pwygant Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 It seems many collectors are now offering various versions of the 6538, 5508, etc. I don't know too much about the vintage Bond history, but I have read most of the articles on our board. It seems among our little club, that the 6538 is the model reference that closest refer to/known as the typical Bond. However, after checking out Nanuqs gens... or not... and other... it seems most of the 6538 are not red around the pearl area? Am I going blind? //Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Probably not. Here is Connery's Sub from Goldfinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 check this link for some old sub history. 6538 with red on bezel... http://www.bjsonline.com/watches/articles/0018_1.shtml <snip> Surprisingly, the ref. 6538 kept the same model reference. 1957-1961. The new ref. 6538 Submariner had a heavier case, bezel markings for the first 15 minutes, and a red triangle at the 12 position. It had a larger Triplelock style crown.... <snip> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwygant Posted August 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 check this link for some old sub history. 6538 with red on bezel...http://www.bjsonline.com/watches/articles/0018_1.shtml<snip> Surprisingly, the ref. 6538 kept the same model reference. 1957-1961. The new ref. 6538 Submariner had a heavier case, bezel markings for the first 15 minutes, and a red triangle at the 12 position. It had a larger Triplelock style crown.... <snip>Great Read... I educated myself... I guess I'll buy one as well... Strangely enough, there are people that swear up and down that red is a must and others swear that red was ONLY on the Milgauss, others swear the minutes chapter on the bezel insert had tic marks from 0-15 and others swear there should never be tic marks from 0-15. I just bought a 1675 GMT that has a dial that was supposedly never made, and then a photo came up over on VRF that shows my watch with a genuine dial like mine.The only rule of thumb with vintage Rolex is, there ARE no rules of thumb. Almost anything goes/went.Thanks for the feedback... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 yeah it seems that there werent very accurate records kept of what they were building back then. There was a LOT of experimenting going on in these early years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 WOW could you imagine? yikes! as long as i can have the box of the later "Comex" parts then I'll be happy, you can have the old "James Bond" parts LOL You got that right... it's like they had boxes of dials and inserts and crowns and backs, and just.............assembled them. Too bad we can't come across a few of those boxes now, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcoast68 Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Strangely enough, there are people that swear up and down that red is a must and others swear that red was ONLY on the Milgauss, others swear the minutes chapter on the bezel insert had tic marks from 0-15 and others swear there should never be tic marks from 0-15. I just bought a 1675 GMT that has a dial that was supposedly never made, and then a photo came up over on VRF that shows my watch with a genuine dial like mine. The only rule of thumb with vintage Rolex is, there ARE no rules of thumb. Almost anything goes/went. Funny you mention your GMT Nanuq, I was just looking at your pics and thought "Aha, his GMT has the same dial as mine". Up to this point, I had only seen one other GMT with the dial like ours, and that was in John Brozek's book on Rolex replicas. I really need to get up some good pics of that to share, maybe tonight I'll take some pics. Thanks, I was thinking that my GMT had a refinished dial on it, now I feel that I am in real good company . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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