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Originally Posted by springer

Great question. Can't wait to see a response from the vintage guys here. I always think this thread is a good starting point: https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=551004

Thanks for sharing that, I will have to take a look...lots of info there. Your thread should be a sticky, I should have searched, and we could probably close this one down.

Originally Posted by BristolCavendish

4 digit = vintage.

5-6 digit = wait and see.

I was thinking the same thing as well but some of the 5 digit are pretty long in the tooth now like the 16660. The 16660 sea dwellers have been around long enough to display a fair amount of patina, even some of the older tritium 16600 references are showing nice patina.

I would define vintage for the sea dweller as 16600 references with tritium would be vintage. The last tritium sea dwellers are pushing 20+ years old now.