Stephane

Dear All, I can't believe these are mine... Which one should be next? A 16800 Lumi, a 168000 or a 5513 ? All the best, Stephane

Great news for us all! Thanks Monsieur l'Admin !

Thanks guys! @Pre V: if you find one at 2.100 ...get it right away About the crystals, I do like yours too Nanuq. I wonder why I never thought about polishing my franken ones. In the end, it's that effect which makes the watch older. More than scratches I guess that with the price I put in the 39 Superdome I was afraid to destroy it But I'll try it with the flat 39!

Well, my GF is a diver and gone to mediteranee for 5 days. I proposed her to wear my 16610 to dive and she told me "I can't read it anyway"...or "I trust the manometer of my bottle more than a watch"! It seems that nobody want to wear my watches

Welcome back Monsieur Tanfo

Ok, Ok, I'll continue to search for watches Oh, and I am only 48 and a half

Well, then I guess you'll have to forget about that. There is a time to be a college student and a time to buy watches...all comes when due in life! Good luck with the hunt, you have plenty of years ahead... I don't

1680 love

Agreed! As Freddy said, once the astonishment is gone, it's a natural move to like the new one. In the end, it's a true Sub and they did not kill the original design. It's more like a natural evolution of the 16610 (fater, biger, ...) Of course, I'm not into Yellow Gold either...so I'll wait to se a SS in the flesh to make a final opinion

Thanks TJ! Yeah, for the first we can say "NO, it's not a Rolex!" ... Sure, it would be cool to see reps with the Tudor clasp. Specialy with a folded link bracelet. I wonder why it's so hard to do that !!! Maybe Tudor is not a top seller in fact.

I love when we disagree Paolo Ma mi dispiace: questo Tudor

Thanks RW ...it is indeed an amazing example So do I In the end, I wonder why these triangles were never shown on a Rolex. A 5513 with such hour markers would be stunning in my humble opinion

Dear all, Here is my pictorial of another gen I recently acquired. In fact it arrived in the same package as the 1680 from the same provider. As you can see from the picture above, this 79090 was purchased on april 30th of 1994 at Wempe Stuttgart. The watch set is more than complete: a receipt from Wempe (in Deutch Marks), the Wempe waranty card in the format of a credit card, a Wempe booklet, the Tudor papers, the Tudor box and outer carton box. Tudor 79090 from 1994 I was in NYC once and wore Jetson’s one for an evening. The triangled hour markers at 6 and 9 o’clock made me like this watch a lot. You know, it was different from my boaring Rolex. The idea though was to find a true 100% Tudor and not a Tudex or a Rolor. I was very lucky as this one is a Tudor with the exception of the crown of course! The bracelet It’s a 9315 (folded links) with 380B endlinks. The bracelet is in very good state with minimum stretch for such an old folded links one. In my opinion, what makes a Tudor is the fact that the clasp is Tudor and not Rolex. I know, it might sound weird coming from a Rolex fan. The watch Another great find about this one is that it has never been polished. It’s carrying those signs of history that some of us are desperatly looking for. The only part which has been polished, and very heavily, is the crystal. I will do this to my frankens too. It’s so sexy! I never thought about doing this before Not sure you can see the effect of the polishing on the crystal but, trust me, it gives a lot of character to the watch. Conclusion Well, I sincerely think it’s a great find. A full original Tudor which has never been serviced nor polished is rare these days. (For 79090, but other models too!) Hope you like it. Thanks for reading. Cheers Stephane

Thanks LOS. It is very usefull for us non AP freaks. I will probably end up with a AP ROO now

Well, so far there is no mini gtg... Anyone up for dinner tomorrow evening somewhere in Germany (possiblly not in Berlin but closer to the benelux ) ?

93520 bracelet or is it me not seing correctly ?

A Beauty for sure TMG And so is the 1655 too I love your photos! I changed this afternoon too...for my gen 16800 It (she) will soon receive "non service hands and insert/pearl"

I just realised I'm forgetting to leave feedback to the nice members I deal with So, allthough I'm a moderator here, I confess I often forget which is a shame Don't forget to do it yourself when a deal is done... All the best Stephane

With all the buzz...couldn't resist to wear this one

Congrats RW! That is a great find! I have the feeling your watch is going to be stunning

+1 here Mr B. Do not touch the hands You'll have a killer !

Of course! Nanuq, that is an awesome one (watch and crystal)!

+1 here. We've been numerous to hope to see a true Best Sub. Now that we have WM9 and BKLM1234, no reason to spend a couple of years buying all the reps of the sub out there. Save time and energy: get the WM9. I agree with what as been said about gold...forget it, you will be disappointed anyway, soon or later.

That is a great forum !!!