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Old 6 November 2018, 03:37 PM   #1
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Rolex 1680 Nipple Dial

Didn’t know these were a thing until I saw this advertised at upcoming Sotheby’s auction. Apparently they were modified at the ADs

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Old 6 November 2018, 11:13 PM   #2
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Modified to what? All 1680/8’s came with nipple dials
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Old 9 November 2018, 03:06 AM   #3
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This^

The "two tone" versions you see once in a while were dealer modified watches but the full gold 1680's were always nipple dials.
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Old 9 November 2018, 09:27 AM   #4
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This^

The "two tone" versions you see once in a while were dealer modified watches but the full gold 1680's were always nipple dials.
Yes thanks. I misread the article on Analogshift.
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Old 9 November 2018, 02:55 PM   #5
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Somebody heated up a service insert and made it brown......lol
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