LIGHTEST ROLEX EVER?! NEW TITANIUM YACHT-MASTER REVIEW!
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2024
- Today we review The Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master 42 in RLX titanium with an intense black dial and an Oyster bracelet. It's a thing of beauty.
The Yacht-Master’s bidirectional rotatable 60-minute graduated bezel is made entirely from precious metals or fitted with a Cerachrom insert in high-tech ceramic. The raised polished numerals and graduations stand out clearly against a matte, sand-blasted background.
RLX titanium is a grade 5 titanium alloy specially selected by Rolex. Like all titanium alloys, it is especially lightweight and is noted for its mechanical strength and corrosion resistance.
Another characteristic of RLX titanium is the possibility of working it to give a polished or satin finish according to the brand’s specifications. Its high mechanical strength makes it complex to work with, and the decision to use it has required the introduction of special production processes.
We wish it had a glide lock but its pretty close to being the perfect everyday watch! Let us know what you think in the comments!
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Great review. Can’t believe they missed the glide lock 🤦♂️
Right?! Hopefully next time!
Glide lock is for divers. Yacht master is not a diver
Fellz absolute class act with all the latest. The video editing is A1 ❤
thanks so much! appreciate the support always!
when used as an actual sports watch, the absence of weight makes it 100x more comfy. mine literally disappears on the wrist and I always forget its there. with my subs, i always have to take them off. with this one, i havent had to take it off yet! probably gonna look beat to shit in a few years, but hey, thats what theyre for!
It won't look beat to shit if you don't beat it to shit. Btw, your AD must fuckin' love you.
Hey - how have you found the wear and tear? I've been offererd one literally this morning and they want my sub as a trade. No biggie but I can beat my sub to shit and it's still ok to look at. How is the titanium holding up?
@@wally07 Its great so far! I’m a serial watch abuser lol. I skate, surf, cliffdive, spearfish, rock climb, get into fights etc. Happy to say thag the polished chamfers havent gotten any scratches. I dont have any deep scratches so far (surprising) so im thinking it might have a higher hardness than the reg Rolex steel. However, since the brushing is very coarse, and the colour is darker, you WILL notice scratches that run perpendicular to the grain more. I plan on brushing one of those out with a very light brass brush as an experiment, but im hesitant.
CONS: It feels weird against the skin at first because its not as cold? idk how to explain it but it feels like someone just took it off even though no one was wearing it. The lightness turns A LOT of people off. Definitely try it on and move around a lot before deciding. Its also bigger. My wrists are chunky from playing sports, but it would look stupid if it overhangs. Mist people dont notice its a Rolex at first. This is a plus for me, but a lot of people wana be noticed when they pay so much. I feel like this bezel design could chip easier because of the raised numerals. somehow hasnt happened, but ive been mentally prepared for it since i first got my hands on it.
Love this thing, I really do. But depending on the Sub, if it was my only watch, i might stick with that. its funky forsure but its one of those “love it or hate it” type watches.
Let me know what u end up doing!
From one watch collector and content creator to another, keep up the amazing work and overall content creating "Subscribed". Cheers...
Why so few shots of the watch, such a big part of the video showing you and even stock footage when you actually have the watch in your hand?
Thanks for the feedback!
Vintage OP's on their folded metal bracelets are significantly lighter, and the OP''s were actually used as ships chronometer for navigation...
Such a cool piece and definitely going to be the hottest watch of the year under 50k
everytime i picked it up i was like wtfffff is this real ?!
The bezel's bidirectional, not unidirectional. Nice watch, but even at $14,050 (almost $15.5K after taxes) it's expensive for what it is.
If there's any hype around this watch, I do get it, being Rolex's first ever titanium watch. Personally, I prefer Omega's old titanium Seamaster's, actually even their newer ones. But yeah Rolex's first ever Ti watch is always gonna be a valuable collectible.
i havent seen the omega TI ill have to check that out! thanks for the comment. and hope your enjoying the content!
For those of you non watch snobs out there that love this watch but know they will never be able to obtain one, there is a watch brand called San Martin that makes an homage of a Rolex Sea Dweller 116600 in grade 5 Titanium. It has a sapphire crystal, ceramic bezel, glide lock clasp, a choice of different movements. It may be as close as you will ever come to a Titanium Rolex.
fellzz has done it again
muchas gracias!
