This is Watch Your Style.
My name is Eric.
Today's video is on, undeniably the most famous watch in the world, The Rolex Submariner.
Now, with the Rolex Submariner, there's many different variations of it, period...years,
reference numbers, all stuff like that...but the one I'm focusing on today for you is the
new Rolex Submariner Ceramic.
Now, when they came out with this watch, a lot of different things changed on it. I got
guys calling me at the store asking me, "Eric, why is the two-tone $3,000 more than the older
one," and it's a big difference.
Just like the GMT, it's got the new maxi case that's got the wider lugs, bigger crown guards.
The bezel is ceramic, obviously. The bezel is ceramic, but is also a little bit wider
and it gives that watch that look that's a little bit bigger. The dial indicators are
also bigger.
All those little things combined make the watch give it like a bigger look. It's also
wider obviously right here with the maxi case, so that also makes it look bigger.
But, on paper they're both 40 millimeters. A 1960 and a 2016 are both 40 mm, but the
2016 is always going to look bigger because of that new Maxi case.
When it comes to the bracelet, unbelievable! I'm talking about night and day difference.
The older ones were made out of stainless steel, proven design. It's also one of the
best bracelets in the world, but the new ones, it's a whole another level. You're paying
$3,000 not just because it's a newer watch. It's because it's a whole different design
as a whole.
Overall, it's still got the triple lock seal on the crown. All that type of stuff, but
it's just a newer version of it. Just like a 1990 S500 and a 2016 S500...same thing.
So the Submariner is a 40-millimeter. It comes in stainless steel, two-tone, white gold,
and yellow gold. Pretty much man is the most versatile watch that's available. There just
isn't an occasion that the watch is not suitable for.
Yeah, of course...a bad ass Jaeger tourbillon on a leather strap would be fantastic for
a wedding, but the Submariner can pretty much suit anything you're looking to do, whether
you're fishing our you're at a business meeting. It just goes with anything. The Sub is that
one watch that everybody should have in a collection for sure.
I know I say this all the time, but the Submariner is that one watch that you should have because,
when it comes to being in the water or anything that has to do with the outdoors and extreme,
the Submariner is the best. It's industrial. It's like an industrial watch. If I was out
on the boat, the last watch I would want to wear is my Hublot. I feel like I'm going to
bang it up against one of the tubes of the T-top and the whole thing is going to fall
apart right there on the floor.
But the Submariner is an industrial watch. That thing could take a lick and keep going.
It's the most industrial watch. It's a strong watch. So with that sense, that's why I'm
saying it's very versatile. These are watches that you could buy, you could wear it for
30 years and you're never going to have a problem.
Yes, you're supposed to service it every 4 years, but I've seen Submariners run for 20
years without even the case being opened.
So with the stainless steel versions, they have two of them available. They got the green
dial, also known as the Submariner Hulk, then you got the standard black. Now, they both
have their benefits. Some guys like the black because they like to play it safe, but the
green one what I feel it has special as opposed to the other one is that to the untrained
eye, to some it might not matter...to me, when it comes to the Watch Game, these things
do matter...and is that, someone...an untrained eye might confuse this 2015 ceramic, black
Sub right here with perhaps a 1992 Submariner. Almost kind of maybe not giving you the credit
that you might be owed. Whereas when you have the green Hulk, there is no confusion from
a mile away. That is a brand new model. You see, that's that one thing that I love about
the Hulk, besides the fact I love the green on thing. But that's one of the things...there's
no confusion there. It's the new model!
With the two-tone, you pretty much have the option the same as the gold, whether to go
blue or black. That's kind of like a 50-50 man. Sometimes, when I have a blue one in
stock, somebody wants it black. When I have a black one in stock, someone wants it blue.
So they kind of have two options to go with.
Me personally, my favorite is the blue. Undeniable beauty! That yellow gold with the blue on
blue, it's fantastic!
