tonyp1 Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) It looks like it has a V72.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ROLEX-OYSTER-CHRONOGRA...1QQcmdZViewItem Edited June 13, 2007 by tonyp1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfreeman420 Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Doesn't look all original. If it was even in this condition it would be worth big $$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elprimerozen Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 I find it ugly...rep or gen..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyp1 Posted June 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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