Watch friends who often pay attention to the watch market should know that the need for famous watches has declined since March last year. Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, and Rolex may significantly decline because of their previous price increases. However, in such a market environment, Rolex launched a watch at the Geneva Haute Horlogerie Fair at the beginning of this year. Since its launch, the price has soared, almost equal to Daytona. The cost of this watch has risen so violently that it may have something to do with the design element balloon on its dial.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual “celebration pattern,” commonly known as “balloon.”
After a few months, the new Oyster Perpetual “Balloon” has been distributed to Rolex dealer stores worldwide and is on sale. The Oyster Perpetual was originally the entry-level series of Rolex. The public price of men’s watches is more than 40,000 (36 mm), the cheapest Rolex. However, under the blessing of the “celebration pattern” balloon of the new Oyster Perpetual, the actual price has soared to the level of Rolex Daytona. Although the ultra-high market price is expected, it still surprises people in the current period when the global watch market is in total decline. Best fake watches.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual “Celebration Pattern,” Balloon
Let’s talk about the new Oyster Perpetual “Balloon,” including three models, namely: 41mm model 124300, 36mm model 126000, and 31mm model 277200. Among them, 41 and 36 are the sizes of men’s watches.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual “Celebration Pattern” balloons, from left to right, 41 mm, 36 mm, 31 mm.
The soaring rise of the Oyster Perpetual Balloon’ stems from the launch of the Oyster Perpetual Tiffany Blue’ in 2020.
In 2020, Rolex launched the “Tiffany Blue” dial for the first time on the Oyster Perpetual, and it exploded instantly. The market immediately reached more than 100,000 and directly gave birth to the Patek Philippe 5711A “Tiffany Blue” limited edition, triggering the “Tiffany Blue” craze in the world of famous watches. Patek Philippe replica.
In 2020, the Rolex Oyster Perpetual’ Tiffany Blue’ ignited a craze for the ‘Tiffany Blue’ color scheme.
But when the Oyster Perpetual “Tiffany Blue” became popular, Rolex was very good at playing and stopped production directly. First, the 41mm “Tiffany Blue” was discontinued. Of course, the 36mm is still in production. The 41mm Oyster Perpetual’ Tiffany Blue’ has only been produced for about a year. This year, the 41mm Oyster Perpetual ‘Balloon’ replaced the 41mm ‘Tiffany Blue.’ As a result, the new “Balloon” market soared, while the 41 “Tiffany Blue,” which was only produced for one year, continued to maintain a super high market price because of the small quantity.
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual “Celebration Pattern” balloon has 51 colored balls on the disk.
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual “Balloon” background color is still “Tiffany Blue,” but on the disk, 51 colored balls have been added, and the colored balls have black outlines. The other parts are the same as the regular Oyster Perpetual Disk. In any case, Rolex uses sufficient materials among famous watches of the same level. Even the entry-level Oyster Perpetual uses platinum hands and platinum hour markers. A small crown is below the 6 o’clock position on this watch’s dial. Do you know what this means? This means the eye uses a new generation of Rolex 32 series automatic movement. The fancy dial of the Oyster Perpetual “Balloon” is highly recognizable.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual “Celebration Pattern,” dial details.
The Oyster Perpetual uses Rolex’s standard “Oyster case” and the standard aperture. The front of the case is thoroughly brushed, and the bezel and the sides are polished. Among them, the side of the matter is shiny, a significant feature of Rolex and Tudor. The watch’s crown has a screw-in lock and is waterproof to 100 meters—Rolex Oyster Perpetual, with Oyster bracelet and Oyster buckle. The bracelet and clasp are brushed in large areas. How the whole watch is handled resembles professional workers such as Airmaster and Steel Shell Tanyi.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual “Celebration Pattern,” case detail.
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41 and 36 men’s models have been fully equipped with Rolex’s new generation of 32 series automatic movements, specifically the 3230 automatic movement, consistent with the Rolex No Calendar Water Ghost 124060 movement. The power is 70 hours, and the new Chronergy escapement is used to improve the power transmission efficiency. At the same time, continue to use the Rolex blue niobium hairspring and fine-tune the balance wheel with no calorie weights. It is certified by the Rolex Super Observatory, with a daily error of +2/-2 seconds.
41mm and 36mm Oyster Perpetual, using 3230 automatic movement.
Oyster Perpetual “Balloon,” the market is close to Daytona.
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual “Balloon” has a public price of 50,000 for 41 mm and 47,600 for 36 mm.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual “Celebration Pattern”
Of course, the public price is meaningless before the Oyster’s Perpetual “Balloon.” Although the global watch market is currently falling, and the sports models of Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, and Rolex are all falling, the current price of the Oyster Perpetual “Balloon” is skyrocketing, and the actual cost of the 41mm model is even close to Dayton. Take 116500 (the actual cost of 36mm is lower). At the same time, according to foreign information, the actual price of the 41mm Oyster Perpetual “Balloon” in Europe has reached 34,500 Euros, or about RMB 273,270, which is much higher than the domestic secondary market. Our domestic market is less than 200,000 yuan, almost 180,000 to 90,000 yuan. An Oyster Perpetual is more expensive than a steel case Daytona. Would you buy it?
The actual price of the 41mm Oyster Perpetual “Celebration Pattern” is already close to Daytona’s 116,500.
The “conservative” Rolex has become more and more “fashionable.”
Rolex is one of the watch world’s most “restrained” and “conservative” brands. In addition to technical changes, every update of the watch’s appearance is just a fine-tuning of details. There is little difference in overall appearance between the water ghosts, weekday calendars, and antique models from 50 years ago.
Rolex’s new week calendar “puzzle” uses enamel to make a puzzle pattern on the disk and replaces the original week calendar with cartoon patterns and English.
In recent years, Rolex has begun to add “fashion” elements. In addition to this oyster perpetual “balloon,” Rolex’s new week calendar this year also made a “puzzle” pattern, which uses enamel to make a puzzle pattern on the dial and uses the week calendar window to display cartoon patterns. For Rolex, which has always focused on practicality, it was unimaginable in the past to remove the calendar function and change the calendar into a cartoon pattern.
Series: Daytona
Band Width: 20mm
Engine: Rolex Calibre 7750/Mingzhu Engine
Gender: Men’s
Band Color: Silver-tone
Movement: Automatic
Brand: Rolex
Model: m116500ln-0001