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Genuine? Where to get it cleaned up?
Long-lurked, first post.
Trying to find out whether this watch is actually a Rolex? It is the proverbial, cleaning out my grandmother's dresser and found this with a number of other vintage watches. I see what I think are 5050 and 662,xxx on each side of where the straps would go. Would appreciate some guidance on who could give this (and possibly some of the other watches I found) a good once over without ruining the existing patina to make an occasional wearer? Thanks! |
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This looks like a genuine model 5050 and the 662,xxx serial number dates it to the late 1940s. A 14ct 5050 watch currently for sale by Hodinkee is advertised as a 1948 watch with the serial number 656688, so yours is very close and is probably from around 1948 or 1949.
A member here with the name R.W.T. would be worth contacting about cleaning or servicing as he has a lot of experience with this older movement: https://www.rolexforums.com/search.p...rchid=34544701 |
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Nice 32mm 5050, looks like the dial was refinished sometime in the past and the second hand replaced.
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Dial may be ok. Looks like how they were printed back them. Keep in mind that the lettering and numbering back then was all drawn by hand on the master.
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Sorry, the link to the posts by R.W.T. doesn't seem to work.
Try this one: https://www.rolexforums.com/search.p...rchid=34544911 |
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case looks very nice
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Nice find
Is it working ok? May we have some photos of the sides It might have its original crown |
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The dial looks refinished for me also. It would be unusual to find an old, vintage Rolex with a dial in above average to excellent condition that hasn't been refinished - or any old watch for that matter.
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It could be there, it sometimes hides below the bezel or gets obscured by the curvature of the crystal
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Get it cleaned up.
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Hey! Thank you for the feedback! Apologies for waiting so long to reply, I kept checking for my post and thought it had just been bounced by the mods for something.
A little follow up. - It definitely runs. Just barely handling it seems to wind it enough to get it going - The case needs a good cleaning. I cannot get the caseback off with a rubber ball and I don't want to attempt something else to get a look at the movement. - I do not see swiss or the rolex logo on dial.. is that unusual? - I wish I knew more backstory, my grandmother never wore it and would have been pretty young when it was new. I wonder how it came to be in her possession. - I will try to get a few more pictures posted this evening. |
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