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20 April 2018, 10:59 AM | #32 |
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Wow. Amazing score!!!
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20 April 2018, 11:24 AM | #33 |
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20 April 2018, 11:31 AM | #34 |
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She’s home and tucked away in the safe.
Serial number starts with 695; I assume that’s appropriate? Bracelet clasp looks like it has a “4” above “60”, not sure what that means. Is there a way to tell the bracelet reference? End links are 80. I tried to take some pictures but it’s hard using a phone at night trying to get light from a desk lamp... |
20 April 2018, 11:40 AM | #35 |
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Killer find ..congrats...I’d look for a nice rivet bracelet to strap on that beauty...the bracelet with it looks pretty toasty as it is but worth keeping for sure
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20 April 2018, 01:38 PM | #36 |
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Looks like you got a great find and credits to you for your transparency!
The watch looks in amazing condition with a near flawless dial, sharp case with the original bevels. I hope your wear it and not sel to make a profit. This 1675 variant is very sought after to say the least. Congrats! |
20 April 2018, 03:30 PM | #37 |
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Amazing find AJDay, and 10/10 for your honesty with the seller. What am I missing about the sold watch in the Sotheby's link? How does that fetch £85k? And how do they get so far off with their original estimate?
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20 April 2018, 04:08 PM | #38 |
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What a find indeed. This will never happen to me I'm sure of it. Congrats.
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20 April 2018, 06:47 PM | #39 |
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Very cool, enjoy it.
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20 April 2018, 10:17 PM | #40 |
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What a great story and find. Kudos to you for your honesty and help to the seller. Just go's to show good things happen to good people.Hope it works out with your better half and decide to restore and keep it .. What a beauty!
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21 April 2018, 12:01 AM | #41 |
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What a wonderful watch and story! Many congrats. About the bracelet: it's 6636 and the springs are gone. Not so bad as it appears... it needs a restoration.
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21 April 2018, 12:38 AM | #42 |
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Pretty sure 4 over 60 on bracelet is date code for the bracelet indicating it's fourth quarter 1960.
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21 April 2018, 03:32 AM | #43 |
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Absolutely beautiful GMT!!!!
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21 April 2018, 07:42 PM | #44 |
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Good things come to good people - well done, that is a real beauty.
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22 April 2018, 09:31 AM | #45 |
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I had a watchmaker open her up; the movement is very clean!
Movement is caliber 1560. I didn’t look closely at the caseback after seeing 1675, so not sure what the smaller markings are. |
22 April 2018, 01:42 PM | #46 |
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[QUOTE=AJDay;8503063]She’s home and tucked away in the safe.
Serial number starts with 695; I assume that’s appropriate? 1 in a 1000 shot...wouldn't happen to be 695609? Sent from my SM-T820 using Tapatalk |
22 April 2018, 05:23 PM | #47 |
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Very Nice! Wouldn't be s/n 695609 by any slim chance?
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23 April 2018, 12:50 AM | #48 |
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Looks like Caseback is marked 2nd quarter 1961.
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23 April 2018, 01:13 AM | #49 |
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I have a 61 GMT with serial number 694xxx so 695xxx sounds correct.
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23 April 2018, 11:23 AM | #50 |
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8 August 2018, 01:25 AM | #51 |
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Huge Congrats!
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8 August 2018, 05:58 PM | #52 |
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Huge congratulations , what a story , what a watch & wonderful ending , absolutely love watches like these going to a fellow watch lover .
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8 August 2018, 06:19 PM | #53 |
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The watch bracelet just needs its springs replaced to remove all the stretch, I believe they are "Z" shaped.
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8 August 2018, 08:08 PM | #54 |
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Thanks all. I never came back to this thread to cross-post the results.
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=613044 |
8 August 2018, 09:54 PM | #55 |
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Great story, amazing watch. Congrats and thanks for sharing!
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8 August 2018, 10:10 PM | #56 |
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Nicely done, congrats
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