Billybob7
16 May 2009, 10:59 AM
About two month ago I traded with a friend for my first Rolex…a GMT-Master 1961 with the Pepsi dial…I love it…I was showing it to my Aunt and she said she had her Husband’s (Passed away 18 years ago) old Rolex…she says she has no interest in the watch and has offered to give it to me.
My research has found the following
· Rolex, Oyster Perpetual
· No other marking on dial
· 6200, engraved under spring-bar at top of watch (12:00)
· Brevet, engraved under spring-bar at bottom of watch (6:00)
· Serial Number to worn to read, some number are visible
· Bubble back
. 8mm Stem
. No stem guards
· Brevet also under Rolex Crown on stem
· Riveted expansion band
The watch is not working…but when you attempt to set the correct time it will run for three to five seconds.
My Aunt say it was purchased for her to give to her husband, over sea’ by a friend back in the 50’s and when it quit working many years ago it was put in a drawer.
The expansion band has one link that does not spring back into place, the band is missing the end caps (Wonder which one it had back in the 50’s), there are small chips in the crystal, part of the luminescent material has fallen out of the minute hand, the bezel will not turn, there is a small hole in white diamond on top of the bezel that looks like it may have had something in it at one time.
I’ve contacted the San Francisco RSC but the gentleman I spoke with didn’t know a lot about this watch…he did ask his boss and they said $900 and up to repair this watch due to it’s age along with parts my be an issue…but would not give a firm quote till it was inspected personally.
I have looked for over three hours attempting to locate a value so I can make a decision if I want to spend the amount needed to restore my Uncle’s old Rolex 6200 to a condition that’s it’s wearable.
Anybody have some thoughts? Is San Francisco RSC reputable? Or should I look elsewhere?
:cheers: Thanks
After Tools made the observation "There are a couple of dial anomolies too such as the white pring, as well as the Mercedes hand"...I check with my Aunt and according to her the watch has never beens serviced by anybody ever...nor has it ever been in for repairs...She claime everything on the watch is how it was delivered to her...She also claims is arrived in a Rolex Box with papers, but those have long since dissapeared. TOO BAD, any way I have located pictures of a watch identical to the one I have...some other confusing information says this model was 1955 but others say the watch was prior to the Sub-Mariner and was only made in 1953 and the the 6200 was replace by a different model number...which I think became the James Bond with Sub-Mariner on the dial and a different movement.
My research has found the following
· Rolex, Oyster Perpetual
· No other marking on dial
· 6200, engraved under spring-bar at top of watch (12:00)
· Brevet, engraved under spring-bar at bottom of watch (6:00)
· Serial Number to worn to read, some number are visible
· Bubble back
. 8mm Stem
. No stem guards
· Brevet also under Rolex Crown on stem
· Riveted expansion band
The watch is not working…but when you attempt to set the correct time it will run for three to five seconds.
My Aunt say it was purchased for her to give to her husband, over sea’ by a friend back in the 50’s and when it quit working many years ago it was put in a drawer.
The expansion band has one link that does not spring back into place, the band is missing the end caps (Wonder which one it had back in the 50’s), there are small chips in the crystal, part of the luminescent material has fallen out of the minute hand, the bezel will not turn, there is a small hole in white diamond on top of the bezel that looks like it may have had something in it at one time.
I’ve contacted the San Francisco RSC but the gentleman I spoke with didn’t know a lot about this watch…he did ask his boss and they said $900 and up to repair this watch due to it’s age along with parts my be an issue…but would not give a firm quote till it was inspected personally.
I have looked for over three hours attempting to locate a value so I can make a decision if I want to spend the amount needed to restore my Uncle’s old Rolex 6200 to a condition that’s it’s wearable.
Anybody have some thoughts? Is San Francisco RSC reputable? Or should I look elsewhere?
:cheers: Thanks
After Tools made the observation "There are a couple of dial anomolies too such as the white pring, as well as the Mercedes hand"...I check with my Aunt and according to her the watch has never beens serviced by anybody ever...nor has it ever been in for repairs...She claime everything on the watch is how it was delivered to her...She also claims is arrived in a Rolex Box with papers, but those have long since dissapeared. TOO BAD, any way I have located pictures of a watch identical to the one I have...some other confusing information says this model was 1955 but others say the watch was prior to the Sub-Mariner and was only made in 1953 and the the 6200 was replace by a different model number...which I think became the James Bond with Sub-Mariner on the dial and a different movement.