freddy333

Vintage Rolex tool watches (Subs & SDs in particular) are like hammers, they look better with wear. The more wear (as long as they remain readable & functional), the better. In contrast, modern Rolex Subs & SDs, with their polished bracelets, finger-print magnet sapphire lenses & blingy dials, are like new cars - their appearance nose dives (pun intended) with each & every new scratch or blemish. Baby your car (& bling), but wear your 1680.

I may be wrong, but I do not believe the DSSD's crystal contains any AR coating.

Ofrei sells a number of hollow dies (delrin is good) here.

Needs regulation or oiling.

Bravo!!!

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Correct.

Yes, avoid chiropractors, homeopaths & other quacks at all costs. I wasted alot of time/money on these & found them 100% worthless beyond their feel-good placebo effects.

You will need to research/locate some of the sellers listed (addresses may have changed since the article was written), but this will cost you less than a grand & will fool all but the most knowledgeable WIS (assuming they are in very close proximity)

Or locate a Rolex 1575 along with a 6mm Twinlock crown/tube & you have a franken-gen (100% gen watch composed of 100% gen parts that came from different sources). Depending on your timing/luck & condition of movement, you should figure spending $900-$1,300 (plus a few hundred more to have it serviced). Optionally, you could add a gen Jubilee or Oyster bracelet, or leather strap with or without a gen Rolex buckle. But the options will put you into the price range of a complete 1601 , so, unless, like some here, you value the benefits of a diy project, it may not make financial sense.

I have seen some 702s packaged as 703s, which might explain this. But, otherwise, I am at a loss since 703s have been the staple for most of Rolex's sports lineup for at least the past decade & a half.

Let's not get carried away.

Unless your uncle does not mind being 'outted', I would steer clear of anything with gold or 'jewels'. Get him an all-steel model, which will greatly reduce the likelihood of someone spotting it as a fake & also increase the usable lifespan of the watch (when you scratch a steel watch, you just see more steel......when you scratch a gold-plated watch, ). Better to have a steel rep that look like a gen, than to have a 'gold' rep that looks like a rep.

I believe Rolex has been retro-fitting 704s in place of 703s for the past few years. Unfortunately, I have neither an official memo from Rolex instructing their ADs & service network to do this, nor do I have a sealed 704 to verify the differences between it & the 703.

Ditto. I just went through my Triplocks & this is what I found As you can see, the 702s are threaded right up to the opening & the edge is crimped. Meanwhile, the threading in the 703s begins half way down the length of the cap & the edge is solid. Width of 702 caps Width of 703 caps Very odd.

Ditto.

I went modern this morning

Ditto Ken's comments. I, too, have lived with severe back/neck pain resulting from an accident many years ago. I had 3 options - 1. fusing surgery, followed by long-term medication, 2. twice-daily stretching/strengthening exercise, or 3. long-term medication by itself. Initially, I tried 3, but found myself going down the same road you appear to be on while the pain continued. I have a relative who had similar back issues who had the surgery. Years after 'successful' surgery & lots of meds, she still has minor pain &, now, reduced mobility due to the surgery. So I tried the 2nd course, exercise, which, after a month or so, became a miracle cure & I have been mostly pain free (& fully mobile without any meds) for many years. Still, it sounds like you have been through the mill (more than once). I hope you find the key that lets you get back to living life without having to deal with so many collateral issues. Sometimes, you just have to get really lost before you find the right direction.

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I am glad to hear the crown/tube turned out to be NOS & usable. Turned out to be a good deal.

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then these 3 will leave you tongue-tied Because of the expense of this book (approx $400), I would not say that it provides good value for the average rep/gen Rolex owner or casual collector. However, for serious collectors, restorers &/or hard-core Rolex aficionados, this book contains a wealth of information (much of it available from no other single source) & beautiful pictures, making it an absolute must-have. The general format is similar to the many Japanese magazine-style guides sold on ebay, but in a larger, more accessible format (the text is written in both English & Italian). This is clearly much more than just pretty coffee table eye candy. Of course, it is not perfect & there is much that is missing. But I think the author's idea was to address specific Rolex models in greater degree in separate books -- whether this was done for monetary or informational reasons I cannot say. For additional info, there is a very good review here.

Beginning the work week wearing my beater

Not to my knowledge. I read in someone's book that there is a 701, which may have 700-style threads, but I have never seen 1.

Have you tried to reach him via his auction page?

WTF did you plan to do with it when you bought it?