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26 August 2012, 01:18 PM
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First Attempt at New Thread with Old Rolex
Hi All:
After a couple of PMs with BlondeNV I remembered I bought 2 old Rolexes when I started looking at watches. My goal, and I had forgotten that as well, was to find a California Dial Bubble Back. I bought these as a warm up just to see if I really wanted a watch. I did not wear a watch and wasn't sure if I would like it. Unfortunately, the Internet being what it is and the world of watches being what it is, I soon forgot about the Bubble Back and was looking up other brands. I knew and know almost nothing about the watches. I got them because I thought they possessed an aura (as much of an aura as can be transmitted through a computer). The first one was from a person in Sacramento (who still posts watches on another forum) and even though it was not very clean I liked its casual premise (and I had never seen a honeycomb dial before). I also like seeing numbers on the dial. The second was from a person in Malaysia who guaranteed I would be happy with it. It's dressier. At the time I was attending biweekly meetings in a swank law firm and noticed all the men wore gold Rolex watches. So I got this one. Oops. To avoid exceeding the limit I will post the honeycomb dial watch here and the other one in another thread. Sorry about that. Cheers. RC |
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26 August 2012, 01:31 PM
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Love the dial. You done good!
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27 August 2012, 09:14 PM
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Nice, enjoy it.
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28 August 2012, 07:56 AM
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Thank you. If I can decipher the faint numbers between the lugs I will post the model number. Looking at vintage Rolex is forcing me to buy a loupe. RC |
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29 August 2012, 02:56 PM
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:-)
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29 August 2012, 03:33 PM
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White dial explorers are very hard to come by.
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29 August 2012, 05:09 PM
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My guess would be a 60's Explorer, gilded case with a Reference 5506.
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29 August 2012, 10:02 PM
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Thats a beauty!
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30 August 2012, 03:10 AM
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note the flat sides of the case. an indication of what was to come!
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30 August 2012, 03:15 AM
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I agree. Genesis
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30 August 2012, 03:22 AM
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Waffle dial! Awesome ;)
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30 August 2012, 04:06 PM
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Hi All:
Thank you very much for these comments. I'm mystified because this watch was not interesting to anybody when I got it. Tastes change and will probably change again. I contacted the person I bought it from and he was going to look it up when I send him a picture (he's on another forum and I have not figured out how to post a picture on that one). Again, thank you. RC |
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5 September 2012, 01:52 PM
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Very, very glad I got to see this one. Congratulations on a great watch!
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5 September 2012, 02:04 PM
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I would wear it. I love it.
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5 September 2012, 05:13 PM
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Yippee. So this is how the multiple quotes works.
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