Black Submarine.

[alistairw 0]

Hi all,

How good can a Rep be, I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder.

As a lover of Rolex Sub's, the reality check confirmed I wasn't going to

have a Gen in this life time unless I won the Lotto.

As my wife remind's me a 'watch is a watch' but that's what she says!

The Black Submariner is from Mary.

I wanted as close to the Gen as possible so the order was placed for

the Ceramic Black bezel with Swiss ETA movement.

The photos below are the same photos Mary sent me prior to despatch,

I had requested photos of my watch, as I was aware she was happy to do so.

They looked sensational, but would the watch look as good in the fresh?

On arrival a quick glance suggested this watch looked the business.

On reading articles on Reps, I now knew what to look for in this watch.

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Rolex Etching @ 6.00 - very hard to see visiable under an eye glass in the correct postion.

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Correct lining of the letter M's - perfectly aligned.

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Blue Lume - perfect glows all night.

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Correct embossing of ROLEX arond inside of case - correct start point - beautiful.

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Second hand lume circle and lume dots to correct size - very close.

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Crown guard height versus crown - looks close to perfect.

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Bracelet finish and clasp design - correct with beautiful lustre.

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Does the watch maintain good time - yes as expected of an automatic (+15 secs per day and monitering)

The million dollar question - does the watch look a million dollars?

Without a doubt, to an untrained eye (and a trained eye) it would be hard to distinguish the Rep from the Gen.

This watch is the greatest pleasure to wear and enjoy, I highly recommend if you are in the market for a Sub look no further.

This is my Black Sub enjoy the pics:

[GC 4,534]

Looks perfect to me too!!!

 

Mary is a PHENOMINAL dealer, that Sub is super nice!

 

Great review, but more importantly...enjoy that fab watch!

 

GC

[trailboss99 997]

Mate, that is one very nice looking sub!

KBH: what do you think of those CGs mate? They look one of the closer attempts to me.

Anyone ID what V this is? Even the back is satin under where the hologram would be instead of rough.

How much did you pay for this mate?

 

 

Col.

[alistairw 0]

Mate, that is one very nice looking sub!

KBH: what do you think of those CGs mate? They look one of the closer attempts to me.

Anyone ID what V this is? Even the back is satin under where the hologram would be instead of rough.

How much did you pay for this mate?

 

 

Col.

Hi Col,

I paid USD$218,

Regards,

Alistair

[oscarmadfish 0]

looks very good

[trailboss99 997]

That's a hell of a lot of sub for 200 bucks!

 

 

Col.

[greg_r 83]

Wow - one of the nicest subs I've seen. Congrats!

[KinCaidk 0]

nice!!

 

congrats. and well done Mary

[barkingtoad 2]

like it nice price too

[KBH 7]

The CG's are too fat but everything else is very nice. Squaring off the inside of the CG's makes it almost perfect. The harder part is taking off a little of the outside of the CG's to get it 100%.

 

What I don't understand is why it's got a GMT bracelet and clasp? Shiny mid links? Maybe they built a Sub in a GMT case.

 

 

Edit: didn't notice it's a ceramic model... Don't know much about these newer ones.

[barkingtoad 2]

thats how mine is from PWC also

they seem to have shiny mids on the new style clasps

[KBH 7]

thats how mine is from PWC also

they seem to have shiny mids on the new style clasps

 

Hmm, I wonder whats up with that? I can't imagine shiny mid links on a tool watch. Would Rolex be so foolish?

[prestigewatchco 2]

thats how mine is from PWC also

they seem to have shiny mids on the new style clasps

 

Hmm, I wonder whats up with that? I can't imagine shiny mid links on a tool watch. Would Rolex be so foolish?

 

They are just black copies of the blue ceramic watch the black ceramic only came out this week with brushed links in stainless steel the blue was only ever available in 18k white gold

[KBH 7]

thats how mine is from PWC also

they seem to have shiny mids on the new style clasps

 

Hmm, I wonder whats up with that? I can't imagine shiny mid links on a tool watch. Would Rolex be so foolish?

 

They are just black copies of the blue ceramic watch the black ceramic only came out this week with brushed links in stainless steel the blue was only ever available in 18k white gold

 

 

OOPS! I didn't even notice that it was a ceramic Sub. Disregard anything I said before my second cup of coffee.

[Member X 91]

Is this the ceramic one that's not out yet / only just out?

 

Looks great

 

Is the lume on the gen blue? Or have they just changed the blue rep mentioned by Robert to black, leaving the lume and everything else the same?

 

Great price though.

[Watchdog 0]

Can you comment on the stem tube? Is it thin or thick like a gen?

[alistairw 0]

Can you comment on the stem tube? Is it thin or thick like a gen?

 

Hi Watchdog,

Looking at the pic's I would suggest it is the thicker stem, however I'm no expert.

The photos below show it in a little more detail.

You may be able to confirm.

Also, I had the watch presure tested to see it's waterproof capabilities, it went to 200 mts

without leakage!

Regards,

Alistair

 

[SilverG 0]

That looks fantastic.

Since the gen was recently released at Basel, it shows the production version with BRUSHED midlinks. I think you should brush center polished links. It will look amazing, and only takes 10 minutes to do the whole bracelet beautifully. Just buy a scotch-brite pad from your local supermarket, mini-mart etc. Then please post pics!