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Stopped by a Rolex AD today. Im having new watch withdrawl syndrome and thought that I could at least look at the Rolex dealer since their local and my Breitling AD is 2 1/2 hours away.

Anyway, they had the usual stuff in the case and I meantioned the new sea dweller. She said she had one in the back that was on hold for a customer but I could look at it. Well duhhhh.

First impressions, it is as big as a Breitling. Nicely sized at 43mm. The bracelet still seems "cheaper" than a Breitling but ..... The writing on the inner bezel wasnt nearly as distracting as I thought it would be. In fact it wasnt all that noticable at all. Pretty nice Rolly. Probally the nicest one I've seen... just because of the size. The bad: price. Its was priced at around $9500 USD or so. And they dont discount Rolexs at all. Ouch!

Which brings me to the next thing. I was commenting on how nice it was that Rolex finally made a man sized watch and she said that thier rep kinda mentioned something along the line, that this might not be the last of larger sized rolex's!!!!!! Time will tell.

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Breitling Steelfish(black)
Breitling Steelfish(silver)
Panerai PAM 312
Bell & Ross BR03-92 Phantom
Steinhart BreitlingSource LE #5/15

I've still not seen one in the metal, so to speak. But from pictures alone, I think it's the best looking Rolex (apart from the Yachtmaster II) by a country mile. Good to hear that sub-dial writing is not as noticeable as it looks in the pictures! Unfortunately, the price was always going to be a show-stopper for me. Over £6K GBP for a steel non-complication (i.e. non-chronograph) is crazy IMHO.

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Driver8

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I agree completely Driver...

The watch is great (for being a non Breitling watch), but the price is all wrong.

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Blue Baton Super Avenger
Black Avenger Seawolf

I think it handles pretty well. Nice look, well built. And I had the opportunity to buy one from my AD at a great price, but wasn't too happy to buy it just out of speculation.

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