Rolex 1500 end link question

[speedracer]

Hello,

New member here. I received a Rolex from my mom that had belonged to my father. I never knew that he had a Rolex until he passed away a few months ago, which got me quite emotional as he had kept it for me since he knew that i loved watches.

Its a 1500 model but i am not sure of the production date. Serial starts with 177****. Using the online lookup, one website gave me 1964 and another 1968.

Anyways, I mistakenly ordered a generic 19mm jubilee band for a 34mm case but the end links wont fit just. Needed a band just so i can put the watch on as the current band is broken. The current band is a 7205 rivet with 57 end links. My question is, what type of end links should i use for this case to fit a jubilee or a regular oyster band? a 557?

Thank you in advance. Any help would be much appreciated.

[TimeLord2]

Hi Speed, and welcome to the forum. I don't know much about the watch but I did a quick search and came up with an interesting article on Bob's Watches site. It was the vintage of the week in July of 2014! Here: https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-bl...-ref-1500.html One thing I will say is you came to the right place, although I don't think you will get anybody wanting you to put a "fake" bracelet on your watch and will counsel you to find a period correct piece or refurbish the existing bracelet, that you have indicated is broken. That can easily be done to preserve the integrity of your Rolex. Yeah, capitalized that. Check out Rolliworks, and do a search on this forum for that term. Good luck! I'm out!