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It was never going to be universally loved. The complication is highly specialized, the case is large, the dial is busy and the oversized bezel lettering makes subtlety impossible. But those weaknesses become fascinating after discontinuation because very few Rolex watches take such an unapologetically specific position. Collectors who find modern replica Rolex too conservative can look at the Yacht-Master II as evidence of the opposite: Rolex once built an enormously complicated sailing watch, made sure everyone could recognize it from across the room, and accepted that plenty of people would hate it.