Month: October 2017

Big New here Today, Rolex protégée Naomi Alderman has experienced a surge of interest in her work following the fact that her fourth novel, which has owned the biggest applause for English-language fiction by women.
Alderman, who has already won other major prizes for her writing, said the reaction to the news that she had won the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction as “extraordinary − I reckon I did 22 interviews in 24 hours after the prize was announced, and the number of offers of work and interest in me has shot up in a very exciting and amazing way. So, I hope it gets the book into lots more hands because I hope it might start some useful conversations. And I’m taking part in having to be even more selective about the projects I take on now! Which are an amazing feeling and a slightly ‘gulp’ one.” 
Asked for a comment about The Power, Margaret Atwood told the Guardian, partly in jest: “I’m declaring an interest: Naomi Alderman was my fake Rolex mentor program mentee, which in our case meant we laughed a lot. And I also supplied some words about The Power, via Twitter. That said, bravo for this win. The Power is a smart, agile challenging satire in the vein of Swift’s A Modest Proposal. It makes us rethink a number of our assumptions about gender and human nature, and about how much more wonderful the world would be if it were ruled by women…”
In the same vein, the Irish Times drew a comparison with Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and added: “Told with panache and imagination, which is unapologetically commercial and is already a best-seller, probably well en route to becoming the best-selling Baileys winner to date. The prose is efficient, with a clear-eyed ferocity kept in check. Alderman does not dwell on sentence-to-sentence literary effect – she has a good ear for dialogue, which is extremely strong in the sequences featuring Roxy, the daughter of a London criminal.” 
Harper’s Bazaar posted a short but enthusiastic article about Alderman on its website, which ended with some very encouraging words: “Here’s hoping Alderman continues to write explosive books that shock, delight and provoke debate, long after the story is told.”
Rebecca Irvin, Head of Philanthropy at Rolex replica watches, congratulated Naomi Alderman on behalf of the company. “This prize is a major recognition for Naomi’s great talent and devotion to her art. At the replica Rolex, we hope that the creative and fruitful relationship she and her mentor Margaret Atwood established will remain an inspiration for her as she keeps on writing thought-provoking works.”

The Sky-Dweller has been one of the most popular and least understood contemporary Rolexes for many years. It’s one of the most sophisticated watches in their lineup, as a luxury traveler’s replica watch, and is the patrician elder brother of the tool-like GMT-Master II. This niche proposition, along with its solid gold offering, always made it something of an outsider Rolex fake watch.  
In some ways the case of the Sky-Dweller remains identical to the version released in 2012, but viewed a different way, the changes to the big 42mm case represent the single biggest shift to the model, which has seen it rocket to the top of many a fan’s lists. It’s all about the material.
The other major change to the Sky-Dweller is the design of the dial aside from the case. And not just that stellar starburst blue option. Gone are the radial Arabic or Roman numerals, replaced with elongated applied batons, filled with Chromalight. This one change makes a big difference to the simplicity of the dial. Every time I see this month’s implementation, I’m beguiled by its simplicity, and it still confounds me that it’s not a more popular style of calendar.
No surprises here. Of course the Sky-Dweller ships on the Oyster bracelet. Now, if you opted for the white gold Rolesor version, the bracelet is solid 904L steel. If yellow gold is more your jam, you get polished yellow gold center links. Solid and supremely comfortable, thanks in part to the easily adjusted Oysterclasp, which gives you around 5mm of flex room to ensure maximum comfort.
The most impressive part of the Sky-Dweller is the movement. Not just because the Calibre 9001 is a highly complicated, modern movement with a mighty 72 hours of power reserve and protected by seven patents. No, it stands out because of how you interact with the various functions. Do you see that pretty fluted gold bezel? That’s not a regular bezel, and it’s actually quite an ingenious piece of user-friendly engineering called the Ring Command. Twist it to the left and you’ll notice it has three distinct positions. Change the position of this bezel, and the crown changes a different complication. The third position (hard left) permits you to change the home time, the second position changes local time, and the first position allows you to change the annual calendar.
The large case size and that light-flinging fluted bezel make the replica Sky-Dweller an attention-drawing watch, and the fact that it’s not solid gold only reduces the bling-factor so much, but honestly, you’ve just got to embrace it. Aside from that, it’s the typical flawless fake Rolex experience.