Rolex Sub No Date Advice Needed (newbie Alert)

[kin tama]

greetings,

im curious about the price scale from low to high on a rolex no date sub replica...im interested in getting one and am in need of a bit of steerage...any advice would be appreciated...thank you,

kin tama

Edited August 22, 2006 by kin tama

[ubiquitous]

Are you looking for vintage, or modern (i.e. 5512/5513 or 14060)?

Also... Is this your watch in your avatar?

[kin tama]

hi,

vintage would be nice but im open to what my worn out wallet can afford....yes thats my watch..heres a shot after i did the lume

[ubiquitous]

I love that one! Loved ever since I saw it on the PMWF. Nice Lumi-Radiomir combo!

As for no-dates... Not really a whole lot out there. My advice would be to build one since you're already versed with putting watches together... Start with an MBW case of the genre of preference, and add genuine dial, etc.

As an example, here is a Tudor 7928 I put together...

[PeteTO]

when i was lookin for a no date i consulted with josh and EL who advised me to stay away from them for now due to a low quality issue. they told me that the current 14060 rep is no where near the 16610 rep in terms of dial printing and general feel.

Pete

[ubiquitous]

That's why you must build one if you want one that's worth a [censored]...

[kin tama]

JEEZUS.......love that tudor!.....thank you for the advice fellers...i guess ill lurk the sales forum and maybe somebody will dump a beater for me to monkey with....im really glad i tripped up on this forum....kin tama

[alligoat]

Well here is my watch of the week! It's from Paul and it's a c. 1963 5513 w/ the Explorer type dial and the T<25 added on either side of the Swiss, at the bottom (Vintage Rolex Sport Models, Skeet and Urul, page 38). ETA movt, 38.5mm case (correct size), domed T-19 crystal, large holes in the lugs, hollow mid link bracelet w/ safety clasp (riveted bracelet would be more correct technically), decent bezel and insert, retaining ring at the crystal. I modded the crown guards and might put in a gen case tube and crown later, but this watch would have had the early triplock crown and tube (no outer o-ring on the case tube) originally. And the great Paul price. The lume on the dial is subtle, a nice antique off-white yellow, not the overdone yellow of previous vintage watches. It's not an MBW, but it's awfully close and a great deal for the price IMHO.

I just can't figure out why they put an ETA 2836 inside, you don't need the date or the day feature, but I guess that's all they use for movements over in China! They even take an ETA 2836 and make a GMT and a Day-Date (Rolex) out of them. Chinese modded ETA's.