Switch up to a new arrival from DWC legend Rockmastermike!
I have owned a lot of different types of Rolex submariners (and sea-dwellers) over the last 15+ years, including an old school Kermit, but never pulled the trigger on the Hulk. That was in part because I had other subs and SDs in hand, and in part because I was never 100% sold on the green. I actually traded my trusty black dial SubC Date late last year, which left me with the Smurf and a No Date Sub. Both great and a sub is the clear cut "if I can only own watch" watch for me, but I actually saw a Hulk out in the wild earlier this year and loved the look of it in the sunlight to where I started thinking about it seriously for the first time this winter, but prices were nuts at the time and have of course only gone higher. Still, I pinged RRM about his Hulk a couple weeks ago when he mentioned a potential change in his collection, and he emailed me this week with a price I could live with. I still had to decide whether to pounce before the September 1st announcements, and ultimately decided to go for it as none of my over retail Rolex purchases are underwater no matter how crazy the price seemed at the time.
First impressions on my wrist? Love it, and a welcome change to all the black and blue dials in my collection. I love, love, love the blue dial and bezel on the Smurf, but this green dial and bezel gives the Smurf blue a run for its money (the dial is reminiscent of the sunburst on the BP FF Bathy) without the extra weight and PCLs. It also is a nice change of pace from the 3.5 black dials Sub/SDs I own (counting the DSSD JC as half a black dial watch).
We will see what comes out on September 1st (and what happens to the Hulk), but I figure I will be OK either way and if the new announcement brings something I desperately need, I have more than enough trade ammunition for it!
