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If you could pick your 3 favourites, which would they be?


Chronus

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My 3 favourites are vintages, which are:

1. 1665;

2. 1655;

3. 6265 (preferably Paul Newman dial).

What are your 3 favourites?

(Post pics if you can, I'm off to bed in a minute ;))

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Difficult to choose only 3, but it has gotta be the -

6239 non-Daytona Daytona

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Nearly as rare as a Newman, but understated &, therefore, infinitely easier to wear.

6542 GMT

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The only GMT (or non-monochromatic watch) I ever lusted after.

6536/1 'James Bond' Submariner

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Although I always thought Bond Subs were cool (after seeing Sean Connery wear 1, what red-blooded male could resist its charms), I never really appreciated them until I built 1. And in its tropical guise, this elder thoroughbred becomes quite a stunning timepiece. Were it not so expensive to construct, the 6536/1 would probably replace the double-red as my daily beater.

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Mine are all modern. Well not the newest versions which I generally dislike, but the classic ones with sapphire crystals:

14060 no-date Submariner

16710 GMT II

16570 Explorer II white

For some reason I never warmed up to the plastic ones... 1675 is the exception.

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1.) Sea Dweller 16600

2.) Day Date 18238 champagne dial

3.) Daytona 16520 white dial

That'd be the top picks. But three are not enough...

4.) Sea Dweller 1665

5.) Sea Dweller 116660

6.) Oyster Perpetual 116000 silver dial with blue indices

7.) Explorer 14270

8.) GMT Master II 16710

9.) Explorer II 1655

10.) Submariner 14060 non COSC

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  • 1 month later...

Hmmmmm....

1) A/6538 - (Mod issued 3,6,9 Explorer dial with fixed bars and one-off prototype bezel)

2) MN 7922 Tudor - Marine Nationale issued, pre 7924 Prototype Tudor sub, w/8mm crown and thick 6538 case and caseback.

3) MN 94010 destro - Marine Nationale issued non date snowflake sub with the dial turned, and crown on the left of the watch, so it would be more functional for a left-handed member of the French commando group....

While they're not all Rolexes, I think you get the idea..

cheers

Ed

(edit) Oh and just one more.......

4)MN 7928 w/ square CG - Pre pointed CG, post No CG, Tudor sub with 7mm twinlock crown. Also delivered with 100m 330ft dail not the usual 200m 660ft dials...

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So hard to pick just 3 :rolleyes:

top 5 would be more like it.. not necessarily in this order..

Modded 1655 ... gen. crown/tube, tropic 116 crystal, gen. 78360 bracelet

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Ubi Franken Snowflake

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Tudor 7032 Monte Carlo ~ Gen crystal,.. Movement.. da rest is Phong's

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Genuine Explorer II ..

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Genuine Vintage.. "the Fat Lady"

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I have to squeeze my newest genuine acquisition in .. c.861 Speedy Moon Watch ~

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*sigh* :wounded1: ... there are more.. just 1 more... :cry2:

A~C

L

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