As part of its high-profile 2020 rollout last week, Rolex has extended its basic three-hand Oyster Perpetual series, introducing a new model in a larger case diameter, as well as refreshing its 36-mm models with new dials in vivid colorways, alll housed in cases made from Oystersteel.

The Oyster Perpetual 41 mm Ref. 124300 with a silver-colored dial.

The new references are direct descendants of the first watch called “Oyster” in 1926, renowned as Rolex?s first waterproof wristwatch. They feature the fundamental characteristics of the modern-day Oyster Perpetual collection, including the waterproof case from which it derives the “Oyster” name and a self-winding movement, activated via the “Perpetual” rotor.
Oyster Perpetual 41-mm

The Oyster Perpetual 41-mm-diameter model comes in two dial options. One has a silver-colored, sunray-finish dial with hands and hour markers in 18k yellow gold; the other features a black sunray-finish dial with hands and hour markers in 18k white gold. In its 36-mm iteration, the Oyster Perpetual offers lacquer dials in five new colorways: candy pink, turquoise blue, yellow, coral red, and green. Both the 41-mm and 36-mm watches have hands and hour markers treated with Rolex’s proprietary Chromalight, a luminescent material that projects a long-lasting, blue-tinted glow for easy reading in the dark. The Oystersteel used for the case, hands, bracelet, and other elements, is an alloy which belon...