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Three rocking new watches for 2017 - divers to die for

The Rolex Sea-Dweller, Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak Offshore Diver and Tudor Heritage Black Bay Dark all hit the right notes

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The latest Rolex Sea-Dweller celebrates the model’s 50th anniversary.
Abid Rahman
This column’s recent deep dive into the sonic output of the late Scatman John elicited a furious response from my loyal readers. All of five of them. It seems the Scatman is a divisive figure, with many questioning his oeuvre, his legacy and, in one case, his scat skills. I won’t reopen this can of phonic worms (or open the one marked “Phil Collins”), so this week I’ll try and stick to the watches.*

Despite the sun shining outside, against all odds, I’ve been taking a look at some new pieces arriving in Hong Kong. June is a busy time of the year, as a lot of the Baselworld watches finally hit Hong Kong boutiques – and the brand I’m sure will get the punters lining up is Rolex.

One of the most popular pieces will be the 2017 Sea-Dweller, which has a sticker price of HK$88,000. What do you get for all that money? Well, first off, this is an anniversary watch celebrating 50 years of the Sea-Dweller, so out of the gate it’s a collector’s item. The other new elements that should prove popular are a larger 43mm case, the “Sea-Dweller” logo in red on the dial in a nod to the original, and the addition of Rolex’s legendary cyclops lens over the date window.

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