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25 January 2024, 04:43 PM
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Is this a FrankenRolex?
Hello! This is my first thread on this Forum (yay)!
I was just looking around local pawn shops and saw this Rolex. First I'm not considering buying a Rolex at a pawn shop, I'm currently waiting for a 36mm OP but I like to look around. I saw this Datejust (16014) and thought "this doesn't seem right." The only Datejust that I can think of with this dial is the Puzzle dial. I'm not an expert on the reference as I'm new to the watch collecting world but my thinking is that this watch is a FrankenRolex? The dial and watch combination doesn't exist. Am I wrong? What do y'all think? |
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25 January 2024, 04:50 PM
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Welcome to the forum! You are correct; no such watch and dial combination exists. You have effectively answered your own question
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25 January 2024, 04:50 PM
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This is imitating the celebration dial and not the puzzle dial. The watch could be anything from a customized 16014 to a full blown Chinese replica. I would’ve asked the pawn shop person instead of the forum but that’s just me
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25 January 2024, 06:44 PM
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Yes,total frankenwatch!!
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25 January 2024, 06:47 PM
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It has a number of other issues.
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25 January 2024, 07:38 PM
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'Case, crown, dial, bracelet, nothing is even close to being part of a real Rolex watch.
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26 January 2024, 03:07 AM
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10 February 2024, 01:34 AM
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The pawn shop between Tammies Hobbies and Video Only ?
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10 February 2024, 02:13 AM
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10 February 2024, 02:51 AM
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For it to be a Frankenwatch would imply that it is an assembly of real parts, which is not a given considering the pictures.
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10 February 2024, 03:10 AM
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I think OP is smarter than he knows
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10 February 2024, 03:46 AM
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10 February 2024, 07:52 AM
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The weirdest part is that it looks like someone faked this dial with a colored plastic sheet over an original Rolex dial. Maybe it could be removed, because it seems to me that the original text is still visible under this kitsch.
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10 February 2024, 09:15 PM
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