The new, dashing watch is ready to join the brand’s ranks of sporty and functional Professional models
Any Rolex aficionado will tell you that clout and loyalty count for a lot if you are in the market for a Rolex Professional model, which are timepieces designed for specific activities, ranging from diving to motor sport. The demand for the likes of the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona and GMT-Master II, especially their recent incarnations featuring Cerachrom bezel inserts manufactured from hard and corrosion-resistant ceramic, is the stuff of legend—word has it that there are long waiting lists populated by the brand’s most moneyed and devoted customers.
This year, those same customers will be setting their sights on yet another Rolex Professional model, the new Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master 42, a nautically-inspired beauty that the brand has billed as its star timepiece for 2019.