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28 February 2007, 03:32 AM | #1 |
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Submariner
About 7 years ago, a former shipmate of mine graduated from Tulane Law School In New Orleans. For his accomplishment, his wife purchased for him a very nice pre-owned Cadillac Seville STS and a SS Rolex Submariner. One day as he showed me the watch, he pulled it off and handed it to me. Upon examining the watch, I turned it over and saw that it had a partial display case back.
I had never looked at or handled any Subs before then, but I was surprised to find the display case back on a Rolex. But now, looking back... was that watch really a genuine Rolex or a fake? Do Subs have, or have they ever had display case backs? |
28 February 2007, 03:34 AM | #2 |
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Stone Cold Fake!
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28 February 2007, 03:52 AM | #3 |
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Unless it was custom made (see, for instance, what Hannes did here (check the Glasback link): http://www.oysterworld.de/1/index.htm) or it was one of the rare exhibition back Oysters seen here (scroll down half way: http://www.ukwatches.com/frame.html), it's fake.
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28 February 2007, 04:07 AM | #4 |
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Fake or aftermarket.
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28 February 2007, 04:15 AM | #5 |
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No modern day Rolex comes from the factory with a view glass back.Only a few were ever made,as prototypes, most are still with Rolex, one or two with collectors like James Dowling.
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28 February 2007, 05:03 AM | #6 |
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Well, I guess you can't always look at a Rolex and call it fake. You must read between the lines. I mean, I have an aftermarket president band on my DJ. Someone would probably call it fake because a DJ doesn't come on that style band. Thats why I don't share my love of Rolex with other people. I have a plated president band that is identical to my ss on my gold DJ. Someone would call that fake too because of the band being steel with no gold plate underneath.
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28 February 2007, 08:03 AM | #7 |
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Sounds like a fake submariner most likely...
I wonder if the Cadillac had a Hyundai motor under the hood?
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28 February 2007, 09:07 AM | #8 |
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28 February 2007, 09:29 AM | #9 | |
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Quote:
http://www.oysterworld.de/1/index.htm
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28 February 2007, 09:57 AM | #10 |
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Great resource JJ! Thanks for sharing this.
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28 February 2007, 10:05 AM | #11 |
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Thanks for that info JJ.
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28 February 2007, 10:19 AM | #12 | |
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http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?..._promot_widget Most have sold for around $100 U.S., I bought one and am waiting for it to arrive now. Like the Oysterworld article, I'm going to install it and have it vacuum tested. Any time I want to switch it back to stock, I can.
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28 February 2007, 05:09 PM | #13 |
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Fake or custom
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28 February 2007, 11:50 PM | #14 |
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Jeez Louise, I post a link and nothing. JJ posts the same link, and he gets thanks. Tough crowd.
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1 March 2007, 12:09 AM | #15 |
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Sorry about that Scooby! Good info. However, the second link didn't come up for me. Thanks anyway though.
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1 March 2007, 12:31 AM | #16 |
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yeah, the second link didn't really work. It's to James Dowling's site (padi referenced him as well) and talks about having one of only 2 known official Rolex exhibition backs out in the public.
Anyway, I was just joking. More ragging on JJ than anything else for stealing my moment of glory, since I only get so many of them. |
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