M5Man Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Wow, these have skyrocketed in price! I have one that I have never mounted, bought it about 1.5 years ago. I just looked at ebay to see 2 - one current bid at $315 and one buy it now for $550! Im thinking I should sell it to pay for another watch or maybe some mods to my MBW - what do you guys think? Or should I just put it on my MBW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takashi Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Sell it and make good money! I have seen Clark's crystal and seriously having a hard time telling the difference. I agree gen Rolex tropic has this diamond shine under bright sunlight but the Clark one is also very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 I'm certainly not an expert but his is what you get for 60 dollars and the difference is hard to tell sell the gen T39 and put a clarks in. Carpe Diem Cats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takashi Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Agree with Cats, totally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Man Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Ok then - onto the block she goes! If anyone here is interested i'll give RWG'ers first crack before I put it on EBay. I'll get some pics later on today to put up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 I stopped bidding on one @280.00 it sold for 450.00 .. ordered a clark.. it doesn't make any sense to me to go that route.. after all is said and done the timepiece will still be a rep... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Same thing on a NOS bezel insert...I dropped out at $300...bracelets for 1680s and 1665s going for over 1K...Original mods for MBWs are getting prohibitive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Same thing on a NOS bezel insert...I dropped out at $300...bracelets for 1680s and 1665s going for over 1K...Original mods for MBWs are getting prohibitive Agree !! when I took a reality check I reasoned that the cost are outwieghing the end result ... the end result being to "Mod" the MBW .. I'm not even going for a genuine bezel.. I'm sticking with the Wholesale outlet variety .. although it's not 100% it will do for my purpose.. which is not to "pass" it off as a genuine.. but to have a "replication" that I'll be happy with.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Man Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 (edited) Wow! $480 now with 3 hours remaining! I'm gonna sell it for sure and fund my next watch or maybe even two! SOLD! $480 http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-Rolex-Tropic-39-SU...1QQcmdZViewItem Crazy! Edited May 19, 2008 by M5Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 hmmmmm, maybe it's time to sell some of mine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thinking the same thing.. I've got two and theya re now worth far more than the watch I'd fit them too. Does anyone have a link to the clarks ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Yup, time to sell probably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 i thought the clark crystal was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 It certainly is a fine crystal. There's a way to tell visually that it's not gen but remembering the state of the art even 2 years ago, it's a beautiful piece. Remember you couldn't even GET a 1665 or 1680 a few years back... Now if only there was a super voluptuous dome like that for a "Bond" Sub... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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