freddy333

Nice work, but a couple of thoughts - Every red-handed 1675 I have seen had very definitely yellowish lume, including NOS hands (see below) Also, if anyone is interested, here is a NOS red-handed, gen GMT hand for sale from a reliable seller (click pic for link)

If your hand is glowing, it is too late for iodine (which may block some of that glow from embedding itself in your thyroid). A better move would be to hire yourself out as a traffic light or party favor before your head blows off.

The attached end pieces are only on modern Daytonas, some vintage models accepted standard-style (generic) straps. That said, this may be an aftermarket strap.

Why do you guys fuss so much over the accuracy of your dial only to add bright, glowing lume, which is a dead give-away of fakery on a 40+ year old vintage Rolex? Very few vintage Rolex (tritium) dials have any glow left in them & those rare pieces that do, glow very faintly for just seconds.

Ditto Alligoat.

The fact that it is not in a sealed Rolex package makes me suspicious, but the design looks correct for the last version bezel/insert. If it came from a well-known Rolex seller, I would not worry about it. As always, remember, buy the seller before you buy the Rolex whatever.

I would contact CWP again & (politely) explain the problem. I agree that, unless you paid ~$100 additional for overnight delivery, 3 days is much too soon for a package to make it from Asia to the US, especially considering the day the package will spend sitting in customs. Unfortunately, most post offices & shipping companies will only release the delivery information to the sender, so they will have to request delivery confirmation from their end to see what address the package went to. For whatever it is worth, I have always found CWP good to deal with.

With so many truly outstanding pics in this thread, I am not sure why you picked out that 1, but thank you.

Please do not re-quote entire pic posts just to add a line or 2 below.

If cost is not an issue (with the understanding that differences, while they exist, may be subtle), always go gen. If not, Clarks is a good alternative.

A number of my pics have shown up on gen sites (usually with the proper attribution), but I do not remember either of the Hanging Daytonas pics on that site. Though it is certainly possible I either forgot or just was not aware of the reposting.

I do not know about this particular case, but there is not alot we can do about other sites that steal from RWG. This is the reason I watermark all of my pics.

TZ, VRF or ebay are your best bets.

Vintage gens are the watches to worry about (but not seriously)

This should be interesting.

Any idea why the date appears a bit high in the window? That is a bit odd for a gen movement/datewheel, but well done.

I was not privy to the private communications & from what I have gleaned from the other Mods iceberg1459 probably is not going to be approved for any high value sales. That said, iceberg1459 HAS been a long-time member with no negative sales feedback on RWG & I have not seen anything he has posted publicly that would qualify for removal. So, unless I have missed something, I would hope that cooler heads can prevail.

Only 9?

I am a bit confused? Did you get this new gold bracelet from DW or purchase it from a gen seller?

At this level, I think you need to replace the coronet on the dial with a gen.

These bracelets are certainly costly, but the statement they make (on a Daytona) is priceless

Rodico is used to remove grease, oil & fingerprints. Just be sure to use a clean piece.