With the yellow gold, blue on blue, they have two dial combinations. They have the regular,
standard blue that first came out with the new ceramic models. Then they came out with
the Sunburst dial. To tell you the truth, I could care less which one I get. I like
them both the same.
I almost tend to lean more towards the older one, just because the original first ones
that came out ceramic, the blue is exactly the same color as the bezel. Whatever, that's
just my opinion. I really don't care which one I get. I have more concern about whichever
one I could get a good price. I'm equally happy with the first blue that came out and
the new Sunburst blue that tends to look more like the vintage blues.
So, the Submariner is mostly a dive watch. You know, it's not an extreme dive watch because
that's why you got the Deepsea and the Sea-Dweller for, but it's a dive watch. Is an outdoor
watch. You could take it diving. It's got a triple crown seal. You could pretty much
leave the crown open on this thing. Put in the water and you won't get any water inside.
Trust me, because I've done it myself. Not intentionally, you know! Purely by mistake.
Obviously with the crown open it's not going to be able to go down 50 feet of water, but
yeah, you could be in the beach with it with the crown open and believe it or not, if the
seals are good and is a fairly new watch, it will hold out because of the triple crown
seal.
Now, one of the really nerdy and neat features of the new Sub is the glidelock clasp. I mean,
that's just fantastic because that other clasp the extension that they had on the older ones
was a little bit kind of you know, a little raggedy. But this one one, you just pop it
open, slide it out...It doesn't get better than that, man! The easy link is comfortable
on the Datejust and the Explorers and the GMT, but the glidelock just offers you pretty
much almost like a two link and a half, roughly, extension or retraction. That's something
that just completely blew my mind when I saw it. I said �Wow!� You know, those are
one of the things that when people ask me why is the new model so much more expensive,
it's because of things like that. It just has a lot more into the watch...a lot more
engineering and a lot more machine process gone into it.
Alright, now let's talk prices. Now, these are kind of watches that especially in the
stainless steel models, there's not a lot of discount for. But, if you want to pick
up a pre-owned stainless steel, the black version, you want to be around the area of
$7 thousand, with or without card. It's not going to matter, but you're gonna want a nice,
clean watch in a good condition, but you could be in the area of $6,700 to $7,000. With the
Hulk version, you're going to be around $8,000.
For the two-tone, you're looking to pay anywhere from $10,200 all the way up to $10,500 for
the blue models. Yellow gold can be as high preowned $24,500.
Now remember, on the stainless steel and the two-tone versions, if you want one brand one,
you can expect to pay easily, minimum another $1,000. With the yellow gold, a couple of
thousand dollars more. Obviously, these are not retail prices that I'm discussing.
As far as the Watch Game goes, the Submariner is obviously a key player. Why? Mostly because
it's so known.
I mean, you could be stranded in the jungles of Peru. You could run into an indigenous
tribe, and I guarantee you that they'll take your Submariner. You could trade it off for
a safe route to civilization.
Everybody knows what a Submariner is. It doesn't matter where you go. It's like the watch that's
the most copied and the most known. Because of that, is why it makes it such a key factor.
There's nowhere you could go that someone won't recognize you and you won't get the
status that you may demand or might want. But, for example, for me if you had me choose
between a Day-Date II yellow gold and this Submariner right here, it'd be a really hard
decision for me to make. It's just because I like sports model watches and that yellow
gold with that blue dial is beautiful. So Submariner is a watch that I recommend everybody
should have once in their life, even if it's just for a couple of months and they you trade
it in.
So as far as like a dive watch, if you do decide to go diving with your Submariner,
one of the key features is the rotating bezel and, it works very simple. One of the main
things as opposed as to like an AP diver, is you're able to manipulate it wearing gloves
or anything you might have when you're diving. So, it could be used under water. You could
rotate the bezel. Like I said, the AP diver, you have to open up a crown. That kind of
complicates thing.
It's very simple. You jump into the water. You're going to set the crown right to where
the minute hand is and any minute after that, you're going to keep track of, cuz you'll
know exactly how much time you have been in the water and how much air you have left.
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