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My MBW 1680


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Received my 1680 white yesterday purchased from another form and I'm pretty excited about this one. This one came with gen crown and insert which Is a good start to my planned mods. My first mod was to oil the bracelet and remove the 2 lines from the 91350 thumbnail clasp to make it more period correct. Been a long time since I owned one and I'm glad to have another<br />DC348C6C-9292-4D80-A075-F857935A893B-804<br />5072591D-183D-4729-A79E-E85CA163CEFC-804

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Looks like it's on to trimming the cgs and drilling the lugholes- looking good so far. That gen insert is nice- beats that flat MBW pearl!

All that alligoat. :) I'm thinking maybe this a newer MBW, it is engraved POLEX 1680 seems I remember my original MBW having 5513 but it was a RED so im not really sure. Still going to be nice none the less when completed.

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Yep, the old MBW 1680s had 5513 and an L341,xxx SN. And the red dial is 26.2mm as opposed to the 26.5mm dial for a gen 1680 or a good aftermarket dial. You have the white MBW dial which is considered pretty decent.

The old MBW cases were copied from a late model 5513- the 5513 was in production until the late 80's.

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@alli my serial # is L342007 . @ Dutch I regretted selling mine as well ! I had to have another. I was going to go the Ingod dial route but from what I've read it's a PITA. I have a cartel 1680 with a very nice flat top 3 date disc that I'm hoping to swap. The numbers should line up centered correct ? My 1680 came with a Clark's crystal, I have a gen 127 from many years ago that I'm planing on swapping as well. The gen crystal I have is the service bevel type, I wish I could find a decent top hat like I use to have. Do you think there is a noticeable difference between the Clark's and Gen?

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@alli my serial # is L342007 . @ Dutch I regretted selling mine as well ! I had to have another. I was going to go the Ingod dial route but from what I've read it's a PITA. I have a cartel 1680 with a very nice flat top 3 date disc that I'm hoping to swap. The numbers should line up centered correct ? My 1680 came with a Clark's crystal, I have a gen 127 from many years ago that I'm planing on swapping as well. The gen crystal I have is the service bevel type, I wish I could find a decent top hat like I use to have. Do you think there is a noticeable difference between the Clark's and Gen?

 

Having done the conversion from MBW dial to gen size dial, yes, it is a pain in the ass. But if you have access to a lathe it would be pretty easy. 

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Your MBW dial looked like a MkII- I look at the L in Rolex- MKI the L is centered under the crown and a MKII is to the left.

My gen 1680 is a MKII from late 1978

 

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The cartel date wheel overlay may sit slightly to the left of the date window- some people have had fits with this. It's too bad because it's a better DWO than the MBW one

I've seen the L342,xxx SNs also- just a later model since it says Polex 1680 as opposed to the 5513 on the early ones

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Also was was wondering if anybody has ever seen a Rolex box like the one it came with . I was assuming it was a service box but I've never ran across one like it and I believe it's to nice for a service box. Pictured here with my 1675.<br />57F78E26-0553-4829-BFEF-6AD9AF5D0BF5-102<br />2F42A219-2273-4C78-8DCA-C2390E77F41E-102

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