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5 June 2021, 11:22 AM
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Early Rolex watch box
So I bought this today at an estate sale.
I have never seen this particular box. It appears that it was made to stand up and display the watch in the jewelers case. Notice if you open the box fully, the Rolex text is upside down. My understanding was that the owner bought this in Europe during WWII. So, I am assuming this went with a Bubbleback watch. If anyone knows otherwise, please feel free to share. According to the seller, the wife traded the watch for an Accutron. I believe in the early 60's, when the cost was about the same as a Rolex.     Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk |
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5 June 2021, 11:46 AM
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Great pick up!
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5 June 2021, 03:11 PM
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Very, very cool ��
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5 June 2021, 07:53 PM
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That’s quite unique. Thanks for sharing the photos.
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6 June 2021, 05:50 PM
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Nice box
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7 June 2021, 03:03 AM
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Thanks for the compliments.
Apparently no one so far has seen this in conjunction with a particular watch? |
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7 June 2021, 04:34 AM
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Amazing! Love it!!
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7 June 2021, 04:38 AM
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I've gotta start checking out local estate sales.
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7 June 2021, 09:46 AM
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Sweet find
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8 June 2021, 06:11 AM
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It's likely that boxes such as this were used to display their higher-priced models to show them at their best, and were used at the Dealers discretion.
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8 June 2021, 06:19 AM
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Whatever it is, it seems to be of excellent quality.
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9 June 2021, 02:54 AM
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Love it. Congrats my friend.
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9 June 2021, 03:08 AM
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9 June 2021, 08:45 AM
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1 July 2021, 04:42 AM
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That is beautiful!
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1 July 2021, 05:59 AM
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Very cool.
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2 July 2021, 02:06 PM
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