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DRB1973 · 15 August 2019, 06:00 AM

I own a 1973 mk1 straight second hand 1655 that my father bought new in 1975 in Hong Kong. I have had it verified authentic. Per Rolex NY it has never been serviced by Rolex in the US. It has been serviced in the US by a Rolex authorized service shop however I do not know when or who it was. My question revolves around a very unique feature of the watch that has me puzzled - the 24 hour hand is not the standard wide, orange hand with the tapered tip that was standard issued for the watch. Instead it appears to be from a GMT Master of the same era. Can anyone recommend how I can determine if Rolex made the watch this way or if at some point this hand was replaced by a service shop?

15 August 2019, 06:00 AM	#1
DRB1973 "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: SC Posts: 9	1655 Exp II I own a 1973 mk1 straight second hand 1655 that my father bought new in 1975 in Hong Kong. I have had it verified authentic. Per Rolex NY it has never been serviced by Rolex in the US. It has been serviced in the US by a Rolex authorized service shop however I do not know when or who it was. My question revolves around a very unique feature of the watch that has me puzzled - the 24 hour hand is not the standard wide, orange hand with the tapered tip that was standard issued for the watch. Instead it appears to be from a GMT Master of the same era. Can anyone recommend how I can determine if Rolex made the watch this way or if at some point this hand was replaced by a service shop?