President 18078 Bark Finish

[Kostas]

[Oldfellow]

Stunning.

[what.watch]

These are great pictures. Top, bottom, wrist roll. No steering wheels or scenic backdrops - it’s all about that watch - and what a beautiful watch!

[PekWatchGuy]

Great watch.
Bark Finish...this is new for me...interesting...

[HogwldFLTR]

Is this new for you? I saw it in the WRUR thread!! Very sharp looking!!!

[Stewart_88]

Same as my dad's one and only rolex, which is what always inspired me to want a rolex one day. Beautiful watch

[MillyS]

ohh never seen a bark finish, looks stunning!

[Stewart_88]

Also just noticed how the Roman 4 is IV, where some newer models are IIII

[Little machines]

Congrats! Beautiful watch !!

[padi56]

Originally Posted by MillyS

ohh never seen a bark finish, looks stunning!

The bark type bracelets were discontinued in the 1980s early 1990s,I liked the bark finish but they were quite a bit more difficult to make. And like the Tridor 3 colour gold bracelets of the 1980s now both out of production both great looking bracelets.

[Kostas]

thanks everyone! yeah she's a stuner alright

[zapokee]

Love a bit of bark.

You have to make sure these have the right number of bracelet links before buying. Trying to source extra bark links is like trying to find a hen's uncle's cousin's teeth.

[Toronto Soup King]

Originally Posted by padi56

And like the Tridor 3 colour gold bracelets of the 1980s now both out of production both great looking bracelets.

I like gold generally and love the idea of the Tridor - but in the metal they remind me of TT, which I only like on certain Cartier Santos models and one GMT Master. It was also done well by others - Dunhill made a load of three-golds 18K lighters back in the day using bands of each colour, they look great. If only I still smoked! I suppose I could take up cigars for yet another expensive hobby...

This is a beautiful 18078, Kostas.

[southtexas]

Texas timex!

[Dr.Smellody]

Very, very nice. Love it.

[Rebel]

[swaini3]

Love it.

[dimag333]

thats the cleanest bark I have ever seen

steve

[crowncollection]

Nice


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[L.K Johnson]

Boom! What a watch! Never realized the Bark greatness until now! On a different note...how did you manage to post that cool video?

[swatty]

Looking good Kostas

[Kostas]

Thanks everyone, these DD don’t photograph easily to show their true beauty, but I’ve done my best ;)

[Knappo 1307]

Very crisp, very nice!

[drockadam]

Gorgeous! I love Bark Day Dates!

[zapokee]

Originally Posted by Kostas

Thanks everyone, these DD don’t photograph easily to show they’re true beauty, but I’ve done my best ;)

Thanks a bunch. Now I have to get a bark Day-Date. That's not going to do my wallet any good.

[miamiclay]

Bark is the best!
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[zapokee]

Originally Posted by miamiclay

Bark is the best!
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OMG. WG and YG bark bracelets? That's game over. Where do you go now?? Level up to vintage Ferrari.

[carwashchris]

Now I really miss mine But there may another on the near horizon.

[baumare]

Nice! I thought I was the only one that like the Bark...

Here's mine 18078 from 1977

[miamiclay]

Originally Posted by zapokee

OMG. WG and YG bark bracelets? That's game over. Where do you go now?? Level up to vintagey Ferrari.

I expect there’s no need for that wallet-wrecking leap, as even just the Day-Date paths alone seem infinite - The lines divide and subdivide forever, into ever-tinier capillaries. Like seemingly all vintage Rolex references, it begins with a few distinct branches, and ends up among faint wisps of fog.

I was intrigued to learn here that the bark pattern is pressed/forged into the links, rather than engraved. A happy side effect of this is that non-factory barking is relatively easy to spot. OTOH, it doesn’t seem to take much polishing to kill the factory bark’s sparkle.