Hands-On The Rolex Submariner Day Reference 126619LB
The Rolex Submariner is one of the most well-known dive watch on the planet. It's probably the world's best-known timepiece. The Sub has actually developed over the years to consist of various dimensions, date and no date variations, in addition to different products for its situation, its bracelet, and its bezel. It's been a difficult and resilient tool watch, and it's been a symbol of deluxe all at once. The Submariner can be sometimes subtle, sometimes not. This year, we were offered a glance of the future of the Rolex Submariner in an updated collection that utilizes a somewhat larger case dimension– it's now 41mm in size, acting on the 40mm instance of the previous generation. Today, we're taking a closer check out the ref. 126619LB, the all-white-gold Submariner with blue Cerachrom bezel, black dial, as well as 70-hour automatic activity with day.
The new ref. 126619LB isn't the very first white-gold Submariner Day to feature a blue bezel in Cerachrom, of course. Most visitors will certainly be very aware of the previous model of this watch, the ref. 116619 “Smurf,” which the watch you see above replaces. Yet while the Smurf had a matching blue dial that appeared instantly to communicate that it's heavy white-gold luxury, the watch you see below takes care of to maintain a little bit even more of its tool-watch personality by virtue of its comparatively ascetic black dial. Position it on your wrist, obviously, and also you'll instantly understand exactly what you have actually obtained into. There's lots of gold in that situation and also bracelet.
As a Batman GMT lover, this is a color design that I can quickly get behind. To my eye, it's an enhancement over the Smurf that far better achieves what, at least in my mind, people looking for a solid white-gold sport watch desire. Which is to claim, low-key luxury. I imply, there are plenty of yellow-gold alternatives available.
Two of one of the most talked-about facets of the brand-new Submariner watches are their application of a brand-new situation dimension, which includes thinner lugs, which I believe create a much more balanced watch[buy now], as well as the execution of an automated activity including the more effective Chronergy Escapement and a power get that's been extended to 70 hours. While the movement in the new no-date Below (which was additionally seen in a variety of brand-new Oyster Perpetual designs) was indeed brand-new, debuting simply this year, the activity in this and also the numerous other Submariner Day versions is one that we know well, the cal. 3235. It's in the most recent generation Sea-Dweller, lots of implementations of the Datejust, as well as various other Rolex watches too. However, it's brand-new to the Submariner Date, a watch that scheduled for the Chronergy upgrade, as well as it represents a substantial upgrade over the previous-generation Submariner Date.
There was a little debate surrounding the release of the 41mm Submariner, naturally, originating from the reality that Rolex's the majority of instantly well-known watch had gone across the 40mm Rubicon. I myself need to confess that I was pretty stunned when I review the headline to our own initial coverage of the 2020 Sub launch. Had not been 40mm a sacrosanct number when it involved watch size? Why would certainly they do this? After reading much of the coverage and also considering it myself, I concerned the final thought that Rolex is possibly a little bit extra interested in how its watches put on than in the emotional result, positive or adverse, that millimeter could carry die-hard connoisseurs. The lugs are now slimmer than they got on the previous version of the Submariner, as well as some have actually observed that the brand-new version puts on more comfortably than its 40mm predecessor, also.
Trademarks on the bottom of those slightly slimmer lugs inform you that this new watch is solid 18-karat white gold, but I believe that several laid-back onlookers not familiar with blue-bezeled Submariners would probably presume it's made from stainless steel. To my mind, this has to do with as subtle a rare-earth element Rolex sporting activities see as I have seen considering that the original white gold, Oyster-braceleted Pepsi GMT when it debuted with a black dial.
In order to suit the a little svelter lugs as well as the fact that the situation is a touch larger, Rolex has actually made use of a wider arm band (the lug width is 21mm now, in contrast to 20), which makes for an extra secure putting on experience. The arm band has a mild taper to it, as you would certainly anticipate, as well as the familiar Glidelock hold, which allows on-the-fly modifications of up to 20mm in 2mm increments without a device. Just like the “Smurf,” the white gold Oyster bracelet has links including a cleaned finish to the outer web links and contrasting refined coating on the main links. This contrast is specifically noticeable in the two images above.
I think that on a philosophical degree, you're either in the gold sporting activities watch camp, or you're not. I'm not quite there yet. And also while I believe I could be persuaded because direction, this watch's price is high sufficient that, in the meantime, it continues to be a simply academic concern. Don't get me wrong, I believe it's a cool watch as well as choose it to the Smurf, yet the no-date Submariner is a watch I ‘d sooner look for. And that's originating from someone that bought a Black Bay Fifty-Eight recently and considered his dateless dive watch itch scraped. What I will certainly claim is that I can absolutely see the brand-new white-gold Submariner converting individuals that had actually been circling the around the Smurf with gazing passion, possibly kicking a tire or 2, however simply couldn't come down with the complete blue therapy.
