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Hi all, Lately i've been looking into some Pro Hunter editions for Rolex. They really seem nice to me, and there isn't too much information about them on the forums currently. Therefore, here I am. Looking for some opinions and information. I've found a quite nice one (In my eyes); I'm not thinking of purchasing, but I'm just wondering how good these are, because there are so less, it seems to me people would have a harder time "spotting" them. Some pictures, and the link: http://www.torobravo2015.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=39_217&product_id=525 Thanks! - Avenue

A few days ago I received my GMT II ProHunter (Gold) A2836 and I would like to leave a review. - Ordered 7th June approximately - First one offered did not match order spec, declined it - PTA Located nice looking example on 16th. Pictures looked great - however one in the bench to determine its accuracy etc did not match other photos, it having a gold second hand. Accepted it anyway. - Shipped on 17th June - Arrived in UK 23th June - handed over to Customs - Released from Customs 1st July - Delivered 2nd July The appearance is extremely impressive first off, looked highly accurate to a Gen. even accounting for the customisation variabiliity: http://www.discoverprohunter.com/collection/gmt-master/gmt-master2-steel-gold Closer inspection reminded me of the QC Pictures that showed a different colour second hand - but that had been changed here, or it was an error, this watch the hand is gold ..which is what I preferred; but either way would have been fine. The casing is gloss black - perfect. The dial is what I expect a new'ish GMTII to look like, with PROHUNTER as one word as requested, not hyphenated either. Gen PHs can come in a variety of configurations; All accurate as far as I can tell. Number markers, seconds, lettering all look right to me. Date looks the correct font - havent checked all numbers on it yet. And it toggles over nicely overnight. Can be adjusted separately. Second hand sweeps beautifully. Crown offers adjustment of all hands, the 24hr hand separately. Winds nicely, a little stiff initially to pull out to correct settings, but okay. The bezel is superb - numbers look perfect in inset, right font, like it even more than those on the 'discoverph' link above and others. 24 clicks and both ways. Doesn't centre perfectly when arrow is at the top tho', otherwise okay. Cyclops looks right. Crown shoulders look right. Gold looks like gold...don't know what it is. Strap pretty flimsy but funtional. I have five arriving soon from the US, all NATO, some with gold furniture and one leather Rear casing has number and is nicely black, not so glossy. Weight feels right. Haven't opened it up to look at the movement but will do if it needs adjustment after settling. It currently gains approximately 30 sec per day. To me it looks like the #16,000 watch in the link above and elsewhere, and feels like it is too! Frankly I am amazed at the quality, level of accurate detail, the finish, that it works and is fairly accurate - and that it DIDN'T cost me what would have been charged at Gen. retailers! This may be of slight annoyance to them.. I thanked PTA very much and promised to return and buy another. I hope this review is useful and is of general interest too. Kind Rgds

