New Rolex at Basel - Instagram tease shot

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Post by rockmastermike » Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:57 am

This is up on Rolex's IG account...New Daytona? Any guesses?

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Post by Heuerville » Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:59 am

Hmmm.. interesting!
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Post by hoppyjr » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:25 am

Maybe a sport version of the Sky-Dweller?

The two rings of lume suggest either an internal rotating bezel or a smaller sub dial within the main dial.

The gaps in lume suggest places for day-date window placement, maybe more.

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Post by Panerai7 » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:35 am

Yeah it's all over the place. Ceramic Bezel Daytona is the last I heard, hopefully not in some precious metal

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Post by andrema » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:36 am

That's a horrible photo
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Post by andrema » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:37 am

Some sort of GMT
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Post by JBZ » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:40 am

Interesting. It doesn't have the lume pattern for Daytona. Like Hoppy said, looks like some sort of inner/outer dial combination. I think the only lume the current sky dweller has is in the hour/minute hands.

Gap at the top could just be for the Rolex crown, which acts as the "12" in many of their pieces. Not sure about the gap at the bottom.

I am reasonably sure I won't be able to afford it, whatever it is.
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Post by JBZ » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:43 am

Panerai7 wrote:Yeah it's all over the place. Ceramic Bezel Daytona is the last I heard, hopefully not in some precious metal
Rolex fanboys have been jonesing for a ceramic bezel SS Daytona for years now - still hasn't happened. Not sure it ever will. Others want a size increase to 42mm - don't really see that either.

Other speculation is a reduction in the size of the Datejust II from 41 to 40 mm (like what they did with the Day-Date last year). Still others speculate a new coke style GMT Master in SS.

Bottom line - when it comes to Rolex, no one knows nothin'.
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Post by JBZ » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:22 am

Folks at TRF are speculating a Daytona with a lumed bezel. Seems plausible.
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Post by YOHOHO » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:28 am

i would love a SS Sky Dweller.

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Post by Panerai7 » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:28 am

JBZ wrote:Folks at TRF are speculating a Daytona with a lumed bezel. Seems plausible.
Yep it's time, naked bezels are so out :) Daytona needs an insert, ceramic and lumed or else the new Tudor Big Block will outsell Daytona :lol:

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Post by Chronos » Wed Mar 09, 2016 11:59 am

It is the Rolex homage to the MKII Pan Am GMT.

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Post by hoppyjr » Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:10 pm

Chronos wrote:It is the Rolex homage to the MKII Pan Am GMT.
:lol:

It'll still be out before the MKII !!!

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Post by gwells » Wed Mar 09, 2016 3:03 pm

JBZ wrote:Gap at the top could just be for the Rolex crown, which acts as the "12" in many of their pieces. Not sure about the gap at the bottom.
gap at bottom: date window.

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Post by JBZ » Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:22 pm

gwells wrote:
JBZ wrote:Gap at the top could just be for the Rolex crown, which acts as the "12" in many of their pieces. Not sure about the gap at the bottom.
gap at bottom: date window.
Would be the first time Rolex ever did that, I'm pretty sure.
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Post by rockmastermike » Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:51 pm

I don't know....the gap at the bottom is on the bezel so it might not be a date window?? Looks like a gap on the dial at 3 might be the date.

Who knows - it will be fun to see.

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