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Hi guys, it been 7 years since I last visited. Great to see some familiar names and also saddened to hear of passings of some members. Be kind to a new member....

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A great servant to the UK, the Commonwealth and the World. There will never be another like her. She worked up until the day she died and was respected globally.

All 'nos' from about 17 years ago. Watch without bracelet has a 14K aftmkt bezel, sapphire crystal and genuine crown. Others have plated bezels with gold filled (?) center links. The 'Jubilee' bracelets were claimed to have solid 8K middle links but who knows? Some I traded away have been worn 10 or 15 years and the 'gold' center links have no wear through. The bracelets have 'gold' caps soldered on the hoods like genuine, not embossed and plated. Cases will take oem spec crystals, bezels, case tubes/crowns and all the tutone models have Seagull ST6D movements. These watches with the same mid cases and dials were also sold back then with new swiss eta 2836, 14K bezels and center links for $750, 18K trim was $100 more. Solid 14K models were around $3000, 18K was about $500 more. Gold was $400 to $500 Troy oz USD back then compared to $1700+ now. The ST6 cases have plastic movement spacers with no case clamp groove and the swiss eta cases have a groove with case clamps, other than that the mid cases are identical. The watches below were sold for $250 with the 8K center link claim, crystals are MG. Q...How did I end up with them? A...Took them in on a debt. Very Good dials/hands... Also have a box of SS models (pic from a previous post)... Some SS models have ST6, some have NN/DG. The ST6 gets no respect but they are really pretty good movements if not full of dirt or mishandled. They may have been loosely copied from the 1950s A. Schild 1361 and are accurate and reliable, but the a/w assembly is a pain to r/r. They started out as a manual wind lady size movement and the auto wind assembly and larger main plate were added later. ST6... AS 1361... Pic from NAWCC forum.

List prices from February 1, 1973 in USD. 8-14-22 Prices for 1655 and 1575 added to 1975 list. My comments are in ( ) 1002s Stainless Steel 26 Jewel Chronometer movement, leather strap...$225 1002sg Same as above with 14K bezel and crown...$270 1002g Same as above with 14K gold case, leather strap...$460 1016s SS case, 26 Jewel Chronometer movement, leather strap...$240 1019s SS case, 26 Jewel Chronometer movement, leather strap......$225 5500s SS case, 17 Jewel movement, leather strap...$170 (17 jewel movements in the list are not chronometer rated) 5501sg Same as above with 14K fluted bezel and gold crown...$220 5512s SS case, 26 Jewel Chronometer movement, leather strap, WR 200 meters...$268.50 With B207 bracelet...$285 5513s SS case, 17 Jewel movement, leather strap, WR 200 meters...$208.50 With B207 bracelet...$225 6263s 'Daytona Chronograph' in stainless steel Oyster case, white dial with black sub-dials, screw down push buttons, tachometer engraving on black bezel, leather strap...$325 With B206 bracelet...$341.50 6264g 'Daytona Chronograph' in 14K yellow gold, black dial with gold sub-dials or gold dial with black sub-dials, tachometer engraving on gold bezel, leather strap...$575 6265s 'Daytona Chronograph' in stainless steel Oyster case, white dial with black sub-dials, screw down push buttons, tachometer engraving on stainless steel bezel, leather strap...$325 With B206 bracelet...$341.50 7002gf Gold filled case (not Oyster) with 17 jewel movement on leather strap...$185 (used for many presentation/award watches) 1500s Steel Oyster Perpetual Date, 30 jewel Chronometer movement, leather strap...$270 (the 30 jewel number includes jewels in the calendar works) 1500sg Steel Oyster Perpetual Date with 14K bezel and crown, 30 jewel Chronometer movement, leather strap...$310 March 1, 1975 list prices: 1601sg Oyster Perpetual Datejust, steel case, 30 jewel chronometer movement, 14K white gold bezel, leather strap...$535 1601sg Same as above with 14K yellow gold fluted bezel, gold crown, with steel/14K gold ref 313 Jubilee bracelet...$775 1603s Stainless steel Datejust with ref 218 Jubilee bracelet...$435 1611g Same as above with 18K yellow gold case with fluted bezel, Jubilee bracelet...$3000 1625g Datejust with 'Thunderbird' bezel in 18K gold with ref GFM 109 Jubilee bracelet...$2980 1625g With ref 8386 hidden clasp bracelet...$3130 1655s Steel Explorer II with 24 hour hand and 24 hour marked steel bezel, Oyster bracelet...$455 1675s Steel GMT Master with 24 hour hand and revolving 24 hour marked bezel, Oyster bracelet...$450 1019s Steel Milgauss anti-magnetic 26 jewel automatic Chronometer...$370 (Strap or bracelet not specified.) 1803 Day Date 30 jewel chronometer in 18K yellow gold with ref 7286 18K President bracelet with regular clasp...$3150 1803 In 18K yellow gold with hidden clasp ref 8385 President bracelet...$3300 1803 in 18K white gold with ref 8385 bracelet with hidden clasp...$3550 1804 In 18K white gold with diamond bezel and ref 8385 bracelet...$5240 Same watch above in platinum...Price upon request. 8385 18K President bracelet with hidden clasp...$1850 7286 18K President bracelet with regular clasp...$1700 GFM 109 18K gold Jubilee bracelet for Datejust...$1600 8386 Same bracelet as above with hidden clasp...$1750 14K 19MM bracelet for Gent's Oyster Perpetual Date, similar to GFM 109...$975 Steel and 14K yellow gold Jubilee bracelet for steel and gold Lady Oyster Perpetual models...$225 (No price on Gents steel/gold Jubilee bracelet but price difference in steel/14KYG DJ 1601 on leather strap and same watch with steel/14K Jubilee is $240) (Prices had gone up a little in two years...the 1500 OPD is now $405 but this includes a Jubilee bracelet and the 5500 AK with ref 206 steel Oyster bracelet is $260. The 1016 with a steel ref 207 oyster bracelet is $360...$100USD in 1973 is equivalent to $650 today) Typos are free. J3/Amc

As 'automatico'. Finally found my PW for 'automatico'. Long story short...I have my RWG contact info on an email account I use for RWG, watch forums, watch messages etc. and for some reason, my PW for this email account stopped working again sometime in May and I could not get on the account. It has done this a time or two before and it did not matter, but this time it did because I needed to get my RWG PW reset and the reset info is sent to this email address. Catch 22. Why did RWG no longer recognize me as 'automatico'? Because I did a major 'cleanout' on this computer and it all disappeared. I'm not very good with computers. The pizzer is the email account has decided to work again (using the same PW as before) AFTER I found my RWG PW, AFTER looking through my hand written internet PW, notes etc. for the past 25 years, all in a box in no particular order. Besides all that, I paid my membership dues for 'automatico' not long ago.

Davd I am so very very sad for you and your family. You know your Dad came over to stay with us in the UK and we raced at the TT in the IOM with Stuart. That was six years ago and Bob became a dear friend of ours. He is in our thoughts and minds as are you and your family. We have phoots of the adventure and I will try to find them to share. Deepest condolences and love to you all. What an amazing guy, 'Hell Yeah' AJ Bob rarly came overeas. He was totally in love with his family and life. We were lucky to spend a couple of weeks with Bob on the occasssion he came to stay with us and be one of our leading team members at the IOM TT. RIP Big Man, youa re sorely missed. AJ