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Old 11 December 2020, 01:48 AM   #1
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Vintage Rolex Explorer for review
Hi Guys,

As I'm not experienced, please help me evaluate this one.

Thanks in advance!
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Old 11 December 2020, 02:19 AM   #2
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Not sure about that dial...
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Old 11 December 2020, 03:30 AM   #3
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Not sure about that dial...
Thx. Is anything in particular suspicious about the dial?
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Old 11 December 2020, 04:25 AM   #4
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If this is a 1016: bezel is not the usual profile; layout of the dial is unlike what I am used to seeing, and it appears relumed with hodgepodge of hands. Lugs show somewhat random polishing and maybe some bending??
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Old 11 December 2020, 05:37 AM   #5
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If this is a 1016: bezel is not the usual profile; layout of the dial is unlike what I am used to seeing, and it appears relumed with hodgepodge of hands. Lugs show somewhat random polishing and maybe some bending??
Glylex,
Thank you for your remarks.
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Old 11 December 2020, 05:37 AM   #6
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At a minimum, the hands are re-lumed. But I’ll let those who know more about the 1016 weigh-in.
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Old 11 December 2020, 05:46 AM   #7
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Thx. Is anything in particular suspicious about the dial?
the dial looks terrible and doesn't correspond with any of the known dial variations I am familiar with, and then there are those hands, I'd walk away from this, quickly
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Old 11 December 2020, 05:48 AM   #8
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the dial looks terrible and doesn't correspond with any of the known dial variations I am familiar with, and then there are those hands, I'd walk away from this, quickly
Thank you, David!
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Old 11 December 2020, 07:35 AM   #9
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Looks like they used white out on the second hand LOL
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Old 11 December 2020, 09:50 AM   #10
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Looks like they used white out on the second hand LOL
Right, I noticed it...
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Old 11 December 2020, 11:19 AM   #11
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At a minimum, the hands are re-lumed. But I’ll let those who know more about the 1016 weigh-in.

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Old 12 December 2020, 02:22 AM   #12
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Wrong hands for a 1016, should be longer and the ROLEX on the dial looks suspicions.
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Old 12 December 2020, 03:05 AM   #13
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COULD be a later service dial with the ends of the 3 rounded off but the numerals look a little thin for that. Regardless, there are too may weird variables with the watch in general to take a risk.
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Wrong hands for a 1016, should be longer and the ROLEX on the dial looks suspicions.
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COULD be a later service dial with the ends of the 3 rounded off but the numerals look a little thin for that. Regardless, there are too may weird variables with the watch in general to take a risk.
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