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Old 24 November 2016, 01:09 AM   #1
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COMEX question

This is not on the sticky so I thought I would ask. I just saw a 2007 16600 COMEX SD for sale. How many of these late model COMEXes were made? I am talking about the the F & M series. I had heard they were very small but now i am not so sure. Does anyone have ball park numbers?

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Old 24 November 2016, 01:37 AM   #2
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Haywood can count them for you as I'm sure he has them all.

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Old 24 November 2016, 04:14 AM   #3
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I think he does have them all!

You may want to contact him directly, as the Comex details are not generally broadcast to thwart the fakers.
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Old 24 November 2016, 06:42 AM   #4
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I certainly don't have them all, but the idea does appeal !

Our dear departed friend Marcello reckoned that that were just a few dozen of these without the visible holes in the lugs.

The Comex 16600 I do have is an earlier one and especially nice for the "second life" it enjoyed creating a number of big screen blockbusters ;-)

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Old 24 November 2016, 01:05 PM   #5
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Hey Haywood, for those of us that are new here, what's the story behind the twin SWISS dial?
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Old 24 November 2016, 02:16 PM   #6
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This is not on the sticky so I thought I would ask. I just saw a 2007 16600 COMEX SD for sale. How many of these late model COMEXes were made? I am talking about the the F & M series. I had heard they were very small but now i am not so sure. Does anyone have ball park numbers?

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I used to own one and forget the number.....
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Old 24 November 2016, 04:09 PM   #7
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I think somewhere on the forum is the answer to approx numbers off all Comex Rolex issued batches/varients i.e. 5513,5514,1665,16610,16600 etc, The answer was supplied by the late great Marcello Pisani from memory around 3000 watches have been supplied by Rolex to Comex,

Happy to be corrected if I am wrong, Having always fancied a 5514 big numbers and asked a similar question a couple of years ago
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Old 24 November 2016, 06:59 PM   #8
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the original story of the f series was 12 subs and 2 seadwellers. this was shortly thereafter amended to 3 seadwellers. I've owned two of them ( and no Pav i cant remember your number either !!! )

id say maybe by now its more like 4-5.

the f series were directly organised by Henri Delauze and came with a nice testament , and i know he spoke directly of them.

the M series are a total unknown at the moment ...and weren't supposed to exist ...persoanlly I've been offered a couple but passed, personally i suspect them to be much more of a cynical money earner than anything else.
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Old 24 November 2016, 08:53 PM   #9
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Hey Haywood, for those of us that are new here, what's the story behind the twin SWISS dial?
It was simply a nice macro of a very rare 5513 Submariner that I had just acquired when looking for an image to use for my posts. You can read more about the watch in question here :

http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=473677

but if you wish to comment on it please add to that thread rather than here. The Double Swiss phenomenon appeared on a number of models, as you will discover.....



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Old 24 November 2016, 10:40 PM   #10
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Old 27 November 2016, 02:04 PM   #12
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the original story of the f series was 12 subs and 2 seadwellers. this was shortly thereafter amended to 3 seadwellers. I've owned two of them ( and no Pav i cant remember your number either !!! )

id say maybe by now its more like 4-5.

the f series were directly organised by Henri Delauze and came with a nice testament , and i know he spoke directly of them.

the M series are a total unknown at the moment ...and weren't supposed to exist ...persoanlly I've been offered a couple but passed, personally i suspect them to be much more of a cynical money earner than anything else.
So the "M" is not really kosher? I am very confused by this. I own an earlier 16600 but had been after another COMEX as well....hoping to do a trade and stumbled across this.
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Old 27 November 2016, 02:39 PM   #13
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So the "M" is not really kosher? I am very confused by this. I own an earlier 16600 but had been after another COMEX as well....hoping to do a trade and stumbled across this.


If jedly doesn't like "m" serial, then I'd be concerned. Curious to hear more...


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Old 27 November 2016, 06:10 PM   #15
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Over on DRSD.com there is a interesting Comex section ,it asks viewers to not link it ,so I havent
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