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16 February 2015, 11:25 AM | #1 |
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New Addition 16600 Tritium Sea-Dweller
OK, perhaps not a true vintage by most standards, but it's over 20 years old and is all tritium, an early W serial 16600. Took me forever to find a gloss dial SD with a perfect, matching tritium dial/hands/pearl. When I started looking I thought it wouldn't be too tough. I was wrong. There aren't many tritium SDs out there in decent shape, I discovered, especially not with patina. This one came as a full set and very little _ if any _ polish on the case.
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16 February 2015, 12:19 PM | #2 |
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Congrats!
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16 February 2015, 01:38 PM | #3 |
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WOW she is a beauty! Congrats my friend! Wear her in good health! Same watch is on my watch list to buy.
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16 February 2015, 03:20 PM | #4 |
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lovely patina!
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16 February 2015, 04:33 PM | #5 |
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16 February 2015, 04:37 PM | #6 |
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Great find!!!
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16 February 2015, 04:43 PM | #7 |
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Great example, congrats. I love this reference. Here's my 'E' from 1990:
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16 February 2015, 05:31 PM | #8 |
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Super nice Dweller. Love how some of the early gloss dials get a nice yellow/brown patina. My N series is turning and I love it. Vincent - that is pretty sweet example too
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16 February 2015, 07:30 PM | #9 |
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16 February 2015, 09:58 PM | #10 |
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Beautiful SD, Vincent. And starting to fade. Nice! As prices continue to climb for matte-dial vintage Rolexes, I think these tritium gloss-dial versions will be harder and harder to find. Soon enough, they'll be true vintage, too, of course.
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16 February 2015, 10:17 PM | #11 |
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Congrats!
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Thanks Aaron - I'd say the fade was well under way. It varies depending on the light, of course |
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16 February 2015, 11:08 PM | #13 |
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Very nice. Beautiful.
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16 February 2015, 11:11 PM | #14 |
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Love these unpolished examples!
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17 February 2015, 01:58 AM | #15 |
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Nice one, congrats
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17 February 2015, 03:16 AM | #16 |
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Love the patina of the markers and pearl! Congrats
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17 February 2015, 03:45 AM | #18 |
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Very nice. Congrats!
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17 February 2015, 04:13 AM | #19 |
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Looks great ! Nice Pic!
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17 February 2015, 05:37 AM | #20 |
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17 February 2015, 06:52 AM | #21 |
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stunning Aaron
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17 February 2015, 08:55 AM | #22 |
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Thanks, all. Really enjoying it. It has to compete with my 1665!
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17 February 2015, 09:47 AM | #23 |
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Love early 16600 SD's. Tons of watch for the money.
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17 February 2015, 11:02 AM | #24 |
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Nice one Aaron! Great example
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17 February 2015, 04:46 PM | #25 |
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Aaron - can we see some more photos of that stunner, please!? Very minty, and great patina.
Let's indulge in that sharp, edgy case, then... |
17 April 2019, 01:48 PM | #26 |
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Bringing this old thread back to life...I need one of these In the worst way but they definitely aren’t easy to come by let alone looking like this… Absolutely stunning example, Aaron!! Do you still have this beauty?
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17 April 2019, 03:58 PM | #27 |
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Gorgeous.
Much better than the new SD. A perfect example why vintage is often so attractive and better option when it comes to Rolex....
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17 April 2019, 09:22 PM | #28 |
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Love it!!
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