vlydog Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Here's an old MBW: This one's sweet JoJo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceberg1459 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 thanks for the comparison, well if you didnt tell before i would think second one is gen (for example crown is much better on rep and also better looking overall imo) and i dont get why you all are anal about (second hand microscobic shorter than real etc..) its bloody GOOD looking watch, enjoy it Basically if there is a Rolex, first I always think that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 iceberg1459 Posted Today, 02:22 PM thanks for the comparison, well if you didnt tell before i would think second one is gen (for example crown is much better on rep and also better looking overall imo) and i dont get why you all are anal about (second hand microscobic shorter than real etc..) its bloody GOOD looking watch, enjoy it The coronet looks much better on your dial Jo Jo ... you do have an amazing collectionof vintage pieces..!! Anal is one way to describe it... I would rather use "attention to detail" If we did not have members that had such a "perfectionist" attitude toward searching for the correct details... our standards of reps would be much lower and we would be accepting all the flaws that older reps had, thus bringing the quality of the rep to a level where you could actually spot it as a "fake" and not as a "replication".. there is a difference. when I first started collecting and wearing replications .. I was of the same mindset .. "no big deal" but as you evolve in this hobby your search for more accurate detail becomes acute ... to the point of modding genuine dials into your case set... etc. genuine crowns,, crystals.. and that is the affliction of this hobby to "get it correct" .. I think that is what keeps me from just going out and buying a genuine.. because with all the $$$$ spent on vintage parts I could surely just go out and purchase a new model ... but for me .. just buying it and wearing it has long since lost it's appeal..and it's something that I had a hand or wrist.. in creating... although without Ziggy's artistic vintage Lume it would not be worth looking at as much.. Let's face it, we don't buy these timepieces just to keep time.. it is a source of enjoyment and pride and "viewing".. I cannot count how many times during the day that I take a look at my Zigfried vintage timepiece..(not to tell time) or how many times I change it to another Zigfried timepiece.. i like to be fair with all of my "children" a hand that is the incorrect length would and does "kill it" for me.... "Distraction from the overall" mystique of the timepiece.. or the "Illusion" ... I'm not debating your statements .. just giving another perspective on what has been for me an "evolution in thinking" of this Hobby..... and being one of many (IMO) that is of the OCD... ... It is what it is........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcook Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Comparing the lug shape and the cg shape has to be done with the fact in mind that most of the gens got ground and polished over the last decades to achieve a nice surface during the service at rolex. IMO one can't say this or that CG shape is perfect - they all are in a certain way as the variety is far bigger than the three CG shapes mentioned above that came from rolex. Nobody knows who ground how much off of the genuine CGs. When building a vintage rolex rep one should be aware of the age of the watch. There are decent gen vintage subs and dwellers, but not perfect ones with perfect surface, perfect CGs or perfect bevels on the lugs... This watch is old, therefore it should have at least minor signs of wear. For my taste it is perfect when you think "Jeeezz this watch left its last service pretty well brushed up for how old and used it is..." I'd even say that the CG shape of the gen showed above is not as it left the rolex factory and was shaped that way during a service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Picture update if you can see in the Pics the CG's are now updated also Crown etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfran42 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Tribal, I love your pics. I am starting to realize the Rolex really does all kinds of variations to their CGs. Keep posts like this coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceberg1459 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvio Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Great comparisons Tribal. Vintage Rolex DOES have CG shape variation as they are hand finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Never seen this one before for some reason, Nice one tribal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) Yepp thanks. But this is an old thread Maybe 2008? Btw This is the one I regret selling Gen flat top Tropic gen Insert gen Tube gen Vintage Crown Flat three Datewheel Relumed Hands and dial All Mods done on the Case etc. AAAARGH Edited January 16, 2012 by Tribal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 @ Andy I think you have seen it in person at the GTG in Holland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ah but if you remember back then i wasnt not much of a rolex fan and as a confirmed fan of beer that would have been my first concern ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 haha yes that's true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) Yepp thanks. But this is an old thread Maybe 2008? Btw This is the one I regret selling Gen flat top Tropic gen Insert gen Tube gen Vintage Crown Flat three Datewheel Relumed Hands and dial All Mods done on the Case etc. AAAARGH Ups from 2006 That's vintage Edited January 16, 2012 by Tribal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 That's vintage ha ha oldtimer ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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