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10 October 2024, 05:14 AM | #1 |
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Submariner 16800 1983 box
Can anyone help me in identifying the correct box for a 16800, circ 1983?
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10 October 2024, 05:19 AM | #2 |
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1983 Submariner 16800 box
Hi everyone. Can anyone help me in identifying the correct box for a1983 sub 16800.
Just purchased and unsure about the supplied box which is a 68.00.2 |
10 October 2024, 05:44 AM | #3 |
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Perhaps you might find it in this thread https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=74592
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10 October 2024, 08:21 AM | #4 |
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Here is the correct box. It is referred to as the moonscape or crater box with a slotted card to hold the watch in place. The boxes below are for an early 1980s GMT 16750 and 16800 Submariner which utilized the same box. As a footnote, some of these boxes contained a small opening on the upper box lid that held a passport holder. This box is for watches sold outside the USA.
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11 October 2024, 04:10 AM | #5 |
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Springers given a good answer as ever. There are others (as dealers had a room full of old boxes often, so they just grabbed closest one !), eg like the green atlas and bufkor (USA), or old stock late 70s cream/green.... but that box he showed had most prevalence up to 1994, I'd say ...
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11 October 2024, 06:23 AM | #6 |
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Perfect many thanks. Do you know if these boxes are 67.00.08?
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11 October 2024, 10:02 AM | #7 |
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Forget the box number, the style of the box correctly identifies the box you need. I've posted photos for you in an earlier post.
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11 October 2024, 10:52 AM | #8 |
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While we're on the topic, I'm curious if this box could be original to my 16800 I bought used. I didn't place much value on the box when I got it, but it would be good to know if it's original/ period correct. Thanks in advance.
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11 October 2024, 12:59 PM | #9 |
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bchamp62, the last box you posted is not correct for a watch sold outside the USA.
It is a 1st generation Bufkor box utilized in the USA during the later part of the 1970s and sometimes overlaps in the production years with the 2nd generation Bufkor box from 1980-1981. It wasn't used in outside the USA. Refer back to my first post depicting the correct box for your watch!!!
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