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Old 21 February 2018, 06:12 AM   #1
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16700 GMT Unpolished and Expensive

This GMT lists on EBay.

Watch itself and set seem ok to me.

I question the very high price and unpolishedness:)

Case is not very crisp and chamfers are rounded. Possible from daily wear only?

It certainly doesn’t seem overpolished for that matter.


https://m.ebay.com/itm/ROLEX-16700-M...-/292426995110
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Old 21 February 2018, 06:30 AM   #2
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Price is way too high, you're right..

He's marking that price up due to it being unpolished, not like it's even vintage. I'd rather take that model polished any day lol.
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Old 21 February 2018, 10:26 AM   #3
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This GMT lists on EBay.

Watch itself and set seem ok to me.

I question the very high price and unpolishedness:)

Case is not very crisp and chamfers are rounded. Possible from daily wear only?

It certainly doesn’t seem overpolished for that matter.


https://m.ebay.com/itm/ROLEX-16700-M...-/292426995110
Probably an accurate description. The term "unpolished" is certainly thrown about way too frequently, and often incorrectly/inaccurately though.

In this case, I don't see anything that would suggest the description is inaccurate. However, unpolished does not mean unworn.
Some would rather have an original, unpolished case that is completely beat-up than one that's been polished but in mint condition.

Regardless, there is some seriously crazy-town prices out there, and far too much weight being given to the "unpolished" thing, IMO.
For the asking price above, I would expect it to literally be a NOS time-capsule in mint condition. YMMV...
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Old 21 February 2018, 10:48 AM   #4
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The case is nice


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Old 21 February 2018, 10:27 PM   #5
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Old 23 February 2018, 07:27 AM   #6
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Case might be unpolished but the 16700 GMT never came with a "coke" bezel insert.
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Old 23 February 2018, 08:23 AM   #7
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Hard pass for me at that price.
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