A Week On The Wrist: The Rolex Yachtmaster 40mm With New Oysterflex Bracelet
There is big news, and there is Rolex big news, and in some ways, ne'er the twain shall meet. At Baselworld this year, Rolex debuted a first for the company: the very first, ever, Rolex delivered on a rubber strap. Now, for most companies this would have little effect on watch enthusiasts other than to evoke (very) tepid interest at best, and boredom at worst – but this is not an ordinary rubber strap, this is an official, designed-and-tested-and-thoroughly-obsessed-over-by-Rolex rubber strap. And thereby hangs a tale. 1 OF 7 The Yachtmaster, as we have mentioned in some of our previous coverage, occupies a somewhat particular place in Rolex’s lineup of sports watches; it shares water-resistance and a turning bezel with the Submariner (the latter is water resistant to 300 m while the Yachtmaster standard model is water resistant to 100 m). It is certainly not a tool watch; the Yachtmaster is offered in either platinum and steel, or gold and steel (that&rsq

AP ROO question
Hoping someone can help here1. Is there a difference in desireability / Value for a ROO with a skeleton back vs solid2. can someone please tell me the model of this one, it has skeleton back

Has anyone seen the ladies (sic) Speedmaster . . .
. . . on the auction site?When I asked him why he was calling it a Speedy, he responded that it has a Speedy style bracelet.Yeah, and I once saw a no-name watch on the auction site described as an Asprey because the strap was signed by Asprey!Jeesh!

Surprise incoming yesterday!
Not even 48 hours on the wait list at my local AD!

Rolex s/s availability (uk) an unscientific barometer
Over the last 12 months or so I have been fairly regularly watching the supply of brand new ss Rolexes being newly listed on eBay (uk) which I think gives an interesting insight into the supply that in turn has been received by ADs. Now before everyone jumps on this, just to stress it is not a scientific study, just a few informal comments and I'm not suggesting this presents anything new that hasn't been speculated about in previous posts. So he goes:-- the number of ��accidental' so-called grey dealers has increased as the margins have gone up and scarcity has increased. That's an obvious supply and demand point but a lot of sellers have just looked at the instant profit to be made and decided to sell on, although that wasn't their initial intention when putting their name down. This can be deduced from the seller profile and direct contact.- latterly (q3 & q4 2017) there are more sellers who have most likely been looking to flip from the outset, particularly on the BLNR, where im