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9 April 2010, 02:43 PM
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Real Name: steven
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Watch: 1680 18k sub
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Albino Love! ohhh yeeahhh!
man,every one of these that I get I am starting to like them more and more!
they are definitely on the top 5 of my all time favorite Rolex!! and the albino version like this one just has a certain mysterious look to it..its official..I have the incurable sickness bad!..lol |
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9 April 2010, 02:45 PM
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Nice pick-up!
Love the 1655 cheers Adam |
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9 April 2010, 05:43 PM
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Wonderful!
 How much bucks do these usually fetch ~$?
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9 April 2010, 09:22 PM
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the 1655 has always been quite expensive due to the fact that there just werent the high production numbers on this model like most of the others..so that means the demand always outweights the supply of nice 1655's
I have seen examples very similiar to this one fetch between 13 and 14k |
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10 April 2010, 02:00 AM
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Good thing you didn't tell me about this last night, I would have been really confused!
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10 April 2010, 02:27 AM
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Beautiful! I really like the big GMT hand, the faded look is cool.
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10 April 2010, 04:01 AM
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Real Name: steven
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I totally agree..that large GMT hand really sets the whole design of this watch off!
it trully has a look of its own! when I look at this watch I see some go-go dancers up on a colorful trippy stage dancing to the beatles and a waitress wearing bell bottoms and a bee-hive hairdo is taking my mixed-drink order!! am I reading to much into the watch?...lol |
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10 April 2010, 08:56 PM
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Looks pretty sweet Steve
Nice patina and thick and even crown guards. So man examples tend to have polished down or uneven crown guards. As for the 'albino' this is infrequently seen but it is an occurrence that is seen to happen. My guess is that Rolex used some kind of paint and forgot to put some anti-UV protection or anti-fade in the pigment that results in this 'albino' effect 
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10 April 2010, 09:27 PM
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Real Name: steven
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I am half tempted to put this one in my personal collection,because you are correct..
so many of these have been overpolished thru the years its nice to find an unmolested example! |
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11 April 2010, 12:22 AM
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Oooh. No cyclops.
Reminds me of my "poor man's 1655" (wow, even the same date on the wheel - my photo is months old).  http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=97829 |
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11 April 2010, 12:49 AM
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