34mm Family Group Portrait

[jmb]

Here are a couple pics of my current crop of 34mm watches. One is in surgery and not shown and I have a couple of sub-34mm examples as well. The silver dial Air-King has the most gen parts with only the ETA movement and hands not being gen. The black dial Air-King is a total rep that I transplanted from a 36mm case into a 34mm. It has been fun building them.

From left to right startig with back row:

Tudor Two-Tone Prince Oysterdate

Tudor No-Date with a dial I'm beginning to believe is pre-1950

Tudor Ranger

Tudor Prince Oysterdate

Front Row:

Rolex Air-King

Rolex Oyster Perpetual

Rolex Air-King

[ubiquitous]

jmb- King of the 34mm coronet and shield!

[Brightight]

Beautiful!

[slickdick]

Nice little family you got going there

[freddy333]

[lhooq]

Love, love, love them all. Great variety, too!

[FxrAndy]

Nice little collection you have there J

[redwatch]

Super J! You've got one for each day of the week and each one has a unique look and story behind it! As LHOOQ said, you've got a nice little family there!

Thanks for obliging my request to snap a group shot!

[jmb]

Red, no problem. I didn't realize I had so many of 'em, no wonder I have been raising wife.gov's eyebrows lately! The two-tone and the black dial Air-King will probably need to find another place to live but I can't bear to think about parting with any of the others!

[dv_indian]

Nice collection! 34mm is my preferred size too. It's difficult to find anything good in that size.

[krpster]

Great collection jmb. A little small (watch size not collection ) for me but I still like 'em.

[rolexmaniac88]

Nice collection you got there JMB! PM me if you'd like to part with that Black Air King, i might be interested.

[lhooq]

Nice collection you got there JMB! PM me if you'd like to part with that Black Air King, i might be interested.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news.

[Watchmeister]

Great collection.

[rolexmaniac88]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news.

That's allright! Next time i guess!

[jmb]

Yes, maniac, it didn't last long. The two-tone Prince Oysterdate would look good on ya!

[sly]

Let me also know when you want to unload the Tudor Prince Oysterdate. I want one bad as my wife has the genuine ladies Princess.

[jmb]

Sly, small world! My wife also has a gen vintage two-tone Princess Oysterdate!

[dluddy]

Nice group

Who says Size Matters

[Jkay]

Red, no problem. I didn't realize I had so many of 'em, no wonder I have been raising wife.gov's eyebrows lately!

I did exactly the same thing .. when that "how much is your rep collection worth in GEN dollars" thread was posted last month, I suddenly realized I have 12 reps .. I had NO IDEA!!

[jmb]

...I suddenly realized I have 12 reps .. I had NO IDEA!!

Damn, you just prompted me to do a count and I'm back up to 24!!! I understand why I get the "eye" sometimes... I have been trying to thin the herd lately, and have sold about 4-5 over the last month, but some of them I can't stand to put up for sale even though I will probably never wear them again.

[Ronin]

Nice collection.

[alligoat]

Nice collection, JB!

I'd love to see a close up of the last two- the OP and the AK w/ the silver dial.

That OP looks like a silver dial fading to beige- common in those old Rolexes.

[jmb]

Here ya go, M:

Please overlook the sharpening job on the hands...

[alligoat]

Thanks JB, I ran across the AK earlier today in my catch up reading! The OP looks good too!

here's an op date with the silver turned to beige dial, c. 1966, on the left, of course