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The Rolex Yacht-Master II Luxury Watch

An upgrade from the original Rolex Yacht-Master luxury watch the Rolex Yacht-Master II is a beautiful watch that any watch enthusiast would be proud to own. In a review by www.watchreport.com they stated “At BaselWorld 2007, Rolex announced a new sports watch for yachtsmen: the Rolex Yacht-Master II. When Rolex releases a sequel to an existing model, you can always expect to see impressive new functionality. Rolex made significant changes to the GMT Master movement between the original GMT Master, and the GMT Master II, the latter allowing the hour hand and the 24-hour hand to be set independently. Likewise, the Explorer II changed dramatically from the original Explorer, adopting the same movement as the GMT Master II which added a 24-hour hand and date. And now the Yacht-Master II represents another extremely important step in Rolex evolution.”

A true luxury watch, the Yacht-Master II differs from its predecessor by using an extremely complex and innovative new movement with a countdown timer which can be programmed to start between one and ten minutes in order to accommodate regattas with varying start sequences.  I use the term “program” rather than simply “set” because the value is actually remembered, and when the countdown timer is reset, the countdown hand will return to the last programmed value. For a mechanical watch, this is an extremely impressive feat. There is a tradeoff we must note, the date which was present in the initial Yacht-Master had to go to make room on the dial as to allow for the additional complication of the movement.