I have a lot of affection for this watch for a number of reasons... Not only is it the last of the vintage plastic glass sports watches Rolex made with the addition of an independently setable calendar mechanism but it was the first black watch we created for not only the Bamford family over 15 years ago now but the first ever customised black watch to be sold on the open market. Brands like Pro Hunter / Project X & Titan all copied the watches that the Bamfords commissioned through me. They were very specific about the logo & were right to be. It's a superb looking logo. Now that Bamford are under the LVMH umbrella they no longer customize Rolex watches, so this Bamford special edition with customised DLC case and Bamford dial is a little bit of horological history. I don't even think watch houses had started DLC coating watches at this point!
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Like the reintroduction of the Mini motorcar over a decade ago, this reinterpretation of Big Pilot by IWC is better than the original. This 1st series Platinum example is of course the top of the top.