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  1. eugeneandresson 'I used a hammer, a chisel, and my fingers' Mar 16, 2021

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    ...that The Crown is hinting at something with the last 8 Social Media posts all about the Sea Dweller? (Apologies for yet another bloody Rolex speculation thread, I honestly don’t give a continental, it’s just something I noticed...)...

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  2. eugeneandresson 'I used a hammer, a chisel, and my fingers' Mar 17, 2021

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    Not a single Theoretical Rolexist among us?
     
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  3. marcn Enough space to say witty Mar 17, 2021

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    Probably just filler content, since Watches and Wonders Geneva is just 3-weeks out.
     
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  4. eugeneandresson 'I used a hammer, a chisel, and my fingers' Mar 17, 2021

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    Likely correct. Fun to speculate though :)
     
  5. Pvt-Public Mar 18, 2021

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    “Does anybody else think”?........ personally, I try not to, it gives me headaches.
     
  6. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 18, 2021

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    Given how out of the box Rolex thinks, maybe they’ll make the exact same two-tone sea-dweller in rose gold and steel instead of yellow gold and steel.
     
  7. Darlinboy Pratts! Will I B******S!!! Mar 18, 2021

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    I have it on good authority that the helium escape valve will now be crafted from alloyed steel with sufficient nickel and/or manganese and nitrogen to maintain an austenitic microstructure at all temperatures, ranging from the cryogenic to the melting point. Of course austenitic steel can't be hardened as the microstructure does not change across temperature variations, but this will in fact help ensure a better seal and have the additional benefit of enhanced selective permeation of helium atoms by neutralizing band gap differences vs. diatomic oxygen molecules.

    And will take an extra month to manufacture in an ISO14644-1 Class 1 clean room. :thumbsup:
     
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  8. eugeneandresson 'I used a hammer, a chisel, and my fingers' Mar 18, 2021

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    So, does this still imply that sucking on the helium escape valve, and then speaking thereafter, will still raise the pitch of ones voice by 15 octaves?
     
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  9. p4ul “WATERRROOP” to 50m Mar 18, 2021

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    But will you be able to buy one off the shelf from an OB/AD?
     
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  10. cvalue13 Mar 18, 2021

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    I haven’t seen any of few and usual predictor sites focused on the SD as subject to movement this year

    everyone’s meanwhile pretty much in agreement that, since year marks the 50th anniversary of the Explorer series, to expect new references for that collection
     
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  12. eugeneandresson 'I used a hammer, a chisel, and my fingers' Apr 2, 2021

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    10 in a row on SeaDwellers (the 10th and last SD post specifically containing a Nat.Geo photographer in ice) followed by (#11) an obscure (speculatively explorer) icey tidbit...

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    I love foreplay :D
     
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  13. cvalue13 Apr 2, 2021

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  14. cvalue13 Apr 2, 2021

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    so, a “polar” explorer ... ?

    Because the spelunking shot makes it I think less then speculative that some portion of the new watches will be explorers
     
  15. pdxleaf ... Apr 2, 2021

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    Rolex is making a "bold" statement on climate change?
     
  16. Sammoor Apr 3, 2021

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    Rolex is just beating a dead horse at this point except everyone loves it like a sick crowd at a beheading.
     
  17. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Apr 3, 2021

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    But when they do go out of the box they nail it with the Sky Dweller.
     
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  18. Rado63 Apr 3, 2021

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    I don't look at what they are doing because you can't buy at retail.
     
  19. cvalue13 Apr 3, 2021

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    The horse is not dead, clearly

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  20. Sammoor Apr 3, 2021

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    I did say like a beheading viewing...Horse dead - market share large.

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