While the case and bracelet are unchanged, the dials are all new. White and black are perhaps the most classic colour choices for a watch dial. The hands and batons are loaded with Rolex's legendary luminous material. Beating away inside is the cal. 3132, which, while not new, still meets the brand's gruelling +2 (-2 / 2) accuracy standards. The black dial is likely to be the more popular choice of the two, but, for me, the white is where it's at. It's a starker, higher contrast look, without being sterile.
The dial finish is different, too; it's got a more matt, almost creamy appearance that looks fresh as. The clasp is a superb (and deceptively simple) piece of mechanical engineering. It just works. There's a reason this design has been fundamentally unchanged for the last 80-or-so years. And you can really feel that on the wrist. The Oyster Perpetual 39 is offered in a wide range of sizes, all the way up to this, the 39mm model, which really will suit a lot of wrists.