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7 November 2019, 12:01 AM | #31 |
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This falls squarely in the vintage range to me. I mean c'mon, look at that beautiful nipple dial and font on the date window :-)
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So it seems as if "vintage" isn't a date so much as "certain styling cues, etc."? Interesting discussion! I LOVE your 228235 btw!
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7 November 2019, 12:35 AM | #33 |
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The 6s and 9s in your date wheel don't close to form a complete oval. Look at your date today (the 6th) and you'll see that it's "open". Compare it to any of your modern Rolex date wheels and you'll see they're closed.
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7 November 2019, 12:37 AM | #34 |
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Thanks for the lesson!
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7 November 2019, 12:47 AM | #35 |
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Beautiful! Big congrats on your "vintage" Rolex!
Would love to see some photos of all the accessories. These single-owner full sets seem more and more rare nowadays. |
7 November 2019, 02:12 AM | #36 |
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Here you go. The paperwork is all super crisp and all the manuals look like they have never even been opened. Inner and outer box look brand new as well. Pretty neat time capsule.
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7 November 2019, 02:18 AM | #37 |
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16753 at home with his much younger brothers. The 16710 is an A serial sold in 2000. The 116710LN is a first year 2008 and the Kermit is a final year 2010. Everything else is 2015 and newer. Mr. Eastwood is the old man of this group. I might try 60's or 70's one day to get a real old timer in the mix!
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7 November 2019, 02:52 AM | #39 |
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Rootbeer is high on my list too. Congrats
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7 November 2019, 04:41 AM | #40 |
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Nice pickup and great collection you have!
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7 November 2019, 06:43 AM | #41 |
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Congrats on a very fine example & very nice collection.
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7 November 2019, 07:01 AM | #42 |
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Thank you! If I didn't have it, I would probably go for one of these too. Beautiful root beer!
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7 November 2019, 09:50 AM | #43 |
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Thanks all! Really appreciate the positive comments!
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7 November 2019, 09:54 AM | #44 |
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There is some consensus (not sure I agree fully!) that in order to be truly vintage (no matter how old the watch actually is) a Rolex needs to have an acrylic crystal and a dial without the white gold markers. To me that rules out a lot of amazing vintage references though...
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8 November 2019, 05:39 AM | #45 |
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Wow, well done that's a really really nice piece. Full set also, what a gem. Its Vintage for me for sure. Defiantly on my radar one of these, they are just a really cool watch.
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9 November 2019, 04:53 AM | #47 |
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Very nice vintage piece. IMHO that amazing collection of yours is going to rotate to more vintage in the future!
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I'd love a fuchsia 1675 but man are the prices high. We shall see how this all develops.
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10 November 2019, 08:40 PM | #49 |
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Nice!
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11 November 2019, 04:45 AM | #50 |
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Very nice watch!
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5 December 2019, 09:02 AM | #51 |
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Beautiful watch! Tough for me to find vintage in my neck of the woods. Which vintage store/dealer did you purchase it from as I may have to look there myself!
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Very nice, need some matte dial in there
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