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It’s an almost 70 year old watch , only a few hundred were made in 1954 and it is the first of the big crown submariners , it’s known as the ‘king sub ‘ and for many vintage rolex collectors it’s the...
Lol , no , just a sign his planning permission is finally about to come through 🔨🪚🧱🪛 ain’t cheap ….
Just top of the tree in terms of what it is ...
All original unrestored full spec
W10 caseback ( one of a handful w10 that have serial in back )
W10 and maxi , again one of only a handful with...
Probably one of the nicest examples I ever owned and sold many years ago to a good friend who was the vendor
I would dearly have liked to buy it back , I exceeded my mental limit of $400k by $20k...
Don’t frett , I know most of the owners of the top notch example 369 ( as half of them are my old watches ) the vast majority are worn in regular rotation , whilst i get why you’d think at First...
Not me this time !!
The devil is as always in the detail.... I stayed out of the bidding as a friend was interested in it , on the basis he would take a ‘punt’ ( an each way gamble ) that the mark...
There’s nowt as queer as folk
If I buy anything else this month the only thing I’ll be getting is a divorce :-(
It’s is odd though , almost all the auction houses are going the other way and heavily understating estimates ......
Crown 62 ? ... where do auctioneers make this stuff up from 🤦*♂️🤦*♂️🤦*♂️.....it’s known as a dot dot for obvious reasons
That’s a very big and bold estimate in these times !!!
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You know how it is mate ... never know when you might need one more !!
Yes I’m sure they could , and some do , but it’s a tricky one for them .. do they sell as is or do they start tinkering and if they do where does it end ? Do they present all the pieces in a sale as...
For those I promised an update to and some better photos .
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Yep , course I did , at that price it was a no brainer !
I’ve never had Seth do a bracelet for me , more because of geography than anything else ... but I have had Michael do a lot and a guy in USA ... michael is great at what he does ... but if you...
Most jewellers don’t know jack about restoring a bracelet for function , Ie. pulling links apart , re pinning etc but they know a lot more than most bracelet restorers about filling and working...
Don’t own a watch that I don’t wear 👍
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They are , it was a steal ... wrong month when all the euro dealers are totally switched off and on the beach , Maybe wrong venue , covid ....
The hard part on a bracelet is the links repair for function ... if it’s just polishing or marks a good working jeweller should be able to fill those marks and polish then to unnoticeable pretty...
The hands and bezel are original to the watch ( to the best of anyone’s knowledge ) .... the poster above got confused regarding the conversation on mwr ... that conversation was about a totally...
Serial number is all important here .... forget decomm papers they have Been faked to high heaven , and even original blank ones have been previously available , the service lists are nice but not...
Thanks Dave
A fellow collector has had three watches stolen in London .. sounds like he was targeted and they knew the value involved ... but that doesn’t necessarily mean they know how to cash out of them so...