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Mr JJ · 24 March 2011, 08:56 AM

Another Hybrid rarity to whet your appetite
COMEX-issued Reference 5514 Rolex Submariner
for the Armada de la República Argentina

http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/2010/4/...sued-to-t.html

Frogman4me · 24 March 2011, 09:01 AM

Awesome!

Racer X · 24 March 2011, 09:25 AM

Wow, there are a lot of variants I never knew about. Thanks for posting.

Michael M. · 24 March 2011, 11:47 AM

Wow!

fusionstorm · 24 March 2011, 03:12 PM

Seems to me like a bargain for the near $50K USD it realized at auction last May....Comex and MilSub provenance coupled with higher scarcity compared to "run of the mill" Comex or MilSubs. I'm sure the owner has contacted Rolex to see if there's a location that can provide background on it the way Bexley verifies authenticity of MilSubs and Comex pieces.

SS Oyster · 24 March 2011, 03:24 PM

That's a cool and rare sub

jedly1 · 24 March 2011, 03:56 PM

it only reached 50k for a reason ...and probably too much at that ...the general feeling was that whilst the piece probably was as stated ..the logfo had been added later to make it more desirable/saleable

fusionstorm · 24 March 2011, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedly1

it only reached 50k for a reason ...and probably too much at that ...the general feeling was that whilst the piece probably was as stated ..the logfo had been added later to make it more desirable/saleable

Thanks for the additional detail, sir. Definitely explains the final hammer price........

Rolex116520 · 24 March 2011, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedly1

it only reached 50k for a reason ...and probably too much at that ...the general feeling was that whilst the piece probably was as stated ..the logfo had been added later to make it more desirable/saleable

Indeed , I can not see why the COMEX name would be on the back of a ARA issue . Even if COMEX was involved with development of Rolex watches only the ones issued to COMEX personal have the COMEX logo and batch number on the case back .
COMEX was involved with the 116660 development ( the pressure simulator ) and I do not find COMEX written on the back of my deepsea .

fusionstorm · 25 March 2011, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Rolex116520

Indeed , I can not see why the COMEX name would be on the back of a ARA issue . Even if COMEX was involved with development of Rolex watches only the ones issued to COMEX personal have the COMEX logo and batch number on the case back .
COMEX was involved with the 116660 development ( the pressure simulator ) and I do not find COMEX written on the back of my deepsea .

Your Deep Sea is available to the general public.

The 5514 was only issued to COMEX personnel.

Rolex116520 · 25 March 2011, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fusionstorm

Your Deep Sea is available to the general public.

The 5514 was only issued to COMEX personnel.

I believe that was exactly what I said and meant in my post

Yazo · 25 March 2011, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedly1

it only reached 50k for a reason ...and probably too much at that ...the general feeling was that whilst the piece probably was as stated ..the logfo had been added later to make it more desirable/saleable

Thanks for the info buddy!!

24 March 2011, 03:12 PM	#5
fusionstorm "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Piedmont, CA Watch: various vintage Posts: 2,272	Seems to me like a bargain for the near $50K USD it realized at auction last May....Comex and MilSub provenance coupled with higher scarcity compared to "run of the mill" Comex or MilSubs. I'm sure the owner has contacted Rolex to see if there's a location that can provide background on it the way Bexley verifies authenticity of MilSubs and Comex pieces. __________________ 1680 MK II 2.2M (my daily); 1655 MK IV 8.1M (my 1st vintage); 16660 x 4 - 8.0M spider & matte 7.4M, 8.0M, 8.0M; 16610LV F MK I/MK I; 116528 Z; 14060 M COSC; Tudor 75090 Gone.....never forgotten: 14000 F, 14060 V COSC, PAM 048, 16623 F, 1680 MK V 3.1M, 16800 matte 8.3M & 1655 MK IV 7.4M

24 March 2011, 09:01 AM	#2
Frogman4me Banned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 6,268	Awesome!

24 March 2011, 09:25 AM	#3
Racer X "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Real Name: Dave Location: Unknown Posts: 999	Wow, there are a lot of variants I never knew about. Thanks for posting.

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Michael M. Banned Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Newport Beach, CA Posts: 8,391	Wow!

24 March 2011, 03:24 PM	#6
SS Oyster 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: USA Posts: 9,202	That's a cool and rare sub

24 March 2011, 03:56 PM	#7
jedly1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: mel(oz)/Yorks(uk) Posts: 1,928	it only reached 50k for a reason ...and probably too much at that ...the general feeling was that whilst the piece probably was as stated ..the logfo had been added later to make it more desirable/saleable

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