 Posts: 920	Selling stock of BLNR and LN..

26 March 2018, 06:29 AM	#14
fleabag "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,212	now this is interesting Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

26 March 2018, 06:32 AM	#15
RHJ 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: here Watch: 214270 Mk1 Posts: 920	Let's suffer in silence!

26 March 2018, 06:36 AM	#17
SPMN "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: St Paul, MN Watch: Tudor, Omega Posts: 1,218	I wish there were watch journalists out there who would actually ask questions like these instead of putting up article after article of positive review. Did anyone see the Revolution Watch video where Wei had the president and creative director of Tudor on camera and ignored them to have his own person talk about the new GMT? Have them talk about it. Ask them about their watch. Ask Rolex if the BLNR is discontinued. I’d be surprised if the BLNR is truly discontinued though. It seems odd to only offer a GMT on a jubilee bracelet with no oyster option in stainless.

26 March 2018, 06:37 AM	#18
Gary. "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 397	I hear the frantic scrabbling of all those dealers who got their hoarded BLNRs out of the safes a few days ago cramming them all back in again...

26 March 2018, 06:39 AM	#20
Watcheroo 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: CT Posts: 3,912	How comprehensive is the catalog and price list?

26 March 2018, 06:44 AM	#22
Wcdhtwn "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Houston Watch: SkyD, SD43, GMT2 Posts: 4,975	Maybe they are being redesigned for the 3235?

26 March 2018, 07:29 AM	#25
OK_Computer "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Atlanta Posts: 9	I really hope the BLNR isn’t discontinued — I have been looking for one for over 6 months. I’d really like to avoid the grey market and get one from an AD. As a new (potential) customer to the Rolex brand, this has been quite frustrating.

26 March 2018, 07:31 AM	#26
zjd168 "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: US Posts: 2,698	They can be replaced as 126710 ln and Blnr, just like the DSSD. I still don't think Rolex will discontinue Hulk or Blnr in the near future.

26 March 2018, 07:44 AM	#28
rudegar "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: California Watch: DD 40 Pt Posts: 365	Are updates, such as a new BLNR with new movement ever intro’d mid year?

26 March 2018, 08:01 AM	#30
Submaster "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 12	Could be no announcement, just no longer available for any AD to order like 116719BLRO...

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