Cheap Mil-sub anyone

[ben4watches]

Taken from a Sotheby's 2002 auction catalogue



Ah, those were the days

[Dave O'Sullivan]

Oh for a crystal ball...
It's even got the proper 18mm NATO too!

[IdiotAbroad]

Is that a Sea Dweller on the right? I thought this was the first one with cyclops?

Very conservative reserves in those days!

[proby24]

Very interesting indeed.

I think it shows just how vulnerable the high-end vintage market is to a correction. I wonder how those prices (assuming they went reasonably close to reserve prices) compared to a brand new Sub/SD etc. at the time.

[Troubled_Joe]

Very interesting indeed.

I think it shows just how vulnerable the high-end vintage market is to a correction. I wonder how those prices (assuming they went reasonably close to reserve prices) compared to a brand new Sub/SD etc. at the time.

I remember a sub date being around £2350 in 2002.


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[proby24]

I remember a sub date being around £2350 in 2002.


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Thanks Joe. Judging from the reserve prices it looks like these would have gone for around flat to a new model. Maybe even a discount!

[Troubled_Joe]

They were hard to come by too so trading at above list price.


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[nunya]

Is that a Sea Dweller on the right? I thought this was the first one with cyclops?

Very conservative reserves in those days!

Nope, that's the Submariner-Date, the Sea Dweller is in the centre

[toptime]

Nope, that's the Submariner-Date, the Sea Dweller is in the centre

How odd? It does look like 'sea-dweller' on the dial....... it also looks like the text below mentions seadweller??? With a Cyclops??????

[toptime]

And a gloss dial 666 for twice the price!!!

[watchlovr]

Yup, SD with a date bubble. Wrong crystal fitted I guess.

How odd? It does look like 'sea-dweller' on the dial....... it also looks like the text below mentions seadweller??? With a Cyclops??????

[toptime]

Yup, SD with a date bubble. Wrong crystal fitted I guess.

Even more interesting, if it's circa 1970 I'm guessing it must be a 1665 which would be a domed plastic crystal. A Cyclops fitted to a dome must have looked awful ?????

[stelmo01]

I'll take three please!

[Morning Wood]

I would have taken all three but without the diver's ISO certification I will need to pass.

[Loupe]

Will the bubble burst? I really don't think it will, the prices keep climbing.

[IdiotAbroad]

How odd? It does look like 'sea-dweller' on the dial....... it also looks like the text below mentions seadweller??? With a Cyclops??????

That's what I thought!

Very interesting nonetheless.

[Frakius]

Pretty significant increase in price on vintage pieces. Back in the 80s and 90s old rolexes were not worth much at all, The vintage market really has taken off. I guess if someone had been in the market for a Rolex back then a vintage one wouldn't have been something that many would have considered. I guess the question is will vintage continue to do well or if there's a bubble and that is a question only time will answer. Not that it affects me personally as I don't own any or can justify the cost :-)