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Every student of Rolex should know that Rolex had bracelets made in the destination country in the 50's and60's to avoid taxes.. the watch heads were shipped there as parts rather than a complete watch, the bracelets were then attached and sent to market..
US, Mexico, and UK bracelets are well documented within vintage circles.. It's a fact...but, no, I'm not going to go find somebody a bunch of "documentation"... It's all out there.. However, here is an excerpt from "Best of Time" ;Dowling-Hess "Rolex had their dress watch cases made in Britain, France, and Canada as well as in Switzerland, but all Oyster cases came only from the Geneva Rolex factory. While this was true, Rolex had no problems with the Oyster or Jubilee bracelets being made overseas. To save on the onerous import duties bracelets were made in the U.S., Britain, Japan, and Argentina. All of these bracelets differed slightly from their Swiss originals ......." edit: I guess I was typing while the previous concurring posts were made... ![]()
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Thanks, not sure about the grandmother statement? My mother?
I am going to the IWJG show in Orlando in a couple of weeks. Wonder if someone there could help? |
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The letter B in the style given IS 1951. No Birmingham letter B was used in the 1940s. Tylden
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I have seen bubblebacks with 'similar' bracelets in the past, though that is no help as to the origin of this bracelet.
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Sorry rolexsubdate, but you have identified the spaces BETWEEN the 5 points on the crown. Obviously, if you have 5 points, there are 4 "lines" between them. In statistics, this is know as the "linear segments" between "nodes" (i.e., N=L-1, where N= number of nodes, and L= number of linear segments).
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What an awesome, lovely find. As already said, certainly from Birmingham in 1951.
The Jewellery quarter in Birmingham was one of the most important in the world, even more so than London. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewellery_Quarter |
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People like you hurry to scream fake every time they see something different. Since you are not a specialist you should probably keep your comments to yourself. Please do us a favor for next time. If you think that you should run away because Rolex outsourced its bracelets to UK or the US you are missing the point of Rolex's great history and you are probably not worthy to wear one. So please do us a favor and..... ![]() |
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It's Saturday and 17:31 local. I'ts been a long day. I'm off home before the wife wonders what I look like. Tylden.
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Wow, just to think I started all of this just trying to figure out if the bracelet should be thrown in with the scrape gold for melting or put up for sale....
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I just found out I think what the cy&co is from a forum on jewellery "Edward Davies t/a E J Clewley & Co Jewellers of 111/112 Vyse Street Birmingham who registered a mark very similar to this at the Chester Office in 1907. " Will try to dig up some more, still trying to find out what the "B" with crown is! Hope that helps! |
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No Worries, here is a link with a clear description of the order and what the marks mean
I am feeling the B is the date http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html This is great, I love digging through problems, mind I am no interrogater ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Now then, on this page from the Birmingham assay office a Capitol B would signify 1926.
Have a look! http://www.theassayoffice.co.uk/date_letters.html Again, I am just bumbling along here and am no expert so could be reading all these marks wrong, Here is a link to the Birmingham Assay office Home page as I am pretty certain this is a Birmingham hallmark bracelet! http://www.theassayoffice.co.uk/index.html From the little I know of antiques I believe Birmingham was one of the more prodigeous and famous of the Assay offices in Britian (still is I guess!) |
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Nice !!
Nice bracelet in excellent condition, I'd post on VRF.
If there's an owner of a 9ct white Oyster he'll go crazy over it. 2 options : - Search for a 9ct head - Sell it to someone who has one. It'll make a good deposit on the new watch off your choice Jack |
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And a small c in the hallmark dates it to 1945 large C would be 1970.
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From that link it is "B" with the wave is 1951 which dates it about right.
The first stamp is a triangle now that I inspect it again, which means Birmingham. Thx 4 the info... Mike |
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Sweet find. I know nothing of vintage bracelets, well, I knew nothing, but reading this thread has empowered me with that knowledge!
It's always cool to read stories such as these! |
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Jack, How do I post on VRF if I do not know what a good price is? Also it is yellow gold. Mike
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Did you mean Rolex watch band? So my question is, "What the hell is a DOLEX band?" ![]() Is this something common in your country? ![]() |
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