New Yachtmaster

[tribe125]

There's a quiet revolution at Rolex - they're doing drop-dead gorgeous again.





And no bloated lugs! With a smaller Datejust II and this (not to mention the Tudor North Pole), it looks like Rolex are back on form.

Now sink the sub.

[thewalrus]

Wow. That really is gorgeous.

Also add to that list the revised Sea-Dweller 4000 which returns to the non-absurd roots of the original, and foregoes the needless excess of the DeepSea.

[shameless]

and two sizes i see 37/40 -they needed to do something with that [in my op []very bland YM

[uchinanchu]

Beautiful! I love the blue dialed model, agreed on the Rolex sentiment . . .

[GaryF]

Alan, this it the first I've heard about a smaller Datejust II. Do you have a link?

There's a quiet revolution at Rolex - they're doing drop-dead gorgeous again.





And no bloated lugs! With a smaller Datejust II and this (not to mention the Tudor North Pole), it looks like Rolex are back on form.

Now sink the sub.

[tribe125]

Alan, this it the first I've heard about a smaller Datejust II. Do you have a link?

No link. I may have read it in QP magazine - or maybe a blog in the Watchville app.

[GaryF]

No link. I may have read it in QP magazine - or maybe a blog in the Watchville app.

Can't find anything. When you say smaller, what size are we talking about?

[tribe125]

Can't remember, Gary.

Sorry, but this was something I read in passing and the details and the time-frame didn't lodge in my mind. I think it was said that a smaller Datejust II was going to follow on from the smaller Day-Date II.

[whatmeworry]

That is very, very nice indeed.

[GaryF]

Can't remember, Gary.

Sorry, but this was something I read in passing and the details and the time-frame didn't lodge in my mind. I think it was said that a smaller Datejust II was going to follow on from the smaller Day-Date II.

Okay, thanks. I'll keep an eye out.
I've been toying with the idea of getting a Datejust. 38mm is my sweet spot. The current DJ II has such awful proportions to my eye. The thick bezel, enlarged markers and relatively thin bracelet combine to make a bloated, inelegant thing.
On the other hand, I wouldn't mind something a little bigger than 36mm.