ROLEX vs OMEGA: Milgauss Z-Blue vs Railmaster Denim: 116400GV 220.10.40.20.03.001

Contact tmosso@the1916company.com for pricing and availability; Either I have it, or I can get it! Rolex vs Omega returns to Versus! Today, we pit the 2014 Rolex Milgauss GV Z-Blue (116400GV) against the 2018 Omega Seamaster Railmaster Denim 220.10.40.20.03.001 as engineer’s watches get a postmodern upgrade courtesy of color and inspired design. Although launched in the 1950s as timepieces for technicians, engineers, and railroad workers, today’s luxury-driven Omega Railmaster and Rolex Milgauss are calculated to elicit smiles without losing an of their ancestral toughness. The Rolex Milgauss 116400 launched in 2007 as a reborn take on the Milgauss family discontinued after the 1987 reference 1019. The new Milgauss arrived with a signature green-sapphire crystal variant known as the “GV” and a range of orange dial accents that would have bewildered period customers of the original Milgauss. A 40mm 904L stainless steel case with a fixed bezel give the Milgauss a larger footprint than the originals while maintaining clear relation to established Rolex standard bearers like the Datejust and Day Date. A full stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet keeps the new 116400 anchored, and Rolex Easylink permits – er – easy – adjustment of the Oyster bracelet to suit small fluctuations in wrist size. Rolex’s “glace vert” green crystal returns on the Milgauss Z Blue, but the dial accents of orange sit atop a supercharged iridescent blue metallic dial dubbed “Z-Blue” by Rolex. This dial is