Are people wearing the Blnr and putting the Blro in the safe?

[G23]

I daily my blro. Seeing any other Rolex in my neck of the woods is a rare sight however.

[Daytona king]

Originally Posted by G23

I daily my blro. Seeing any other Rolex in my neck of the woods is a rare sight however.

I see so many datejust. I have seen a good amount of pandas. Only a few OF watches. I have only ever seen one modern Pepsi and that was at a Rolex AD while a Customer was picking it up. Have seen a few good Batman’s too.


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[Daytona king]

The first pic is great! It makes the Pepsi look very rich.


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[mario1971]

There was a time when I owned both watches. The BLRN, bought in 2018 and worn almost every day for four years, and the BLRO, bought in 2022, which started to replace the Batman on my wrist. I ended up selling the BLNR and the BLRO replaced it as my EDC. I bought a few other watches in the meantime, so the Pepsi isn't as worn out after two years of use as the Batman, which I wore out for a few years as my main everyday watch. I guess that explains it...

[ArtNouveau]

It's Fall in the Ozarks and my BLRO is on my wrist where it belongs. I don't own any safe queens.

[YoyoGift8]

I wear my BLRO regularly but have not seen any in the wild. I do see though the BLNR & know of a couple of people that owns it.

[Cambo]

I switch between my BLRO and white dial Daytona as my dailies….both getting equally beaten up. certainly not scared of a scratch or two (or more)

[Hkspwrsche]

Originally Posted by Dezorra

That's me. I wear my 16750 almost every day, but have worn my BLRO maybe 5 times.

Reason: I see the 16750 as a true workhorse piece, it's thinner, lighter, more wearable, and far less valuable money-wise so I'm not afraid to scuff or scratch it at all. (Just got mine back from Rolliworks for a service, refresh and bracelet restoration in fact.)

My 6-digit is too large and flashy IMO. Terrified to scratch it, and don't really like wearing it anyway.

I also get regular compliments on my 5-digit; I have never gotten one on my six.

I would imagine many people who have both feel the same way I do, so the 5-digits go on all the adventures while the sixes sit in the safe.

If I’m out of town I’m wearing my 16750 or 16610 normally. Usually wear the 126710BLRO or 116500 when I know where I’m going and most of the folks there. That’s not 100% of the time but often I lean that way. I tend to wear the ceramic Pepsi to the beach every time so I break my own tendency also.
Work trip to Chicago and later in a bar, I’ll have the vintage Pepsi on for sure.

[airchitect]

I have both. I wear the hell out of both.


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[Daytona king]

Originally Posted by airchitect

I have both. I wear the hell out of both.


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Nice. Do you prefer one over the other?


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[Nairn1980]

My wife took my BLRO off me in 2020 and has worn it every singe day since. It’s her daily wearer, which I really love to see.

She does get frequent compliments on it.

[airchitect]

Originally Posted by Daytona king

Nice. Do you prefer one over the other?


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I put my blnr on a blue Everest which changes the personality up enough to make having both worth it. The blro is on jubilee. Honestly, I prefer the color way of the blro by a large margin, but on the rubber the blnr feels a lot more sporty. They both serve their purpose. Also used to have a 6 digit Exp2. I felt proportions on that watch were all off. Would like to fill that void with a Black Bay Pro.


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[inadeje]

I wear my BLRO in rotation. I ditched the BLNR since I found it to be too surplus to my collection’s requirements and too similar to the BLRO.

[Starhutch]

Love them both and wear them

[Carguy87]

Originally Posted by airchitect

I put my blnr on a blue Everest which changes the personality up enough to make having both worth it. The blro is on jubilee. Honestly, I prefer the color way of the blro by a large margin, but on the rubber the blnr feels a lot more sporty. They both serve their purpose. Also used to have a 6 digit Exp2. I felt proportions on that watch were all off. Would like to fill that void with a Black Bay Pro.


