This is a superb shot of a non-date Stainless Steel Rolex on a NATO strap. In many ways, I think the dateless sub looks better on a NATO strap. Something about the extreme simplicity.
Also, this is not a normal NATO strap. It is a cross-braided tropical NATO. Very cool, masculine, sporty and handsome...
This is not a Joke. This is the first Rolex Deep Sea Sea Dweller. The reason it has a perfectly domed crystal is because a sphere is much stronger than a flat surface.
The famous architect, Buchmininster Fuller was the first person to really illustrate this principle in architecture with the Geodesic Dome. If I am recalling my design history correctly, this evidence came from the design of a chicken egg.
Try this experiment to better understand this principle. Place a chickens egg in between your hands. Make certain the top point of the egg is resting against one palm and the bottom base is facing your other palm. Now apply as much pressure as you can, and you will learn that you can't smash the egg because it is stronger than you.
J.B.K. (Hannes) from the German Rolex Forum was wondering what the Ceramic GMT would look like with a Pepsi dial so he created the top image which I saw several weeks ago. It made me wonder what it would look like with a Coke Bezel so I had some Photoshop Fun and modified his image and created the second graphic at the bottom.
All I can say is that I really hope Rolex comes out with these bezels because they look so cool!!!
PCS's beautifully customized watches really made me think:
I really like them and I knew Rolex made the Pepsi with a white dial as seen in the fourth images below, but I did not realize they also originally made the black bezel with the white dial as well.
The watches above are GMT II Rolex Watches with Rolex Explorer II white dials. The watch below is an original 1959 Pan AM GMT with a white dial and black bezel. So basically when I was saying that I loved the Black Bezel GMT with a White Dial and that Rolex should make this watch, I did not realize they did make it 45 years ago as Reference Number 6542.
I did some research on the original white dial GMTs and it turns out they are extremely rare and if you can find one for sale they have a current market value of at least $100,000.
Historically Rolex has always been extremely secretive and discreet, and no journalists in the past have ever been invited "INSIDE ROLEX" to explore and report on all four Rolex Manufacturing faclities in Switzerland.
In November 2013, this changed when Rolex invited Jake to take an unprecdented journey into the heart of Rolex to learn and report on everything he witnessed and learned.
This Super-Detailed 3 Part Story is a "MUST READ" story for anybody who wants to understand what really makes Rolex tick.