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Yeah, very nice selection my friend.

"it was the cheapest rolex offered at that time..." I never have seen a Commando. If I ever have one it will have to be a project. I did buy one manual winder back then though...paid $115 out the door for a nib rlx 6430 Speed King on a leather strap in 1972 at a local rlx AD. They did not have any 34mm manual wind models in the store at the time. Friend of mine bought a new rlx 6466 manual wind date in a US Army exchange for $64 in 1964 or '65 on an oyster bracelet. He wore it two tours in Vietnam and sold it to me in 1992. Still have it but the bracelet was worn out when I got it. Seventeen years later prices had jumped up quite a bit for manual wind models... In 1989 bought a nib rlx 6694 at an AD for $900 + tax. Probably the list price because I bought it on the 'rolex plan'...one year to pay with no interest. I wanted it because they were discontinued. Still have the 6430 and 6694 in nos condition. I wore a 214 Accutron back then and just never sold or traded them. New automatic no dates... In 1994 bought a nib AK 5500 from a 'reseller' for $990 and another one later in the year for $900 nib from another reseller. Iirc they were about $1250 retail.

https://www.mochacha.org/ Looks like decent stuff, hard to tell if the gilt dials are actually gilt. Cool to see a Commando, I always like when the more obscure references get a rep.