Thunderbird 1625 comes alive after 40 years

[adam78]

Here is mine from 1962 (with original bracelet). You can compare the dials. Interestingly mine has alpha hands, yours dauphine hands, and the markers are different.

[CaveDweller]

The Rolex Turn-O-Graph pre-dates the Date-Just

Then along came the Date-Just

And from that moment onwards – the Turn-O-Graph Date-just

Rolex incorporated the rotating bezel into the new sports watches like the Submariner, but it all began with the humble TOG

Your watch is possibly one of the early ones, which explains why it doesn’t say “Date-Just” on the dial …….

[Qwerty01]

make sure you bring it to watchmaker to check if moisture went into the movement........nice family watch

[TropicalRolex]

Originally Posted by adam78

Here is mine from 1962 (with original bracelet). You can compare the dials. Interestingly mine has alpha hands, yours dauphine hands, and the markers are different.

Than you Adam, that's a beautiful watch. I've seen in the web at least four different types of hour markers, and three types of hands (alpha, dauphine and baton) for the 1625.

[TropicalRolex]

Originally Posted by CaveDweller

The Rolex Turn-O-Graph pre-dates the Date-Just

Then along came the Date-Just

And from that moment onwards – the Turn-O-Graph Date-just

Rolex incorporated the rotating bezel into the new sports watches like the Submariner, but it all began with the humble TOG

Your watch is possibly one of the early ones, which explains why it doesn’t say “Date-Just” on the dial …….

Thanks cavedweller, I haven't found another without the DATEJUST in the web, but of course, pictures of this model are not a big statistic sample.

[TropicalRolex]

Originally Posted by Qwerty01

make sure you bring it to watchmaker to check if moisture went into the movement........nice family watch

thanks Qwerty01!

[DLRIDES]

Originally Posted by TropicalRolex

That's great DLRIDES, could you post a picture?

[TropicalRolex]

Wow, is very well preserved, looks great!

[Russ1965]

Thought I'd post a pic of my 1625, from the 3rd quarter of 1960
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