Whats this? Is it real?

[tonyp1]

It looks like it has a V72..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ROLEX-OYSTER-CHRONOGRA...1QQcmdZViewItem

Edited June 13, 2007 by tonyp1

[jfreeman420]

Doesn't look all original. If it was even in this condition it would be worth big $$$.

[elprimerozen]

I find it ugly...rep or gen.....

[alligoat]

It's not a V72. Before the V72, Rolex used a M-13 chronograph movement in early 6034's and maybe even the early 6234 and 6238's, but as I recall, it was similar to the V72 w/ the three dials- running seconds, 30 minute counter and the 12 hour counter. I've never seen the date at 6 on a rolex chronograph. If it's legitimate, my guess is it predates the 50's and I would figure it's from the 30's, but I'd have to see it in a reference book before I bid on it.

[tonyp1]

Scanned 95 pages of antiquorum couldnt find a exact match but lots of very similar watches in the 40s to 50s era.I don't think a rep manufacturer has ever copied that movement.

Edited June 13, 2007 by tonyp1

[alligoat]

The movement is old, make no doubt about that. But is it Rolex? Maybe someone added a Rolex bridge, repainted the dial (added the date numbers to the 6 o'clock subdial) and created an early Franken...

[alligoat]

Yep, Tony, I got thru 25 pages of Rolex chronographs on Antiquorum and it's a FAKE. Its a Franken where, as I suspected, someone has put a movement in a Rolex case and redone the 6 o'clock subdial to a date dial.