As there does not seem to be a thread dedicated to the DSSD Prohunter variations, hopefully the following details will be useful. In case anyone is unaware of the Prohunter line, this was the brainchild of a vintage Rolex dealer, well known in gen Rolex forums. The older members will know who I’m referring to. Let us refer to him as ‘KC’ since including his name in this thread may provide this as a search result in any search engine for anyone typing his name. And I certainly don’t want to attract unnecessary attention to a rep forum. I’m sure most of us know that the gen fora know rep forums exist, however I don’t see the need to frantically wave a red flag in their direction. So….one fine day, KC decided that DLCing certain Rolex models (SD,DSSD,Daytona,etc) and charging a 30-40% markup over the MSRP would make good business sense, and people would be lining up to buy these ‘modded’ Rolexes. Well, he was right. 100 models of each line were created (I can find no references stating there were more than 100 in each case) and sold, presumably to people who had more money than they knew what to do with. Keep in mind, these models are not warrantied by Rolex – as soon as the base Rolex model was modded by applying the DLC coat, this was considered to be out of Rolex warranty terms and conditions. So these Prohunters can no longer be sent in to Rolex for service/repairs, Rolex won’t work on them. Ok, enough history, back to us. Now in this thread I will focus on the DSSD model. You are fully entitled to ask why I should focus on the DSSD only, of course. Well because: A. I like the DSSD Prohunter. A lot. No, seriously. B. Because Charlize Theron has a DSSD. And I like Charlize. A lot. Drool. Now where were we, ah yes, the DSSD Prohunter. With no offense to any DSSD owners, I love the size and look of the DSSD, but I couldn’t bring myself to buy the SS rep because I can’t stand the OGEV/RLS script. It just doesn’t work for me, maybe I’m funny that way. So when the factories released the Prohunter version – where the script is present but practically invisible thanks to the DLC coating, it was a no-brainer. The gen DSSD Prohunter was made in a run of 100 watches. There are always questions on the dials offered by the rep factories – is the single red version correct? Should I have bought the double red, was it more authentic? Are all of the rep versions fantasy models? Will my DSSD Prohunter rep look like a 1:1 to the gen? Let me try to answer some of the questions to some extent. First: Will my DSSD Prohunter rep look like a 1:1 to the gen? Short answer: At present, no (more on this anon). Long answer: Considering the gen was made in a run of 100, and has at least 6 different dial variations that I have found (and there may be more), that means each gen dial version exists in a set of about 16, assuming 100 watches/6 dial versions. So in the long run, if the factories correct all the errors, you will have a 1:1 rep to a gen of which no more than 16 exist in the entire world (considering nothing tragic has occurred to any of them). May the force be with you while walking down a dark alley. I have found the following dial versions for the gen DSSD Prohunter. The dials range from a single line in red (Sometimes DEEPSEA, sometimes PROHUNTER), double line in red, and even three lines in red. Also, on some dials, Prohunter is shown as PRO-HUNTER, whereas on others is shown as PROHUNTER. I imagine KC and team decided that having the same dial on a 100 watches wouldn’t make sound business sense if you wanted it to be unique, no. A Phantom (fancy name for stealth IMO) DSSD Prohunter also exists: I could not get a pic of the gen DSSD Prohunter caseback, but it should be similar to the gen Milgauss Prohunter caseback shown here: Another company (completely unrelated to the Prohunter company) in collaboration with the family of Jacques Piccard also released a DLC version of the DSSD, of which 86 were made. Here is a pic of the gen. Note that the JP DSSD does NOT feature the word Prohunter on the dial. And here is the gen Piccard caseback which is familiar to all those who own the rep DSSD Prohunter: Phew, with all that out of the way let’s talk about the rep versions available. The rep factories released the Prohunter in two dial versions: one with a single line (DEEPSEA) in red as follows, this is a correct gen dial version: And the other with two lines in red as follows, also a correct gen dial version: So BOTH versions of the rep have the correct dial. The caseback however is another story altogether. This is the biggest flaw on the rep watch (both versions), as it comes with the Jacques Piccard caseback, which is unrelated to the Prohunter as I mentioned earlier. However I suppose this can be remedied to some extent by replacing the Piccard mid caseback with the grey mid caseback from the SS DSSD. I have not seen a PVD DSSD with the word Deepsea in red and no Prohunter on the dial – that would be the correct dial for the Piccard. I hope this was of some help. Cheers, T

Month old rolex prohunter GMt from Andrew at trusty time glass keeps popping out...lucky to have found it each time but is getting very frustrating. Any tips on best way to secure and keep it in place? Any hop/ideas will be greatly appreciated.

I've seen pictures of this ProHunter GMT on both here and RepGeek (posted by projectologist). The AR just seems to be incredible. Not only does the crystal vanish but the cyclops seems to retain the "black hole" effect. I have a ProHunter sub that I don't wear purely because the crystal is terrible. The glare off the cyclops is so bad I can't even read the date unless I turn it to just the right angle. I'd love to somehow get a crystal similar to the one on Projectologists ProHunter GMT on my ProHunter Sub. Does anyone have any idea how to get this done? In his post, Projectologists lists that the crystal was double AR coated on both sides. While I believe it was my gut tells me that the crystal must have also been additionally AR coated under the cyclops to add the blackhole effect. I was thinnking that ideally I would take a crystal that already has an AR'd cyclops, like the ones from BigCrown (I actually have one already) and have the whole thing additional double AR coated. The problem is that it's a gen spec crystal and I'm not sure if that will fit in the noob sub, which the ProHunters are based on. Anyone know whether a gen spec crystal can be stuffed into a noob sub? I thought I saw a tutorial on here where someone shows how to take apart a noob sub and replace the crystal with a Clarks (gen spec) crystal by remvoing it through the case back. Anyone run across this thread? Assuming it fits do you think that double AR coating a BigCrown "black hole" crystal would give me a similar result? My other option would be to take out the crystal that came with my ProHunter sub and have it double AR coated but my gut tells me that's not going to give me the "black hole" effect. Can someone who's knows more about AR than me help guide me in the right direction or just chime in with your thoughts?

Anyone seen it yet? m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client=mv- google&v=kqQnG7K2QgU Looks pretty good... Considering the gen from prohunter costs £11000 msrp.. Do u think it is worth it? Lol the green lightning hand really matches the inaccurate green AR.. Since there are only 100 gens...less possibility to be called out?