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22 February 2024, 07:05 PM | #61 | |
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22 February 2024, 07:10 PM | #62 |
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Looks great. Enjoy.
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22 February 2024, 09:13 PM | #63 |
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great work!
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22 February 2024, 09:57 PM | #64 | |
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Not very often though The other thing is the stories are nearly the same and I fear the most common denominator is service/polish job in a dealer that's approved by Rolex. There is also the odd RSC job that goes south but it's quite rare. On reflection, unfortunately there are never any before pics to substantiate the claims of a bad polish job. |
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22 February 2024, 10:59 PM | #65 | |
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Someone could start a RSC negative experiences thread and catch these in one location. I have some damage to report but don't care to go first and be blamed by the apologists. Even lol-x has seen what these money-grubbing clowns are capable of.
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22 February 2024, 11:06 PM | #66 | |
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But you are right. The handful that may have gone bad are insignificant relative to the likely millions that have been properly polished by RSC. After all, didn’t RSC polish the watch from raw metal to begin with before one buys it? So seems we can trust them to polish it before we buy it but we can’t trust them to polish it afterwards.
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22 February 2024, 11:13 PM | #67 | |
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Since the question came up, I’ll share that I did in fact own a watch that had been polished so poorly by RSC Dallas (late 2018) - and the previous owner had before pics to verify - that the RSC acknowledged their mistake and to make it right replaced the case at no cost. Notes from the seller, to me: Once I received the watch back, I noticed the watch was very, very overpolished….the crown guards were worn down almost to nubs and the lugs were noticeably thinned. I pointed this out to RSC upon receiving it, they agreed, and offered to replace the case free of charge, which is normally something like a $2500 charge. This unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you think about it) meant that some aspects of the watch had changed: - the serial number was new/different and didn’t match the original papers, but there was an official letter from Rolex explaining the new serial, and a new service card I believe with the new serial - the 14060M 2-liner now had engraved rehaut, which wasn’t the case prior to the case replacement Anyway, by and large Rolex/RSC/ADs probably generally do a fantastic job with the polishing. But poor polish jobs by RSC *do* happen, and if someone has concerns and want’s to forgo a routine polish for whatever reason, good on them. |
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23 February 2024, 01:49 AM | #68 |
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I have a 16610LV M serial from 2008. The watch you purchased looks to be in great shape.
Congratulations! It is a great piece. Enjoy it in good health. Dan
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16610LV M Serial 226570 Polar Dial 126233 (Wife's - Jubilee, Fluted Bezel, White Roman Numeral Dial) IWC 377701 Ball Night Train NM1092C |
23 February 2024, 05:46 AM | #69 |
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This looks totally fine.
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23 February 2024, 06:06 AM | #70 |
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The watch is very nice! Go for it!!
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23 February 2024, 01:06 PM | #71 |
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23 February 2024, 02:23 PM | #72 |
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I tried for the past hour from my phone. It won't let me upload pictures because the file size are too large. Anyone know how to resize pictures on a Google Pixel 8 pro? I tried looking it up online, which suggested to crop the pictures, but that didn't work.
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23 February 2024, 06:23 PM | #73 |
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I downloaded this free app from App Store, downsized the photos to about 700px and uploaded, try it!
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24 February 2024, 12:14 PM | #74 |
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Thank you, I downloaded a resizing app. The watch has seen 90% of my wrist time since 2008. It was serviced by RSC NY in 2013 with a full polish. Then again in 2020 at Richter Phillips (by an authorized Rolex service watchmaker) in Cincinnati Ohio, declined the polish. Also, not sure if you can tell but my pearl is cracked. I was asked to replace my bezel insert which I also refused. This watch will not be polished and nothing will be replaced unless absolutely necessary. Today is actually her 16th birthday. (I didn't set the date last night when I took these pictures.)
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24 February 2024, 01:17 PM | #75 |
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Wow! You remembered her birthday! Must gone through a lot of good time with you! 16 years! Lots of memory!! Thank you for sharing her with us! If any 16610LV lover would like to tell us their stories, please post and share, we look forward to hearing from you
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