freddy333 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 This sold at auction (in Sweden) today for $284k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTEEL Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Indeed, I was following the auction too. Yet another entry into the Guinness World Record book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmj Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Wow! Amazing. What was the provenance of this piece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Bonkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted May 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Another oddity I have noticed is that a number of recent high dollar Newmans are anything but perfect specimens as they have 1 or more misaligned chrono hands. The sample in this thread is a typical example, with its center & hour chrono hands slightly to the left of their proper null positions. In fact, most of the Newmans in my archives have similarly imperfect smiles. The moral of all this is that having all of your chrono hands pointing exactly north is not something to neurose over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tomas415 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 It was an american that bought it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmj Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 It does look stunning however, I cannot fathom paying 284K for a watch even if I had the spare cash lying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 This is the Mayer dial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 This is the Mayer dial? No, this is the unassailably legitimate RCO dial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janeto72 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 HAHHAHA!!! All gen Daytona parts just went up in value...yippie!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 HAHHAHA!!! All gen Daytona parts just went up in value...yippie!!! Do you have to declare capital gains on your crowns and pushers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoam Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 WOW, that's hot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Damn man. My eyes deceive me! They look so similar? http://www.doubleredseadweller.com/mayerdial.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 What these and other sales typify to me is the insane amount of money floating around these days, folks buying Manhatten apartmemnts for 88 and now 90 million dollars, cars that sell for several million, The typical mortal just cannot inmagine that amount of money for some "object", but if you are a multi billionaire, this is nothing. Your third "trophy" wife probably spends that on hair, makeup and shoes every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Damn man. My eyes deceive me! They look so similar? Transpose two words on the dial to nearly double the selling price, and possibly get Kamal Choraria off your back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 No, this is the unassailably legitimate RCO dial. Is this the only known legit RCO dial in existance, or are there more out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Is this the only known legit RCO dial in existance, or are there more out there? I'm not sure. Based on what I've read in the past, there's more than one --all in black, I think-- but not a whole lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted May 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Damn man. My eyes deceive me! They look so similar? http://www.doubleredseadweller.com/mayerdial.html Close, but not the same. The fonts & spacing are slightly different. Is this the only known legit RCO dial in existance, or are there more out there? This is the 2nd gen ROC I have seen & I (& many others) have always questioned the authenticity of Mayer's dial. The dial in the auctioned watch ticks all the right (gen) boxes, Mayer's does not. Again, fonts & spacing are the salient issues. But, as always, just about anything is possible when it comes to vintage Rolex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielv2000 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 I just learned something. I also thought that the RCO and ROC were the same dials and that no 3 color dials existed with screw down pushers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsandtigers Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 RCO rare as [censored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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