Thank you for tuning in, my name is Eric Rivera.
Now on this video, I'm gonna be sharing with you my latest creation, invention, or whatever
you wanna call it.
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So this that I have here is one of my personal favorite watches in my collection and it's
actually a Rolex Submariner reference number 16610LV, aka, the Kermit
Now, I did a video years back on how I actually made the most foolish trade ever for this
watch.
I ended up trading my Kermit for a Deepsea.
At that time I thought it was a great deal.
What a mistake!
It was actually a terrible deal!
It took me about 6 to 7 years till I finally got one back and that's when I actually recorded
that video and this actual watch that actually inspired this tribute that I have created.
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So here it is, bamm!
It's actually a ceramic Kermit.
Now, this...before everybody starts freaking out and starts criticizing saying it's fake
and that doesn't exist, this actually started out as a standard date Sub reference number
116610, regular black, nothing fancy and what happened was is that I happen to run across
a factory Hulk bezel.
You see the Hulk is a watch that I do like and it's one of the few that I haven't acquired
to keep in my collection.
Most of them that I end up having either went for retail clients or I pretty much needed
them to do business.
You know, I never really got one and said, “Hey, let me stay with this one and keep
it for me.”
And, although I love the Hulk and it's also an Anniversary watch as well, I realized,
Hmm, wouldn't it be nice to put that bezel on the Sub and here it is!
Now, it's not permanent.
I still have my other bezel, but let me tell you something, I've actually had what a great
time with this watch fooling everybody, all of the dealers that I know, my friends, watch
collectors, piers, so on and so forth.
Everybody that I've seen I've told them, “Hey, have you seen the new Kermit that came out,
the new Anniversary Sub in ceramic,” and all of them go, “What?!
I didn't know that came out.
I didn't see it on Instagram,” or “I didn't see it.
Oh my God, it's bad ass!”
So I kind of had them going till I revealed to them what I did.
But it's something that completely changed it up and it's kind of fun, you know?
After you have a couple of watches, you kind of wanna like spice things up.
Now, I'm not one to put a bezel or go too far on a watch like this.
However, I found it very fun just adding a green bezel, gave it something that we all
know that we wish that Rolex could do themselves.
So now, this topic will lead me to my next point.
Is it OK to modify your own watches that are your.
Now we're not talking about custom and aftermarket stuff, but with actual OEM pieces?
I mean, you see it online all the time.
People are buying the Jubilee bands, the super Jubilees, the ones that have the hidden clasp
and they're putting them on their sports models.
I mean, I don't think anything's wrong with that, especially if it's yours and quite frankly,
you could do whatever you want with it.
You know, if you wanna put it with full ice or diamonds, that's your problem.
But, is that acceptable in the whole watch circles, to be able to mix, match pieces,
you know?
I remember one time somebody brought me a GMT...a vintage GMT from the 70s that actually
somebody had converted it into a two-tone.
You see, there I feel like they went a little bit too far because it's not so much that
watch never came like that.
It's just that they literally had to aftermarket customize all the parts to turn it into a
two-tone.
You see, that's where I think they kind of went too far.
So I would really like to know what you guys thing about what I did with my Sub, putting
a Hulk bezel on it and turning it into an LV Kermit ceramic!
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So I wanna stress that actually this is not the ceramic insert that only got.
I would not recommend actually changing just the ceramic insert.
They're very finicky and God forbid something like that were to crack, then you'd be in
deep trouble.
I actually changed the entire bezel, bot the insert and the stainless steel part around.
It's not very hard.
It's actually something you can do yourself and I might be doing a video soon to show
you exactly how to change that bezel, something I did myself very easy.
So I've very tempted actually in the past to actually put this on my list of predictions
or what I've would have liked for Rolex to come out in Baselworld, but I just highly
doubt that they would come out with Anniversary model, a redo, which is kind of why they did
the Hulk with the green dial, get it?
So it won't be the same exact thing.
One watch that we're talking about this topic again that I would like to see would be this
exact watch, but with the blue bezel.
I think that's something that would look really nice with that darker blue that the Batman
has, not so as bright as the one on the white gold Sub.
That would be something very interesting and I'm sure most of you at home would also like
to see that.
Thank you for watching.
My name is Eric Rivera.
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