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SPOTLIGHT
Text Leonard RichmanYACHT PARTY
The new, dashing Rolex Oyster Perpetual
Yacht-Master 42 is ready to join the brand’s ranks of
sporty and functional Professional modelsAny Rolex afi cionado 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
specifi c 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 for 2019.
Like the aforementioned new-gen Cosmograph Daytonas
and GMT-Master IIs, the Yacht-Master 42 invokes desirability
with a regal athleticism, which suggests sturdiness, a sailing-
themed watch constructed to brave the elements out at sea.
The Yacht-Master 42 is also no clunky tool watch, exuding
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