What We Know
In the midst of all of its other releases today, Rolex very quietly updated the best fake Rolex Deepsea watches. So quietly, in fact, we almost missed it – almost, but not quite.
At a high level, this is the same Deepsea we know – 44mm of stainless steel on an Oyster bracelet with a Ring-lock indicator on the outer track of the dial. There are two models: One in a black dial configuration, and another in the blue gradient/green text version widely known as the “James Cameron.”
So what changed?
The little things. 1:1 replica Rolex watches slimmed down the bezel ever so slightly to feature the chamfered sapphire crystal. The date window has been upsized by eight percent, resulting in the date itself also being larger. The watch continues to feature a titanium caseback – only now it’s been renamed RLX titanium. RLX… like Rolex… you get it.
The brand also says that the chroma light display has been optimized and that one major feature has been removed. Gone is the Fliplock dive extension on the bracelet which previously allowed for an extra unsnap of the bracelet to aid in fitting over a wetsuit. Interestingly, this feature is also now gone from the standard 43mm steel Sea-Dweller.
What We Think
This is perhaps the most Rolex update to any top Rolex copy watches in the history of Rolex. These are the kinds of incremental changes that show off the brand’s penchant for detail-oriented watchmaking. Does an eight percent size increase in the date aperture mean anything to naked eye? Probably not, but the Crown seems to think it does and that’s all that matters.
But this is Rolex’s most serious dive watch, why would it remove the Fliplock clasp? It would seem that of all the Rolex divers to need a feature like this, it would be the Sea-Dweller and Deepsea, but now it’s gone. Maybe Rolex got word that customers weren’t using them, maybe this addition made the cheap fake watches too heavy. The “why” remains unknown just as the Fliplock remains a thing of the past.
Speaking of lightness, renaming the titanium caseback to RLX Titanium is a pretty amusing fact but ultimately doesn’t change much as far as the caseback is concerned.
All in all, this is a marginal change but I like to think it’s a change with purpose. What that purpose is, we’ll have to wait and see. In the meantime, keep an eye on HODINKEE for incoming Hands-On coverage of the new perfect clone Rolex watches releases.
