sfa437 Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 (edited) The advances in replica watch production are INSANE! This Rolex Sub was bought circa 1985-86 on Canal St in NYC. At the time it was the top-of-the-line with an automatic where 99.9% of the other reps were quartz powered. That being said- I can even begin to start describing the "tells" on this one. Everything is wrong from the stainless steel plated case to the non-magnifying cyclops. Rather than point everything out here are some photos for you guys to have fun with Here it is opposite the Rolex Super Seadweller: So the next time you're complaining about a wokky rehaut or incorrect date font- refer back here to see how bad things used to be! Edited May 25, 2010 by sfa437 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member X Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 lol! Is that a vintage piece now? Pretty amazing how far we've come, and some of the new stuff is so good it's as good as, if not better than, gen. (I hear the Breitling AR on some v3 watches looks better than gen!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 I'm quite amazed that it's still running! Interesting to compare/contrast how far the world of reps has come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krpster Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Awesome. Amazing that after all this time it still runs! It may not be accurate but you can't knock the quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 I'm going to be the odd one out here. I think despite all the inaccuracies that is not a bad rep for 25 years ago, hell it's a decent rep if it was only 10 years old. I'm pretty sure you got to do a fair bit of digging on Canal Street, even today, before you get past far worse reps...aaannndd...it's still going. I hope all my far more accurate reps are still ticking in 25 years. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJo35 Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Wow, that brings back memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapman57 Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 I bet this has a few tales to tell......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakemaster Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 That is quite cheap looking compared to what I used to see. Wanna sell it to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbchubb Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 so....you mean this s not a gen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 "This Rolex Sub was bought circa 1985-86 on Canal St in NYC." It has a Seagull ST16 in it and being from the mid 1980s, it means the ST16 has been around longer than I thought. I have a steel DJ with ST16 from late 1990s/early 2000 from a dealer called 'Cal' (it was $55). Up until now, the DJ was the oldest ST16 I had seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromatic Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 (edited) "This Rolex Sub was bought circa 1985-86 on Canal St in NYC." It has a Seagull ST16 in it and being from the mid 1980s, it means the ST16 has been around longer than I thought. I have a steel DJ with ST16 from late 1990s/early 2000 from a dealer called 'Cal' (it was $55). Up until now, the DJ was the oldest ST16 I had seen. wow! i remember having one of them it looked good but soon turned my wrist green or black cant remember which, mine was automatic and cost 15£ in the uk but they were exchanging hands for between 50 and 100£ in the mid 1980s fake rolex and a luxuary car keytag and a mobile phone the size of a house brick!was the in thing! Ha Ha these rolexes are the real fake watches not todays solid stainless steel,swiss movement and version 5 plus, plus water resist watches! we never had it so good today! when people complain about there new replica watch they should see these watches to see how there were then! Edited May 26, 2010 by aeromatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Another rep from the same time period (mid-80s), but from the opposite end of the (rep) quality spectrum. This was 1 of the 1st made with genuine gold plating & powered by an ETA 2846 (which were all Swiss-made at the time). It is also 1 of my 1st frankens (I replaced the end links & clasp with gen parts) (note the naturally aged greenish lume) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 "Another rep from the same time period (mid-80s), but from the opposite end of the (rep) quality spectrum. This was 1 of the 1st made with genuine gold plating & powered by an ETA 2846 (which were all Swiss-made at the time)." And it still holds its own! I have a stainless example from the same era with a silvertone linen 'diamond' dial (CZ or something) and 17 jewel no-hack Eta 2846. It sold for $125 over 20 years ago with a plastic crystal and jubilee style bracelet. Still runs after 20+ years but needs cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 I can't quite make it out in the pic, but might I be right in thinking that the dial has a similar 'sun burst' patterning like on a blue TT Sub dial? If so, I have to admit, I'd be tempted to treat it to a modern case and see how it looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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