The Cellini case is 39mm wide and water resistant to 50 meters (versus the 100 meters of most Oyster cases – that aren’t diving watches). It’s slim on the wrist, and the light fluting on the dial is reminiscent of both historic Rolex timepieces as well as the ever popular more bold fluted bezels on watches such as the replica Rolex Datejust.
Rolex introduced a few new styles of the recently re-launched Rolex Cellini dress watch collection that we debuted back in 2014 upon its release. The Rolex Cellini Time 50505 received the most simple dial to date in both a 18k Everose gold as well as 18k white gold case. My favorite new-for-2016 Rolex Cellini is a new dial style for the time-only “Cellini Time” model as seen here in the reference 50505 which is available in an 18k white gold or 18k Everose gold case. Curious at first, the design was a very clever way of making a simple dial not appear quite as simple.
To refresh your recollection, the modern Rolex Cellini collection consists of three basic models. These are the Cellini Time, Cellini Date, combined with the Rolex name and quality, and Cellini Dual Time. The Rolex Cellini Date (hands-on here) is rather straightforward and, as its name implies, offers a date dial versus a date window, as is the case on other Rolex models.The Cellini Dual Time (hands-on here) is the most complicated of the models and is the only dual-time watch from Rolex that indicates both time zones in 12-hour format (versus their GMT replica watches that indicate the second time zone in 24-hour format).
Like all Rolex watches now, the Cellini models abide by the stricter “Superlative Chronometer” standards which are also known as “The Green Seal” certification. Rolex has been playing around a bit with what to call its new performance standards and I think it is wise to promote the “new meaning” of “Superlative Chronometer.” Basically, it means COSC Chronometer certification plus Rolex’s own “Rolex Certification.” The former is arguably redundant as Rolex’s standards are more stringent, requiring accuracy of -2/+2 seconds per day.
