help with Rolex Precision...

[Mifune]

is this a Precision?




dial looks slightly funny to me, the crown appears tiny, and the Arabic numerals appear to be different than ones I see on other precisions.
also, that crown appears domed.

if anyone can get me an exact reference and years I would appreciate it.

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[Dan S]

It doesn't appear to say precision, more likely "SHOCK-RESISTING". But it could still technically be a PRECISION of some type, such as a ref 4498 (which I easily found using google images). Please show more and better photos, including of the inside. Also please post the case size, material, and any other information you have.

[Tools]

Dial appears to be refinished and so it may take more than that to investigate.

Nice Bombe' lugs. It is the movement and the intended market that makes it a precision, super precision, or just a mutt.

[Mifune]

Thanks guys... it's not my watch, I am trying to do the leg work for someone else.

Did rolex ever use the wording shock resistant?

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by Mifune

Thanks guys... it's it my watch, I am trying to do the leg work for someone else.

Did rolex ever use the wording shock resistant?

'Shock Resisting', they did, but I think mainly Pre-Tudor. Looks 1940s to me.

'Precision' isn't a particular model or line of models, it's just a word on the dial, like 'Super Precision'. The 17-jewel Air-Kings made for the USA market decades ago didn't say 'Precision' on the dial, but others of the same reference sold elsewhere with 26 jewels did (and Air-Kings kept the word on the dial until well into the 21st century, as they weren't COSC cert).

[Mifune]

Thanks.. so then it would just be a manual wind (not perpetual) of some kind?
From what I found I would place the piece in the 1946 to maybe 1952.

This person got me this photo.. to me it looks like it is way to big for that era

[Old Expat Beast]

Yes, it's not a Perpetual and not an Oyster. A look inside would tell you a lot, but I'm sure it's real and original, except for the band and maybe the crown.