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17 February 2023, 02:11 AM | #31 |
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my bad. 3 months!
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17 February 2023, 02:51 AM | #32 |
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During the holidays 3 months from servicing the movement in Arizona to restoring the case in Pennsylvania, then shipping case back to Arizona to encase/water test/regulate movement, to ship final product to Puerto Rico.
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17 February 2023, 03:38 PM | #33 |
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Great job....i thought this piece and story sounded familiar.
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17 February 2023, 05:45 PM | #34 |
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Beautiful job !
Enjoy :)
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19 February 2023, 07:03 AM | #35 |
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This ^ and why frankly we overate case condition - it can't be picked up on X ray my PhD studies have unearthed, and the real value is in the dial on an old timer !!! Cue the dissent....
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19 February 2023, 07:35 AM | #36 |
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Looks great - Congratulations!
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21 February 2023, 11:25 AM | #37 | |
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Super cool, thanks so so much for sharing. I’ve been thinking about doing this. Curious: what aspect(s) of it allow you (anyone) to tell it’s not an original case. (Other than obviously it’d be rare to find in this condition). Is it the sheen/shine? The weight and feel? Does the laser welded part look off at all? Put simply: if you compared yours to a perfectly preserved one, what differences would you notice? |
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21 February 2023, 04:56 PM | #38 | |
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You can notice the case has been restored by the difference of wear between the lug and the flanks.... I got my sub from 1962 "touched up" and polished, (not completely laser restored). At least on mine I would say that only noticeable difference with a perfectly preserved case from that era is the lug light reflection.... |
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21 February 2023, 05:15 PM | #39 |
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22 February 2023, 02:23 AM | #40 | |
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Not categorizing it as a bad thing but as long as one enjoys wearing in good health, who am I to comment. |
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22 February 2023, 02:33 AM | #41 | |
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22 February 2023, 03:45 AM | #42 | |
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But I'm confident I would be able to tell for two reasons, one, as you suggested, there is probably no vintage Sub on the planet unrestored and unpolished quite like this one and much less for sale. You have to assume that if you saw a case like this it had to have been restored. The two sides of my restored case are as shiny and new like a 124060 off the shelf of an AD. So clearly you can tell it's not in an original as new unrestored condition. The second reason is a bit more nuanced. You can't tell from the bevels or chamfers because they are proportionally meant to be identical or as close to in dimensions to a period correct 5513/5512. They are supposed to be wider than 5-digit subs or GMT's. But you may be able to tell that as new NOS 5513's have a deeper or dull shine to the metal than my new polished case. |
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22 February 2023, 03:49 AM | #43 | |
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I won't be here 50 years from now, so it's for my kids/grandkids to learn the finer points of Rolex vintage. |
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