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I dig the rubber strap option

[Afratello03]

Originally Posted by omar-rye

The BLNR was introduced in 2013, and the BLRO in 2018. That might explain why there are more BLNRs in the wild and why they show more signs of wear.

well said!

[quartzcrisis]

My BLRO is in my normal rotation. It probably gets worn a few times a month. I've also seen a few others in the wild. Overall I would guess there are just way more BLNR's out there though.

[SLWoodster]

some people wear their watches, some people baby them. But stainless Rolexes are meant to be beaters.

[NAUI1982]

Originally Posted by 1William

Maybe, I doubt it though. I would say it has as much to do with the number of BLNR's out there from five more years of production and sales. I have both and one does not get more wear than the other.

I love the perfectly synchronized time.

[TheVision]

Man...don't know what area yall are cos I'm in CA and working 5 years as a field engineer covering West Coast, I barely saw Rolex'es in general. And the ones I saw was usually 5 digit or newer sub...even at airports. In my healthcare world, a lot of reps wear Omega (speedy or smp). I know like 2 local biomed vendors wearing sub and thats it.

In my 5 years of flying all over West Coast inc Hawaii, I think I must have seen like one gmt2 (5 digit pepsi) out in the wild.

That being said, I just got on the waitlist for BLNR 2 weeks ago....I have a nice rep and she flat out told me pepsi is allocated by the store mgr and they already have VIP's on the list but for BLNR, she said she could deliver one before my 50th next year.

She also mentioned BLRO is extremely rare and they see less than 5 all year around!! They seem to get more BLNR (and mainly on oyster bracelets).

When I do get mine, I plan on wearing it in heavy rotation with my sub and tuna.

[ganagati]

I don’t have any recent photos, but I wear my BLNR daily. I chose it because it handles multiple time zones while I travel and it’s durable enough to handle the trials and tribulations of raising 4 kids…it is far from babied.

[Carguy87]

Got mine on today! Don’t have a Blro in the safe though lol.


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[worldofoyster]

my AD told me that on avg they receive 4 batman/batgirl vs 1 Pepsi.

[pigman08]

Originally Posted by Carguy87

Got mine on today! Don’t have a Blro in the safe though lol.


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We used a smock similar to the one your child is using when our son was learning to feed himself… One of the best baby accessories on the market.


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[kritameth]

I put mine in the dishwasher.

[Daytona king]

Originally Posted by Carguy87

Got mine on today! Don’t have a Blro in the safe though lol.


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Congrats. Looks great


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[garyk]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Because the BLRO is more fragile

Haha, don’t start

[Carguy87]

Originally Posted by pigman08

We used a smock similar to the one your child is using when our son was learning to feed himself… One of the best baby accessories on the market.


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A must! Not to thread jack but any new parents out there definitely look into these smocks they just slip on from the front and the sleeves have elastic in the cuffs to keep them from getting a bunch of food up their arms

Originally Posted by Daytona king

Congrats. Looks great


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Thank you! And if I haven’t said it already welcome to the forum!

[Saoirse32]

Originally Posted by Mystro

^^ absolutely. I sold my BLRO after a month because of the color hue seemed to always clash. ThenBLNR just works better for my style and the color blue is stronger and brighter.
Remember the BLNR is THE first two color bezel Rolex ever produced and got the color hue right from the start. This year at Disney Resort for 2 weeks and I didn’t see another BLNR other than mine and that is a rich watch spotting zone for me every year. cheers:

I don’t own a BLNR, perhaps someday, but I did own a BLRO and sold it for the same reasons stated by Mystro here.
The colors bugged me. The red never seemed red and the blue was purplish at times. IDK, everyone likes and sees different things I guess.

Personally, I’ll be looking for a clean 16760 and be done with it.

Good luck.


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[ArtNouveau]

I didn’t screenshot but recently watched an episode of Jay Leno’s Garage where Dario Franchitti was presenting the new Gordon Murray Automotive T-50 for the first time in the US. His Oyster BLNR was very obvious especially in the part where he is driving Jay around.