Daytona 116531 replica

After more than half a year of waiting and speculation, Rolex finally released a new watch for 2020 on the morning of September 1: the new generation of Rolex 41mm Submariners (also known as water ghosts). This release is not a single new model but an entire update across the Submariner range, including no calendar and calendar versions, as well as steel, inter gold, and all goldvariants.

With these 8 new watches, Rolex has completed a full renewal of the Submariner series all at once. Previously, updates to the Submariner had been introduced gradually over several years (2008, 2010, 2012), making this year’s large-scale update quite unexpected.

At first glance, the new generation of water ghosts may seem “very similar” to the previous 116610 generation, but the new models have been updated extensively from the inside out.

1. Case: The new generation of water ghosts features a 41 mm case, which is 1 mm larger than the old models (which were 40 mm). Historically, Rolex Submarinershave always been 40 mm (except for the earliest versions). For the first time, the size has increased to 41 mm, and this increase is noticeable in appearance.
2. Lugs: With the size increase to 41 mm, the distance between the lugs has expanded to 21 mm. Additionally, the lugs on the new generation water ghosts are now narrower and thinner.
3. Bracelet: The length of the bracelet’s fine-tuning mechanism has been increased to 20 mm, which is 2 mm more than the old model.
4. Movement: The new generation of water ghosts features the updated Rolex 32 series movement. The no calendar version uses the 3230 movement, while the calendarversion uses the 3235 movement. This replaces the old 31 series movements. Consequently, the power reserve of the new generationwater ghosts has increased to 70 hours, a significant improvement over the 48-hour power reserve of the old 31 series.

Note that the dial of the new gener ationwater ghosts features a small crown below the hour marker at 6 o’clock, which indicates the use of the 32 series caliber. This detail is not present on the old models. Please pay attention to this distinction.