freddy333

The 1665 & 5514 have gen movements inside old style MBW mid-cases (I understand the new/current MBW cases are different than the older MBW cases, but I have never compared old vs new, so I cannot provide any details). The 1665 required a cut-out (180 degrees opposite the crown side) & some grinding of the movement's pillar plate to provide ingress for the movement locking screw & He valve. The 5514 was a simple, drop-in affair (no mods required).

Still wearing my CHS ceramic on Sunday

It looks like they made an attempt to deliver the package at the address on the package, but were unable to. Could be - wrong/incomplete address, no one home, etc. I would check with the shipper or your seller.

Just took 1 of the cars out for a spin & still wearing my CHS

Oops.

Ending the work week wearing my ceramic CHS

Sold @ $3,200

Nice sighting & a rare beauty. Likewise, I already have too many irons in the fire to bid on this 1.

Read the Graphite treatment (I am no longer providing this service) & By-Tor's review of the secs @ 6 Daytona, which is pinned at the top of this forum.

I kind of agree with TeeJay. I will probably build 1 of these at some point, but there has always been something about them that does not sit well with me.

Me likie. These watches take on an entirely different feel with a hearty leather strap

I suspect that they will either charge you tax for the value of gens (if any of the watches contain the word 'Rolex', I have heard stories where they attempt to charge the buyer/importer for the total value of the gen watches) or seize the package as illegal contraband. As others have said, I would always refer these types of questions to your seller 1st (give him 24 hours to respond).

Back to work wearing Phase I

A tale of 2 GMTs (wearing the gen xtal'd ceramic today)

Confirm? Not based on pics like those. Honest sellers, who want to show off the details of their watches, provide good, clear macros. Criminals, rogues & rip-off artists provide pics like these (fuzzy, distant, shaded, etc). Ask the seller to provide a good, clear macro of the dial, movement & numbering between the lugs. Ask for a pic of his original sales receipt (you are likely to get an excuse like 'gift from....' or 'lost' or 'just got a new camera & cannot get good pics out of it'). Always buy the seller BEFORE you buy the watch.

I would not kick it out of MY bed.

Ditto.

Franken? Could be, but hard to tell without better pics. The thing that sticks out for me is his 'luminova -relumined by RSC' dial . As far as I know, Rolex stopped reluming dials some or so 20 years ago. But the style of relume (lume slightly exceeding the boundaries of the original lume) does look like an RSC job. So who knows?

Both are the real reasons - appearance & durability. Rolex has always been very slow to adopt new technologies (that they do not own), especially, after the problems they have had over the years with dial paint fading (what many collectors view as a bonus (black-to-brown paint), Rolex views as defective). Remember, unlike the couture watch brands, who make watches that you look after for future generations, Rolex is in the business of selling watches that look good (to Rolex buyers) & function to spec. Period. I suspect their current, limited use of AR (below the cyclops on a few models) is a test to see how it performs 'out-in-the-field' over the next 10-20 years.

Ending the work week wearing my Daytona beater