It’s a great release from Rolex . I had the opportunity to try this watch at My AD and it really looks great however I still prefer the submariner over this , it’s very light and does not feel substantial
it being so light and durable is the substantial part i feel, but yes it would take some time to get used to imo.
I’ll trade you my 41mm no date sub.
Hello. What model is your wristwatch?
A perfect watch
Nice watch, but not perfect. It doesn't have the Glidelock. The Le Mans Daytona would be a perfect watch if it were stainless steel and had the Glidelock.
Another banger by the watch plug
bangers only!
i'd love this if it was made with the same material as the submariner. i still prefer to feel the weight of my watches, especially when i paid $14k for it.
i have a carbon fiber street bike i love...this reminds me of that.
It's completely brushed because Rolex doesn't have the expertise to polish titanium; but FWIW, neither does Omega. Only Grand Seiko does at that price point. As for why it doesn't have glidelock, part of that is because the YM references aren't considered dive watches, but a more practical reason is that glidelock has a tendency of scratching links, and that's with oystersteel; imagine how bad it would be with grade 2 titanium. Omega got around this by making the part that moves within the clasp a solid piece with no flex.
Should’ve compared to the pelagos 42
ill weight one this week to compare!
One more thing: Rolex isn't manufacturing the titanium Yacht-Master in any kind of reasonable quantity. The AD's have received VERY few of them. It's essentially over-hyped vaporware.
I have a 7-inch wrist, 42 mm is too large for my taste. titanium or not..
we felt the same way! It fits more like a 40 though.
hey man, you ever seen a tudor pelagos?
yah! they are great watches! love the bezel feel on them and the bright lume.
@@jfell567 i'd argue the pelagos does it better, and before someone murders me for that angle i do have a rhodium dial yacht-master thats my grail lol....
But as a titanium sports watch pelagos < yachtmaster....
That blue dial is one of the best on market period.
@@robbysimmons9901 I liked it enough to buy one and use it as my everyday watch. Found I preferred the rubber strap to the titanium one.
The problem with titanium watches is that the weight of an object gives it perceived value.
totally!
Totally agree. I’d love to be wearing a platinum watch if I could afford one
Not for everyone. For me titanium is a “exotic” metal and has a unique color tone, and I would pay a premium for a titanium watch over regular boring old steel 😂
@@Matys1975 vast majority would buy gold or platinum over titanium.
@@jamesw5591 What kind of comparison is that ? gold or platinum is way more expensive than titanium. Titanium does cost only marginally more than steel. So I am comparing titanium to steel and not to gold or platinum
40mm, No Date and glidelock and you'd have had the GOAT.
San Martin makes the watch you just described. 40mm, No Date, glidelock clasp, ceramic bezel, grade 5 Titanium, Selitta SW 200 movement and guess what, it's available for purchase right now!
Dinner-plate watches are so 2014.
I got a chance to try this on recently. I hated it. It felt fake, and cheap. I need to know that I have a watch on. 14k for this is ridiculous, 42k just stupidity.
stupid is as stupid does! haha yah pretty crazy. buttttt its def bad asssss.
No one can purchase it.
A light watch feels cheap to me. I prefer wearing the weight of the watch. It makes the watch feel expensive.
Keep dreaming brother that watch is a joke I have the 42 white gold oyster flex the real deal.
wouldn't these scratch easily?
titatnium is harder to scratch then steel .
I will give you $600 for that machine made watch.
i think that might cover one link. haha
@jfell567 I went through my Rolex stage and have no desire to ever buy another. I got the call and said 👎.
Steinhart has a similar watch, with a nicer dial at a fraction of the price…..this watch will soon be in a pool floating face down in the grey market…..the watch market is dead, dead……don’t pay more than $7,000 U.S dollars.
Same boring watch again. No drilled lugs. No display case back. No decorated movement. Too much text at 6 o'clock. Cheaply stamped dial with no applied Rolex 'crown'. No glide lock. No reason to buy it.
lol i love the tone on these comments lets collab!
Decorated movement ? 😂 we are talking about Rolex here