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20 August 2019, 04:50 AM | #1 |
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Hello, I know it is a boring subject and the infos are normally already everywhere but I can't find this clasp code...I'm looking for a watch which comes with a 7836 bracelet Rolex with 280 end-links and a clasp code "TC" engraved...TC is one I've never seen and I can't find any info...Could you please help me? Best mates!
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20 August 2019, 07:39 AM | #2 |
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Don’t think there was a TC, nor even a T, clasp code.
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There is a T clasp code. I've bookmarked this thread, which has proved to be super useful since it contains all the bracelet, end link and clasp code info.
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Thanks guys - missed that.
But you do agree there is no TC clasp code, right? Isn’t that what the OP asked and I answered? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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Is "TC" the full clasp code or is there another character? Does the clasp say "7836" or "78360"?
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Any pics? I’ve never heard it TC
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21 August 2019, 01:13 AM | #8 |
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I just received photos. It’s finally not TC but T......C....the description was confusing...C would be 1978 and T would be 1995 although the watch is from 1967...thanks
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21 August 2019, 02:47 AM | #9 |
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That's a T clasp code. Not sure what that C is though.
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21 August 2019, 02:59 AM | #10 |
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I would have said the opposite.
This type of bracelet with a T code ?? On the other hand, 78 is maybe slightly late, I don’t know when this reference was stopped. I would bet for a watch which comes with a an older replacement bracelet but wait for the experts. It’s going to be much easier with the picture ! |
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Looks like C is the clasp code and the other may have been made by a watchmaker or other.
I would try to confirm authenticity, could be the pics but the band looks pretty fresh compared to the clasp. |
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Many thanks fellows, it's a folded oyster bracelet, I'd say 1978 then, the C might be initial for / from a beloved person...but are we sure that it can't be from 67? Obviously yes because in 1967, was only the year engraved and not a code...Many thanks!
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The TC seems to me to look as if it may have been added later?
One of those "import code" stamps or such?
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Yeah, I wasn’t thinking. Probably C code and the T does look as if it had been added later. I’m just used to the clasp code being offset from the Rolex logo and not in like.
Alternatively someone may have pieced the bracelet together by taking a clasp from a 78360? |
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Brilliant info
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More likely a later bracelet. Can’t ever recall seeing a ’67 stamped 7836. To be honest I’m not a big fan of what I see. Engravings look very poor. If authentic I think the bracelet is cobbled together from different bands. I have a faint memory of early two-tone clasps being marked like that. Could be wrong though.
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1967 is too early for a 7836 Oyster.
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The bracelet pieces could be any vintage between mid-60’s (when folded links were introduced to replace riveted links) all the way to mid-70’s when the 78360 came out with solid links. The endlinks and clasp aren’t original apparently. Can you help us understand the quest? Are you looking for a watch using that specific bracelet/endlink combo? Or looking AT a watch with that 7836/280 combo and that clasp? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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Here is the watch : https://www.chrono24.fr/rolex/gmt-16...id10245972.htm I find it very expensive but despite the price I wanted to clear up this bracelet issue... |
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I find the watch very expensive compared to other mk1 with megafatfont pepsi inlay and with a wrong bracelet I find it even more crazy...
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Dial and hands doesn’t look 36.5k€ to me.
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I also think that for this price I could find a gilt one. The problem is that I don’t know a lot in the gilt range...and I’d prefer a nice matte one with this kind of inlay but this one costs for me around 25€k, or?
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This one costs you 36.5€. You should be able to find one in similar, or better, condition around 20-25 without papers. Maybe even less. Cash is king these days and selling expensive watches is starting to get more slow. Have patience and start searching good sellers on IG and you will find something. C24 is not the best way to find something. Hunting websites is in general not great as few dealers/collectors take the time to post things properly. IG is fast and simple.
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Thanks Using internet resources still won’t clear up the issues with that bracelet/clasp. But here is some more towards that discussion. The folded link bracelet Something from the listing, one link has been added to make it 13 links long, or the seller is counting the clasp’s connector. Here is a pic to help you with the 7836... The clasp The clasp is marked in a way Rolex didn’t mark them with a letter above another letter. (Perhaps with exception of “S” for a service clasp). Even in the most favorable interpretation the clasp didn’t come with that watch. C: 1978 or T: 1995. In 1978, the markings were more crude...but what may look like a T above a C is a big question. The clasps came into Rolex with a year mark but it’s clear to me that during the final assembly someone at Rolex stamped the month #. for example... By 1995, Rolex was marking the code with a month number in a finer manner. So I’m leaning towards a mis-marked 1978-ish clasp... The end links Let your eyes be the judge - here’s an example of the stamped 280 on a pair; do the “stare & compare” to the pic you were provided. I lean towards a poor replica endlink. And yes, the price is out of scale to its pedigree - which for the bracelet has many detours. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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X2. The watch is too early for a super fat font insert and 7836 bracelet.
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I would say the mega fat font comes with long E in any case, or?
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