djulink Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Hi Gents ! For those of you interested in 50'Subs and their evolution, here are few shots borrowed from P. STAHL Instagram, about one of his recent acquisition : a beautiful military version of our beloved Ref. 6538. Take a look to that bezel, "prototype-lly" made to be even easier turning around in deep water missions for the MOD divers. Big crown, "german silver" Bezel and Red Depth dial... Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flex Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 super watch w/ original non-Mod refinished dial, correct radium hands..very good condition red triangle insert...prefer this dial configuration (more like 6200) than the burford redialed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Cordell Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Sublime ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_saint Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Stunnin'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbane883 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Yeah. Very cool. But I don't think that's the original bezel. The original ones were 2-piece construction; top half was " German silver" and bottom half was brass I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsandtigers Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 4 hours ago, dbane883 said: Yeah. Very cool. But I don't think that's the original bezel. The original ones were 2-piece construction; top half was " German silver" and bottom half was brass I believe. it's original if Stahl says so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam007 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 omg how dare you question Stahl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 There were two flavors of bezel for the A/6538, the two piece and the solid "German Silver". The photo above is from Mike Woods on TZ-UK several years ago: http://rwg.cc/index.php?/topic/126119-A-very-rare-mil-sub-indeed http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?144861-My-new-1957-Rolex-MilSub-a-big-crown-quot-James-Bond-quot-A-6538 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djulink Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 stahl has completed the story and notably compared with a Burford dial one: http://rolexpassionreport.com/20008/unique-rolex-a6538-uk-military-big-crown-submariner/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick1972 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 On 18-2-2016 at 10:25 PM, pam007 said: omg how dare you question Stahl. I know it's sarcasm He's finding all those great grail watches, like the Pan am Daytona, the white albino explorer, one of a kind A 6538..... Back in the days (not so long ago) he had a watch shop in Holland, Steiner! The all known Vintage Guru sold milsubs with Omega sword hands, so called fake Comex watches he bought on the bay for nothing and sold them for 10.000€, etc... You can read a lot more about him on the Dutch fora. I have a nice story from my personal experience with him. Avoid the vintage Guru/puppet player! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flex Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 hi Nick do you have the link to that forum? thsnks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/15/2016 at 7:10 AM, djulink said: Hey, I've seen that dial before... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 1 hour ago, ubiquitous said: Hey, I've seen that dial before... did the dark lord make that one for you? looks fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Yes, it is one of 'his' dials... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Yes, it is one of 'his' dials... I need to find a gen dial plate and try to get one done like this as much as I'd love to pry it off of your wrist, I have to say, great piece to forever keep in your collection!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Thank you sir; very much appreciated! Been following your BC builds; I see the 8mm crown bug has you in it's grasp as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 If you knew! I need to sit down for a few days and finish what's on my bench.... 6536/1, 2x6538, 6538A, 6541, 6542, 6239, 2x6263, 2x1665, 1680... And to top it off, just finished a 6152/1 that was 10 years on hold! I even explored my options of making a DRSD bezel mold and fill it with silver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam007 Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 7 hours ago, ubiquitous said: Hey, I've seen that dial before... Stunning. What a lovely build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Dreaming of these 369 dials and subs as well, stunning:) On the other topic, just yesterday was surprised to discover robertmaronwatches is a follower of tonnywatches. Edited February 23, 2016 by Nightwatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphillipe Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Dreaming of these 369 dials and subs as well, stunning:) On the other topic, just yesterday was surprised to discover robertmaronwatches is a follower of tonnywatches. And...... That's scary ....!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick1972 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 On 29-2-2016 at 3:30 PM, aphillipe said: And...... That's scary ....!! Not really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Here's my Frank 6538A Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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