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New colorways for the venerable 556I. Limited to 400 pieces each, $1460USD. I like them!

 

Those look a little cheap... But also kind of fun! I like them too.

 

Where Rolex goes, others follow.

 

Not loving these. The sunburst blue they did was a triumph



But these matte flat colors just seem a bit cartoonish

 

Yeah, isn’t that true!

omega jumped on that bandwagon. now Sinn.
On the watchuseek forum I saw a Ball in an ice blue dial. Looks like they jumped on too….

 

They also announced a pvd tegimented EZM 1.1. I'm very tempted to put down a deposit.

 

Looks like the blue is sold out.

 

I’ve seen a few pop up used at not crazy prices.

 

I, for one, am thankful that Rolex invented color. The world was so bland, and no watch company had ever - ever - produced a watch with a color other than black, white, or silver, before Rolex. Even my palm fronds were gray before Rolex came along and invented green palm fronds.

Thank you, Rolex, for inventing literally everything including color.

(Yes, after hearing it for the 50th time, I admit to being a little raw at the idea that everyone is copying Rolex. There were watches with different colorways before Rolex.)

 

Quick follow up; maybe everybody is following Oris? They released several bright primary color watches in the Aquis and Big Crown lines before Rolex or Omega. Then again, maybe Oris is following Seiko. Or is Seiko following Swatch? Swatch was probably first to market with bright, primary color dials in the 80's.

 

Thank you Rolex for inventing the green bezel on a diver….oh, wait

 

Thank you Rolex for inventing the waterproof case….oh, wait

 

Thank you Rolex for making the first commercially available dive watch….oh, wait

 

Breitling the same.......

https://www.breitling.com/us-en/watches/navitimer/

 

If you had told me in 1993 that the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers would have such a strong influence on horology in 29 years... I would have laughed nervously and tried to never speak to you again.

 

Rolex just copied the company that was redialing their watches with colourful colours. So they took them to court. Saying they couldn’t sell them as Rolex watches…..made them stop then copied them releasing colourful watches

https://www.watchpro.com/rolex-calls-custom-watchmaker-a-counterfeiter-in-landmark-court-case/

 

DOXA were doing the exact same colours for donkeys years before Rolex copied them.

 

You cant beat a nice swank

 

Not the only one

 

Didn't mean to rile up the anti-Rolex crowd. Should I delete the post?