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Old 14 September 2017, 09:30 PM   #1
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has anybody seen this prototype before
I stumbled across this on an instagram page.

They said it was a prototype sub.

Had anybody seen this before? Or any more info on it?
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Old 14 September 2017, 10:24 PM   #2
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Old 14 September 2017, 10:25 PM   #3
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Old 14 September 2017, 10:26 PM   #4
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Old 14 September 2017, 10:49 PM   #5
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$628,572 ?!

Incredible. If you paid me I wouldn't wear it.
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Old 14 September 2017, 10:49 PM   #6
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They look crazy to me but it seems they're widely accepted as genuine.
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Old 15 September 2017, 12:10 AM   #7
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has anybody seen this prototype before
It never made it to production for a good reason. It's fugly.
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Old 15 September 2017, 12:57 AM   #8
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Old 15 September 2017, 01:41 AM   #9
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I stumbled across this on an instagram page.

They said it was a prototype sub.

Had anybody seen this before? Or any more info on it?
Yes mondani has it in his latest book rolex passion.
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Old 16 September 2017, 12:58 AM   #12
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I think I've seen similar bezels on some of the Tudor line, possibly 90s.
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Old 16 September 2017, 02:15 AM   #13
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Incredible. If you paid me I wouldn't wear it.
Pretty sure the folks trying to buy this did it for reasons other than wearing it.

I think it's a neat piece of Rolex history. If I could afford it, I think it'd be fun to own something like that.
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Old 16 September 2017, 03:13 PM   #14
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Never seen that before, but I don't think I'd wear it lol
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Old 16 September 2017, 03:33 PM   #15
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That looks like it's a bark bracelet ? in SS or WG ??

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Love it and always wanted WG Bark
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Old 16 September 2017, 03:40 PM   #16
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It's different that's for sure.

I think the bark looks so much better on WG compared to YG.
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Old 16 September 2017, 06:21 PM   #17
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The Bizzaro Sub!
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Old 17 September 2017, 12:58 AM   #18
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It would sell like hotcakes, its blue and has Rolex on it. Rolex is just waiting on the right time to release
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Really amazing that this piece survived intact - imagine that most people would have swapped out the bracelet at the very least for a more traditional sub look. Definitely not my cup of tea but it's pretty freakin' awesome - the trials and tribulations of testing different configurations for market.

Rolex did play with precious metal watches quite a bit. Remember the White Gold Daytona that Goldberger brought out on the Talking Watches.

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