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Old 5 June 2012, 12:50 PM   #1
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Wow,,,""experts"",,#6305 1950's datejust face!! Help!!!

HI GUYS AND GALS,,,, I WROTE FEW DAYS BACK ON THIS "DIAL" ON THIS VINTAGE 'VERY ORIGNAL 18KT DATEJUST',,,,, AND THERE WAS NO "RESPONCE" BESIDES EVERYONE WANTING TO BUY THE DARN THING? BUT DOE'S ANYONE HERE, HAS SEEN OR MAYBE KNOW: UNDER "CHROMENTER REGESTER",,,,,,,,,,,

BY- OFFICIAL- TEST ?????

ANYONE "EVER SEE THIS SIGNATURE BEFORE,, ITS DRIVING ME NUT'S "??
THANKS AGAIN,,,,, FRED
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Old 5 June 2012, 12:54 PM   #2
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Not surprised that people would want to buy it, it's a rare watch with that dial! Also the bracelet isn't to shabby either, that should bring in a decent amount just by itself. There's also this "prototype" Day-Date that was in Mondani's book, similar dial.



You probably have a very early Datejust, maybe a test model!
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Old 5 June 2012, 01:00 PM   #3
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6511 prototype

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Old 5 June 2012, 01:25 PM   #4
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Very nice!
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Old 5 June 2012, 05:47 PM   #5
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Offered and sold

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kyle L, if my memory is still reliable, this watch was offered at $25 000.00 and was subsequently, sold. For how much, I do not know.
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Old 5 June 2012, 05:50 PM   #6
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It is an icon

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HI GUYS AND GALS,,,, I WROTE FEW DAYS BACK ON THIS "DIAL" ON THIS VINTAGE 'VERY ORIGNAL 18KT DATEJUST',,,,, AND THERE WAS NO "RESPONCE" BESIDES EVERYONE WANTING TO BUY THE DARN THING? BUT DOE'S ANYONE HERE, HAS SEEN OR MAYBE KNOW: UNDER "CHROMENTER REGESTER",,,,,,,,,,,

BY- OFFICIAL- TEST ?????

ANYONE "EVER SEE THIS SIGNATURE BEFORE,, ITS DRIVING ME NUT'S "??
THANKS AGAIN,,,,, FRED

rolexguy777, I do not think, you will ever want to sell this icon.
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Old 5 June 2012, 11:09 PM   #7
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Sell it by way of a reputable auction house!

if it is a prototype, i doubt its value can be estimated.
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Old 6 June 2012, 04:19 AM   #8
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This is the "Flagship" combo.

Estimates are difficult to say but if you are noth hungry though willing to sell in the (near) future just wait.
2010 a waffle dial , star markers with 18k bracelet 6098 and signed serpico&laino was sold around 20k.... , very very bad result (Mago from Venezuela was the seller)




When deciding to sell look at Christies.
Don't just sell it private , propably you'll not fetch the best price.

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Old 30 July 2012, 06:30 AM   #9
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An unusual watch for sure, but not, alas, unique.

This was my late father's 6605, also with serial no. in 167,000 range dating from around 1955. It is the original dial, as he had it from nearly new - so not a later re-dial as some may suggest.

They seem to have been either prototypes or transitional watches. I can't help much further I'm afraid, as nobody seems to know for sure. Very few around so as you have been advised, sell it through a reputable auction house if you wish to sell it at all.

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Old 18 July 2020, 03:45 AM   #10
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread.

It may be of interest to some, that a few of these 18k "By Official Test" 6605s have turned up recently at high profile auctions with eerily sequential serial numbers. In May 2018, serial no. 167889 was sold by Sothebys, Geneva for 15,000 CHF. In June this year, Antiquorum Geneva sold serial No. 167890 for 13,750 CHF. On 5th August, Bonham's London will be offering serial No. 167891 for sale.

Interesting.

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Old 20 July 2020, 09:21 AM   #11
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread.

It may be of interest to some, that a few of these 18k "By Official Test" 6605s have turned up recently at high profile auctions with eerily sequential serial numbers. In May 2018, serial no. 167889 was sold by Sothebys, Geneva for 15,000 CHF. In June this year, Antiquorum Geneva sold serial No. 167890 for 13,750 CHF. On 5th August, Bonham's London will be offering serial No. 167891 for sale.

Interesting.

kind regards

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very interesting, I had a OP date and met another member on here with a SN about 200 off and I thought that was extremely cool. would be nuts having consecutive serial number watches as a collector
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