An interesting sale on VRF

[FxrAndy]

Experts have a look here

http://www.network54.com/Forum/207673/message/1340776982/F.S.%3B+Rolx+Submariner+1680

for me the crystal set the alarm bells ringing

[Nanuq]

Good catch! Not a 1680 case, and that looks like a cyclope 116 crystal from a Tudor 9411.

[freddy333]

I am not an expert on 1680s, but that crystal looks a bit like the cyclops version of the (non-cyclops) Tropic 19 (which has beveled sides) that I originally installed on my 5514

(later replaced with a NOS T19 dome when I converted it to a pre-Comex 5513)

[FxrAndy]

And the engravings between the lugs??

See the second post on vrf

[alligoat]

The engravings caught my eye and the flat area under the crown between the crown guards. But the cgs have the 1680 droop to them.

Certainly it's been re-engraved

585 end pieces are strange and non-spec springbars.

A put together watch- wonder if the seller got hosed on this one?

[janeto72]

oh...this is a franken of sorts a mismas of en and rep parts carefully crafted by someone that thinks they know what they are doing......what goes around will certainly come back around to haunt them......

[cjjoyce1]

Back side of the crown guards. . .way off

[panerai153]

That is definitely not a 1680 crystal. The cyclops is too far in like a Tudor cyystal . Maybe a 128? End links are wrong , I would bet this is not a Rolex case. The engraving doesn't look like Rolex fonts. Like someone said this is a made from parts watch. He should have put this one on Ebay, rather than the Vintage Rolex Market. There may be some over there who are blowhards, but there are a few that make a living buying/selling and trading vintage Rolex watches. you may fool one of them with some obscure subtle variation, but not a mish mash like this one!!