1680 Rep or Gen

[tonyp1]

 

This 1680 has a large crown very similar in size to the reps sold years back..

 

Is this just the incorrect crown?

 

This dealer is selling several gen vintage rolex in the $20,000+ range.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tribal]

Looks Gen to me!

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[tonyp1]

Ok but what about the large crown? Did some early 1680s have larger crowns than later models?

 

 

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[Nanuq]

An early 1680 should have the 702 crown like this (sorry for the dent), it's visually narrower than the 703 crown that came on later models.  Even so, a 703 won't look nearly as big as what's in your photos.

 

[automatico]

Here is one like it, item number 111812 on Bob's Watches...

https://www.bobswatches.com/vintage-rolex-submariner-ref-1680-black.html

 

Otoh it looks just like the crown on my Abay 1680.  Ha!

 

[alligoat]

Not only does the crown look too big, the crown guards are too short and stubby.

Bob's watch looks fine if you look at the second picture- crown is ok and cgs are correct. First pic is screwed up- don't know why. Also one of Bob's other pics from the side shows the correct cg droop- this is a tell on 1680 cases.

The dial on the OPs 1680 looks ok, but I'm not sure about the cgs and crown