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Madman37 · 10 April 2024, 06:00 PM

Hi All

Hope you are well. Could i get some help. I know the 16613 (I think) is the bi-metal sub which has that purple looking dial.

What years should i be looking at if i want to acquire one and what should i look to be paying (in uk) been looking is £8k a lot.

Swearengen · 10 April 2024, 06:11 PM

The purple is of course a blue dial with a minor paint fault, there are no purple dial 16613s. Most common to see them in the early '90s. Mine is from 1992/3. I wouldn't paid too much of a premium for one. Is £8k for a full set and for a watch in very nice condition, then probably not too far off the mark.

Madman37 · 10 April 2024, 06:16 PM

Hi thats very nice. No £8k is without papers. Do i just need to look at each one. I really like that purple sheen even if it is an issue.

TuRo · 10 April 2024, 06:19 PM

As Gabriel says 88-99 most centering around 90-93.

If you're lucky the original bezel turns purple as well a bit.

£8k full set is in the postcode I'd say

This one nice patina but quite a bit toppy.

Hands can be a shade lighter.

Also one to look at are the early 90s 16613 with a so-called 'stardust dial' (another dial lacquer/paint defect), which has thousands of tiny gold specks on the dial which complement the gold writing on the dial and bezel.

Rolex Submariner Date
£9,746
https://chrono24.app/rolex/rolex-sub...GB&SETCURR=GBP

Madman37 · 10 April 2024, 06:42 PM

wow so nice. Now i just have to find one at a decent price in the UK

Thgman · 29 April 2024, 01:42 AM

I'm kicking myself for selling mine (I believe it was 1994), It had a beautiful purplish dial. The money is now long gone and the price for them are now much higher.

Good luck in finding a good value one.

10 April 2024, 06:00 PM	#1
Madman37 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Uk Posts: 1,039	Sub purple dial Hi All Hope you are well. Could i get some help. I know the 16613 (I think) is the bi-metal sub which has that purple looking dial. What years should i be looking at if i want to acquire one and what should i look to be paying (in uk) been looking is £8k a lot.

10 April 2024, 06:19 PM	#4
TuRo "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Real Name: Paul Location: Cantabrigia - G.B Watch: ing the detectives Posts: 2,811	As Gabriel says 88-99 most centering around 90-93. If you're lucky the original bezel turns purple as well a bit. £8k full set is in the postcode I'd say This one nice patina but quite a bit toppy. Hands can be a shade lighter. Also one to look at are the early 90s 16613 with a so-called 'stardust dial' (another dial lacquer/paint defect), which has thousands of tiny gold specks on the dial which complement the gold writing on the dial and bezel. Rolex Submariner Date £9,746 https://chrono24.app/rolex/rolex-sub...GB&SETCURR=GBP __________________ Thieves and fools and long travelled soldiers, A candid light exposes their homes. Human falter, people bellowed from their homes. And houses, there's fools and long reigning pharaohs. IT BITES - Yellow Christian

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10 April 2024, 06:16 PM	#3
Madman37 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Uk Posts: 1,039	Hi thats very nice. No £8k is without papers. Do i just need to look at each one. I really like that purple sheen even if it is an issue.

10 April 2024, 06:42 PM	#5
Madman37 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Uk Posts: 1,039	wow so nice. Now i just have to find one at a decent price in the UK

29 April 2024, 01:42 AM	#6
Thgman "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2022 Location: Ct Posts: 2	I'm kicking myself for selling mine (I believe it was 1994), It had a beautiful purplish dial. The money is now long gone and the price for them are now much higher. Good luck in finding a good value one.

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