Here's Why Rolex Can't Fix The BLRO Bezel | Watchfinder & Co.

the rolex gmt master two one two six seven one o BL ro is undoubtedly one of the best and most desirable watches of today just try and buy one new if you don't believe me but aside from its scarcity there's a single complaint owners have had that stands out as a tiny blemish on an otherwise perfect watch the bezel or to be more specific the color of the bezel well we're going to try and fix it [Music] it all goes back to 2005 when Rolex made a move this whilst comparatively tame was a pretty big deal the introduction of the ceramic bezel since forever Rolex had stuck to tried-and-true anodized aluminium even in the face of an industry shift to the harder shinier longer-lasting ceramic when it finally happened it was with the GMT master - the gold one one six seven one eight Ln and Rolex wasn't doing things by halves a single piece of rich black ceramic Rolex called Sarah Chrome with numerals itched - aerospace precision and coated with a deposit of platinum make the message clear Rolex was going to ceramics and it wasn't looking back the Submariner the Daytona sea dweller and yacht-master all followed suit offering single piece ceramic bezels with the same durability and luster of that 2005 original but customers wanted more the classic aluminium bezel GMT master was best known for its blue and red day and night coloration and this famous combo was distinctly absent from the ceramic lineup that's because there was a problem Rolex had instigated a self-imposed rule that its ceramic bezels must be made of a single piece presumably to avoid the use of adhesives and that meant dyeing the uncolored blank in two stages there was a compromise with the 2013 one 167 100 BL n R which featured a split tone bezel in blue and black to get around the problem Rolex had discovered that it could dye the entire bezel blue first then half of it black second resulting in a crisp division between colors without either bleeding into the other this satiated a frustrated audience for a time but it wasn't long before the call for a blue and red bezel came once again the obvious solution seems to be to die each half separately but unfortunately it's not as simple as that if there's a gap between the two colors it'll show and if the two colors overlap even just a fraction it'll show even more finally Rolex came upon a solution dye the lighter color first the red and then the darker color second the blue just like the beer and our but for this to work for the B lro the red needed to have a hint of blue and the blue a hint of red or the overlapping blue would end up just looking purple and so rather than resulting in a rich red and a rich blue you get something a bit more muted it's a pretty minor discrepancy in isolation but side by side with the original GMT master 2 in its aluminium bezel and the difference is obvious and that's what we're here to fix let's say for a moment that Rolex managed to find a way around this bezel coloration issue maybe they invent a way to dye the bezel in two halves with a seamless transition or perhaps they discover a die that's pigmented enough to layer over the previous color what would a truly vibrant BLR row really look like well wonder no more because here it is the red a rich scarlet closer in color to the GMT hand and the blue a deep royal more akin to the B LRO's and the one two six seven one o BL ro takes on a new lease of life free of the murkier colors it wore previously side-by-side with the classic 167 100 and it looks more at home vibrant and eye-catching this would be a true successor to the aluminium bezel modernized in ceramic it's the finishing touches on what is otherwise a faultless watch and on the jubilee bracelet it looks every part the modern take on the classic original other results good enough for Rolex to reconsider its approach I don't know why they wouldn't the compromise of the dual layer coloration process has robbed the watch of what could otherwise be a standout feature and the self-imposed rule to make the bezels out of a single piece well I'm not sure it justifies the result but we're not done yet the be LRO has been fixed but can it be further improved if we had carte blanche to create our own GMT master bezel free of the rules of Rolex what could it be well you know how the standard 2-tone bezel represents day and night how about this a gradient bezel that showcases the color of the sky as it shifts throughout the day you've got a bright midday blue at 12 sinking deeper as the afternoon wears on a wash of pink takes over as evening turns into night fading into a dusky purple and eventually to black then as night swings back in today Orange sleeps in blooming as the Sun rises and eventually finds its way back to midday again it's pretty crazy but it's incredibly unique and it gives the GMT master to a certain wow factor it didn't previously have as for the name it would have to follow the tradition of using two letters from each color in French so for the blue pink purple black and orange palette what about the BL r s VI NR o R and perhaps maybe for the brave there could even be a bejeweled version similar to the rainbow Daytona as well so there you have it we fixed the rolex gmt master to be lro who knows maybe rolex will take note maybe they'll even like the BL RS VI and RoR and consider putting it into production it's highly doubtful but we can dream what do you think of the subtle fix to the BL ro do you think the tweaked colors make it better or worse or do you think it doesn't make a difference let us know in the comments below and if you've seen a watch that's perfect except for one annoying thing let us know about that and we'll try to fix that to discover more exceptional watches at watch find adopt co dot uk' if you enjoyed this video please like and subscribe if there are any other watches you'd like to see reviewed please let us know in the comments below

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Length: 7min 51sec (471 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 21 2019