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Rolex carefully selects materials as always, confirming some reasons

One of the most crucial things to get a top watch is the situation. This is what protects the inside. According to theories in watchmaking, the depth of this circumstance is proportional to its water resistance. Which explains why the Sea Dwellers used from the challenges were thick. The Ringlock System One wouldn’t dare to use those watches as a daily driver due to the thickness. To answer the issue, the situation structure was redesigned by Rolex and called it the Ringlock System. With this system, three elements absorb the strain. These will be the sapphire crystal (5.5mm thick), the case back made of Grade 5 titanium (3.28mm thick), and the inner ring made of Biodur 108 steel. Along with this, the system is encompassed by 904L steel.
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As always, Rolex chose the materials . The Biodur 108 steel is three times greater stress evidence compared to the case to exemplify. Meanwhile, the Grade 5 titanium is four times more durable. GAS ESCAPE VALVE If you’d observe the words printed on the Deepsea’s dial, then you will see”gas escape valve” printed on it. The gas escape valve is just one of the most important creations of Rolex. In fact, this technology upped the game for dive watches.
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A lot of divers discovered the crystal of the watches popping off, to give you an overview. This was a result of the helium molecules which penetrate the watch’s case through the gaskets. The gas fails to escape the case of the watch, Even though there is a diver about the decompression stage. Thus, causing the crystal the watch like a champagne cork. As a solution to the problem, Rolex devised a valve. It allows the gas trapped at the watch to escape at a strain while the diver is about the decompression process. All while preserving the watch’s case’s waterproofness.

The Origin and Birth of the New Generation Rolex Day-Date President

18XX series in 1977 represents a modest increase in price on the secondary market. 180XX range brought the Rolex Day-Date its initial beat movement — the Cal. 3055 with a frequency of 28,800vph. It comprised a Quickset function, allowing for the day of the month in the three o’clock window without adjusting the hands to become more advanced with all the winding crown.
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Again, it is the direct replacement for your ref. . The ref. 18038 is left in 18k yellow gold watch and contains the same bezel with variety of dial colors and materials. A massively popular model upon its launch, and especially in areas of the nation, it was the ref. 18038 which earned the Day-Date yet another nicknamethe Texas Timex. The difference in cost between this version and the preceding one is slight. At the end of the scale, you should have no difficulty with President bracelets starting at a few thousand bucks over examples in the previous generation, tracking down bits.
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The ref. 18038 has an altogether more contemporary feel than the ref. 1803. The dials are flat instead of being of the’pie pan’ style of their previous creation, and the crystal is created from sapphire instead of being crafted from acrylic. However, the mention 18038 was not in production. As its Quickset feature only freed up the date numeral (what’s known as one Quickset) it was obvious what the next development was going to be. A new generation of this Rolex Day-Date President emerged, driven by a more motion.
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OYSTER PERPETUAL GMT-MASTER II

WORLD TRAVELER CHIC

The famous travel watch, created by Rolex in 1954, benefits from the latest technical innovations. With its new bracelet, this watch is even more refined.

Keeping the time while traveling across the globe is the leitmotiv of Rolex with its Oyster Perpetual GMT-MASTER II. The original model continues to be upgraded through improvements in manufacturing techniques yet still has the same objective: ensuring ease of use and exceptional robustness. Last year, the Pepsi model, so-called because of its red and blue two-tone bezel, integrated a new performance caliber, the 3825. For the first time, this timepiece was combined with a five-link steel Jubilee bracelet. This year, at the latest edition of Baselworld, the brand with the crown launched the famous Batman (reference 126710 BLNR) set apart by its graduated black and blue ceramic dial, with the same features.

rolex oyster perpetual gmt master 2 closeup left profileAs with all Rolex watches, this Oyster Perpetual GMT-MASTER II has the Superlative Chronometer certification which guarantees a precision of -2/+2 seconds.

Price: 8 500 EUR

By Dan Diaconu

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OYSTER PERPETUAL YACHT-MASTER 42

THE CALL OF THE SEA

Change in continuity. This is the Rolex watchword with the new models introduced at Baselworld 2019. The Yacht-Master, a professional sailing watch, takes us full steam ahead.

The Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master was first launched by Rolex in 1992 with a new model released in 2015. This year, the brand has produced a version with a large case (42mm wide), watertight down to 100m and made from a solid block of grey gold. The new watch, reference number 226659, arrives in a collection that has hitherto featured models between 37 and 40mm wide. There is nothing revolutionary here from an aesthetic point of view. The watch has all the hallmarks of the brand with the iconic crown logo, with a guarantee of optimal readability. The instantly recognisable hands point towards round indices. All the elements on the elegant black lacquered dial are coated with Chromalight, a lume with a long-lasting blue glow. The dial is encircled by a revolving two-directional fluted bezel, which is topped by a disc made of Cerachrom ceramic. The date display is magnified by the trusty Cyclops lens.

rolex yacht master 2019 crown closeupPrice: 25,500 EUR

By Dan Diaconu

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OYSTER SUBMARINER

THE REFERENCE

Often copied, seldom equalled, it sails across the waves of fashion. We take a closer look at the mythical Submariner watch, a must-have for all fans of the brand with the crown logo.

The Submariner, the first watch to be watertight down to 100m, has been a big hit with fans of underwater adventure since its launch in 1953. It came to wider public notice when Sean Connery wore the watch in Dr No, the first James Bond film, in 1962. Since then, Rolex has added features to the timepiece in line with technological developments, and enthusiasm for the unmatched reference in its category rightly shows no sign of waning. While its design features have changed little, the use of new materials is what really attracts attention to each new model. Today, the round hour markers and distinctive hands are coated in Chromalight, a long-lasting, high-density luminous material. The unidirectional revolving bezel features a disc made of Cerachrom, a tough, scratch-resistant ceramic. Each new model launched by the brand improves the robustness and readability of the diver’s watch.

rolex oyster submariner 2018 blueAs for the mechanism, the automatic movement is continually enhanced too, ensuring faultless accuracy. The calibre 3135 comes with a bi-directional rotor for optimal energy conservation in the anti-magnetic Parachrom hairspring. As an extra guarantee of accuracy, the Submariner has the Superlative Chronometer certification, combining COSC and Rolex standards.

Price from 6,850 EUR

By Dan Diaconu

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OYSTER PERPETUAL DEEPSEA

A VISION IN DEEP SEA BLUE

Get out your swimfins! The Deepsea by Rolex celebrates a decade of extreme diving by combining interesting technical innovations and a much-awaited design change.

The Oyster Deepsea, the more muscular version of the Sea-Dweller, first launched in 2008. It is Rolex’s professional diving watch and watertight down to 3,900 metres. This year, it has been equipped with the D-blue dial. The dial first appeared on a model launched to commemorate James Cameron’s 2014 expedition to the Mariana Trench, 10,908m below the sea surface, and features a beautiful gradation of colours from midnight blue to black, recalling the colour of the oceans. The new model, the 126660, also differs from its predecessor, the 116660, due to small changes to the sides of the watch case and lugs. The result? The 44mm-wide Oystersteel case now comes with a wider strap featuring a resized safety clasp. Extensions are also available, making it possible to wear the watch over a thick neoprene wetsuit, substantially improving wearer comfort. Otherwise, the new timepiece has kept all the main features, including the helium valve at 9 o’clock and the unidirectional revolving bezel with a disc made of Cerachrom, a type of ceramic developed in-house by the brand with the crown logo.

rolex oyster perpetual deepsea 2018 soldatLike all Rolex watches, the Deepsea has the Superlative Chronometer designation, guaranteeing excellent performances, and a 5-year warranty.

Price: 11,550 EUR

By Dan Diaconu

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OYSTER PERPETUAL GMT-MASTER II EVEROSE

EVEROSE’S WARM CARESS

Two new versions made of Everose gold have joined the legendary GMT-Master II collection, with two time zones, a new movement made by Rolex and an original two-colour ceramic bezel.

After a first look at the new Rolex watches, some visitors with lively and gourmet imaginations affectionately dubbed them “ristretto and cappuccino”, since the two Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II Everose watches, with their two-colour Cerachrom ceramic bezel, recall the colour of coffee.

rolex gmt master 2 everose collectionThe 40mm-wide Oyster cases are watertight down to 100m and dressed in Everose, a pink gold made by Rolex with lasting radiance. One of the models comes in Oystersteel, a 904L steel, and features a few touches of Everose gold on the bezel, dial, crown and on the central links of the strap. The other is entirely forged in the warm precious metal.

