These videos are so good!!! No one else is doing videos like this. He actually uses these watch as they are meant and designed for, out in the wilderness getting beat up. While keeping us update long term on the ability of each watch. These videos are perfect and a public service to all watch buyers. Cheers to you Sir!

I wore a Subby to Jamaica in 1990. Wore it SCUBA diving during the day...and under the sleeve of my tux when I got married that night. It is indeed an amazing watch. The "boooooring" crowd are just being contrarian. 😂

Getting older has made my close-in eyesight worse. That cyclops would help a lot! I’d rather have a date complication than not, too.

9:45 Your G Shock broke?! That’s crazy. You must really be wilding it out there for those camera shots!

Great video as always! Excited to see your comparison between this and your two explorers. Love to see someone taking their sports watches on adventures rather than just doing a desktop review.

For my third Rolex watch, I was trying to decide between Explorer ii and Submariner. After watching ur videos of Exp ii, I was literally inch away from making up my mind to Exp ii, but this video kinda makes me wonder again haha…

Oh brother, I’m so sorry your watch got chipped but that “there definitely was a (insert homer clip here) moment” had me belly laughing! So relatable. I’m really glad you’re using your watch as it was meant to be and not as a safe queen. Please keep up the great videos!

Great video again. I couldn't have done a review of my sub date better or differently! PROST! 😊

awesome watch, thanks for sharing your experience!

Interested to see if you run into accuracy issues that the 32xx movements are reportedly having after 1-2 years. Your Explorer II is around the 2 year mark I think.

Interesting your movement is so consistent. I have a 2024 and it usually lives on my wrist day and night, even when I sleep. I lose about 2 seconds every 24 hours. I have noticed when I leave it face up in my watch box for 24 hours it gains around 1 second. So if I were to leave it off at night I'd probably be averaging around 1 second lost per day. It truly is a great watch overall, probably my favourite in the the Rolex line, the right blend of heritage, class and utility.

Simply put, it's the perfect watch.

Ahh forget those people that say it shouldn’t have a date window. Both versions are classic. You get a diver style and capability PLUS a date wheel. Curious, what size are your wrists? I’m debating getting the Explorer 2 but I think it’s too big for me. Your wrists look like 7” or more

Do you prefer this over the explorer 40? I'm leaning towards the explorer but both are cool.

Afaik the cyclops is the same material but has double AR coating i.e. top and bottom to give it the black hole effect, whereas the main crystal just has AR coating on the underside. Those AR coatings are scratched up much more easily, so that`s probably where your scratch is, not in the saphire itself. Great video! Been watching since a while now!

The cyclops is really functional and that’s why I don’t mind having it on any of my Rolexes. It doesn’t what it’s supposed to do and it makes the watch easier to read. DJ from GBRS group put it well when speaking about his own watches: “wear them till you break them and then get them fixed”

What about the explorer 40? Is also versatile, adventure and cocktail time in the same day 😉

Formal-informal i agree with you

Wonder how much it cost to to replace cyclops by Rolex? Thanks for the vid.

It’s the anti reflective coating that makes the crystal more susceptible to scratches.

The Sub date is the grail. Any updates on availability at AD's?

Don't worry, just change the glass, than it is as new. Cheers.

I find that my Rolexes scratch easier than my 316L watches such as my Omega.

Another great video! Thank you sir!

Re availability at AD's. I wish AD's would take a deposit from people when they are interested in purchasing. This would eliminate hundreds of thousands of people who are just on the wait list with no intention or ability to purchase a Sub. I am in the process of purchasing a new Toyota Landcruiser. They are tough to get right now. However, the dealers with incoming inventory require a deposit. Which I like and which I have done. And, surprise surprise, the list of actual buyers requiring a deposit is significantly lower than the list without deposits.

The sub is for any environment, except for major cities where you get mugged or worse

Why do you always elongate your words like this: 1:06, 1:22, 1:24, 1:28, 1:31, 2:00, 2:08, 2:13, 3:09, etc etc 😂😂

The submariner is Florida mans perfect watch! Whenever Where ever. In the swamps hunting or scoring meth in Miami the submariner has you covered

Just get a chisel and Hammer, knock that cyclops off of your Rolex.