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Old 14 July 2016, 09:39 AM   #1
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New member from Belgium

Hello,

I'm Philippe. A Belgian entrepreneur living in Luxembourg.

Last year, I found my dad's Rolex 5508 in our safe and decided to restore it.

And I'm here in order to find as much information as possible on this watch.

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Old 14 July 2016, 12:57 PM   #2
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bond james bond, what more does one need to know? real question being does it have an exclamation point under the 6?
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Old 14 July 2016, 01:52 PM   #3
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Old 14 July 2016, 07:00 PM   #7
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Old 14 July 2016, 10:09 PM   #10
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Old 14 July 2016, 10:09 PM   #11
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Old 15 July 2016, 04:43 AM   #12
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Old 20 July 2016, 08:24 AM   #13
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Old 22 July 2016, 01:22 AM   #14
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5508 is very stunning !!!!!! Welcome
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Old 22 July 2016, 02:20 AM   #15
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Old 22 October 2016, 10:49 PM   #16
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bond james bond, what more does one need to know? real question being does it have an exclamation point under the 6?
Unfortunately, not. It's a late service dial...
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Old 22 October 2016, 10:53 PM   #17
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Welcome, where are you from in Belgium?
I'm from Namur, but now working and living in Luxembourg ;)

What about you ?
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Old 22 October 2016, 10:54 PM   #18
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Old 23 October 2016, 06:28 AM   #19
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Old 6 December 2016, 03:06 AM   #20
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I'm from Namur, but now working and living in Luxembourg ;)



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Old 6 December 2016, 03:53 AM   #22
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Old 7 December 2016, 07:44 PM   #23
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Old 11 September 2018, 10:47 PM   #24
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Just to let you know that the restoration of my 5508 is almost completed.

You can see picture on this thread: https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=501942
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Old 12 September 2018, 05:08 AM   #25
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very nice watch
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Old 13 September 2018, 12:27 AM   #26
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