TeeJay

Great minds think alike Personally, I doubt if the watch has ever been worn. I had a bracelet like that pick up some scuffs at the link which goes into the end piece within 30 minutes of wear, just from the friction of the watch and wrist moving. Okay, it was easy to polish out, but, I doubt the owner of the SD even put it on long enough to make such 'repair work' necessary, as it's in such flawless condition, I suspect it went from the AD's display, straight into the safe, only to be seen at 'viewing time', when it would be appreciated on the table, maybe wiped with a diaper, then put back in the safe... To me, while it might be a good investment financially, it's a waste of a watch which borders on the criminal, and misses the point of owning a watch (to wear it to tell the time) I can think of many other fine items to buy as an investment which are intended to only be viewed 'in state' and appreciated, but not a watch designed to be worn while working underwater... Don't get me wrong, if people say it's gen, then I don't think I know enough about watches to say otherwise and would accept their opinion that it is a genuine watch. I was purely meaning that visually, it looked like a rep, simply because it was 100% box fresh. It's time in the safe has meant that it looks like a modern reproduction of a vintage watch, rather than an actual vintage watch, simply because it's condition is so good. On the one hand, it is a good thing that it has been so well preserved, the other hand, is more a matter of personal aesthetic taste While I can appreciate someone buying it purely as an investment, I think it is completely missing the point that a watch is something to be worn and used, not hidden away in a safe... I wouldn't like to say too much about the aging process of tritium, but if one was to have a suspicious mind, and start noticing inconsistencies, the lume of the second hand is a few shades darker than the lume on the main hands. I wonder why the lume of one hand, would age differently to the lume of the others... I know on an invoice shown here recently, the second hand was priced separately from the main hands, but if Rolex were to replace a hand, would they not replace the entire handset at the same time rather than fitting new hour and minute hands but then putting the original second hand back in place? From what I've heard of Rolex repair centers, it's not their style to leave old parts in place if they can replace them with brand new ones... Who knows...

What an awesome collection Fantastic to see you back posting again

Birthday greetings, I hope you have a good one

Oh I agree, it's certainly a beautiful piece, and indeed, something which will bring a handsome price at auction, I just think a watch like that should have spent the last 30 years doing something other than sitting in a safe

+1 To me, although I know it's gen, it looks like a rep, because despite the vintage coloring and details, the condition of the watch is pristine... Gorgeous watch, but personally, I'd want a watch like that to actually look it's age, and actually been used for the purpose intended and seen some action, rather than being pristine. Pristine condition is for new stuff, not vintage (and on the flip-side of that, I would appreciate a fully restored vintage car, rather than on old banger ) To my way of thinking, this is how a watch of that vintage should look

A fresher wrist-shot for me (the last one, by combination of angle of my arm/hand, conspired to make me look like I'd been inflated several sizes )

Following on from this previous post, here're some more dome shots... The 'top sub' has undergone considerable modification since I took the above shot, but I hope people will think for the better... The dome on the NATO Sub did have a cyclops, but I chipped it away with a pocket knife, put in a few extra scuffs, buffed it back to 'clear', and then rotated the crystal so the mark left from the cyclops removal, would now look like impact damage between 10 and 11 I've definitely gotten into the vintage/wabi sabi aesthetic, can hardly get the vintage sub off my wrist, and also have plans to turn the NATO Sub into a Snowflake Tudor homage Enjoy PS: Any feedback on the vintaging results would be greatly appreciated Please ignore the custom/composite nature of the watches, I'm talking purely about the application of vintaging techniques, and how the results are perceived

You're quite right about the Roman numeral dials lacking lume, I thought I had seen them with lume, but I must have imagined it, so I stand corrected

I wouldn't call it the best answer, but certainly interesting I would suspect that the reason why factories don't use the best lume, is because the majority of their customers likely don't care about if their watch glows like a torch. Forum members make up a very small percentage of those factory-sales, so it's simply not worth their [the factory] while to pay extra, for a cost the average Joe Sixpack isn't going to want to pay on a market stall... Supply and Demand is the issue here, or to be more precise, profit and loss... Also, with regards the 'underage' issue, I think it is more likely to see children in factories snapping circuit boards into a DVD player, than it would be to see them constructing a mechanical watch...

Cartel = Andrew and Joshua.

I believe both the stick and numeral versions both have a dot of lume on the dial above the top of each marker. There is another variant of the DateJust which has large rectangular markers, and those are all lume

The brown hue to the Seadweller is similar to what's happened when I baked my project sub dial, but on mine, it's much more pronounced... From what happened with mine at 60 seconds, I'm guessing a 15-20 second bake should achieve that partial browning, although I suspect the indices would be darkened, rather than bleaching lighter...

No change here....

It might be a while in the development, and it's not quite a fully finalized design idea yet, but I think it'll be interesting I'll be interested to see what you get Given the amount of modern watches in the collection, might a vintage one add a little diversity, or, on the other hand, would a contemporary sub be more in keeping? Time will tell

Not that I'd ever condone domestic violence, but sometimes that poster just makes an awesome response to something

Fantastic additions to the collection It's actually given me a rather warped idea for a new project but the least said, the better... That's a fantastic collection, as it covers the basics, with some nice variety Have you any plans to add a Sub or SD to the collection?

6204 1680 5513 (Military) I see a theme there Other honorable mentions, are GMTIIc (The only contemporary Rolex I actually like the look and feel of) McQueen Explorer Tudor Snowflake no-date

He was on a BMX, (and not going fast) so it was easy to grab the middle of the handlebars and give a twist of the wrist to direct him away from me. You'd think that I'd violated some kind of Human Right the way he started kicking off and yelling (he only started heading into a wooden fence, so no danger to life or limb), never mind the fact that if I hadn't 'redirected him' or moved out of the way, he'd've either definitely have hit me, or cut it so close, that it was obvious that his intention was to try and shit me up, rather than someone accidentally getting too close... Oh well... No harm done to either party, and hopefully a lesson in manners learned

That's where I met my wife

+1 Very strange attitude for a businessman to take... Even if he knew there was nothing wrong with the watch, why turn away business? That's just a bit in my scheme of things

How about setting them on fire, then slamming a car door on them to put the fire out? Just about sums up the fun which is doing business with Mr Slimeball

I think it might be... The internet gives people the ability for near instant gratification, and sadly, sometimes people's manners take a backseat

I'd say go for it It might be moddable with replacement parts, or, as above, it might not be, but even if it's not, you could always do some work with what it does have, such as scuffing up the case/bracelet, maybe bake the dial for 10 seconds... It might not be perfect, but it could still be a nice watch in its own right

Or when standing to the side to let a cyclist pass (which is bad enough that they're on the footpath, but that's another rant ) is obviously not worth of the courtesy of a quick 'thanks'. Some punk tried to play 'chicken' with me a few weeks back, despite the path being wide enough for four people to walk shoulder to shoulder, then didn't like it when, at the last moment, I grabbed his handlebars and steered him in a different direction... What a fucknut... Oh well, I expect his parents were related before they were married, so probably not his fault...