With a total of ten patent applications, the automatic calibre 3285, officially certified as a Superlative Chronometer – a guarantee of quality introduced by Rolex – drives the displays on these two Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II Everose watches and provides a power reserve of 70 hours.

Price: 13,400 CHF (Oystersteel and Everose) – 35,000 CHF (Everose)

By Sharmila Bertin

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OYSTER GMT-MASTER II

TIMELESS VISA

With this watch there’s no need to take any excess baggage along during your business trips or holidays! The new GMT-Master II has everything you need to take you from one end of the planet to the other.

First launched in 1954, the Oyster GMT-Master is now a reference in travellers’ watches. The graded 24-hour bezel in the colours of a famous American soda gave it its nickname. And while the recipe for Pepsi is still a secret, the formula that brought success to this timepiece is well known and can be summarised in two words: simple and robust. The version unveiled this year at Baselworld 2018 by Rolex follows in the tradition of the previous models. The 40mm-wide steel case contains a wonderfully simple black dial. The wide hour and minute hands point to XL-sized hour markers. All these elements have a Chromalight coating for optimum visibility. Along with the central second hand, there is the famous fourth, red hand that turns around the dial once every 24 hours. It can be used either to show local time or a second time zone on the revolving ceramic bezel. A date topped with a Cyclops magnifying lens rounds off the time information. And for the first time, the Oyster GMT-Master II comes with a Jubilee-type strap with five steel links.

rolex gmt master 2 2018Like all Rolex watches, the Oyster GMT-MASTER II also has the superlative chronometer certification guaranteeing precision of -2 to +2 seconds a day.

Price: 8,500 EUR

By Dan Diaconu

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ROLEX – CELLINI MOONPHASE

MOONLIGHT

As our satellite travels along its orbit, it shows different shapes from crescent to full moon. Rolex delicately recreates the process.

Cellini. While the name pays homage to a talented sculptor of the Italian Renaissance, it also recalls a romantic opera composed by Berlioz in the 19th century. So, what could be more natural than combining a classic watch made by Rolex with watchmaking’s most poetic complication, the moonphase? The 39mm-wide case is machined in a gold, copper and titanium alloy called Everose and houses a delicate white enamelled dial of great simplicity. At 6 o’clock, an enamelled blue disc with a fine intensity stands out. In a starry sky, the full moon, represented with applied chapters made from meteorite, and the new moon alternate cycle after cycle. The self-winding mechanical movement in the Cellini Moonphase powers a mechanism with an astronomical accuracy of 122 years.

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With a power reserve of 48 hours, the calibre 3195 deploys its energy so that the rose gold hour, minute and seconds hands keep time with ultimate precision. It also drives a central blue hand adorned with a crescent moon tip showing the date on the dial rim.

This traditional and refined piece comes with a brown alligator leather strap with an adjustable in-house rose-gold folding Crownclasp. Like all the watches stamped with the Rolex crown, the Cellini Moonphase has the Superlative Chronometer certification, a guarantee of performance and robustness.

Price: €24,550

By Dan Diaconu

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ROLEX – COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA

RACING ELEGANCE

Three new models have joined the Cosmograph Daytona collection. What do they have in common? Precious metal cases, a Cerachrom bezel and new elastomer straps.

Created in 1963, the Daytona has never ceased to be a subject of watchmaking conversation ever since Paul Newman wore his own watch in the film Winning. This very watch has just made the news after it was sold at an exceptional auction in Geneva for the record-breaking sum of 17.8 million dollars. This year, Rolex is keeping the legend alive with three versions of the Cosmograph Daytona, with one in yellow gold, a second in rose gold and a third in Everose, a rose gold alloy created in the manufacture’s foundry. True to the spirit of the original model, these chronographs provide drivers with great tools. With a tachymeter incorporated in the black ceramic Cerachrom bezel, it is easy for champion drivers to measure their average speed up to 400km/h (or miles per hour, depending on their unit preference). On the dial, we find the counters in tri-compax position to measure shorter time periods in 1/8th of a second.

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These Cosmograph Daytona watches are worn with a new Oysterflex strap, adding to their sports style. The straps combine the robustness of a steel strap with the flexibility and aesthetics of their elastomere counterpart. Like all Rolex watches, the three Daytonas have a double certification, from the COSC as chronometers, and from Rolex as “superlative chronographs”.

Price: €26,650 (yellow gold) – €26,750 (grey gold – Everose gold)

By Dan Diaconu