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Old 23 September 2016, 09:59 PM   #1
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Help me identify my Rolex

ive got this one from my grandpa and i cant find any info about it so i wonder whats it model and whats it was made also price
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Old 23 September 2016, 10:01 PM   #2
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Why have you dotted out the model number?
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Old 23 September 2016, 10:06 PM   #3
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this one the sn without dot
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Old 23 September 2016, 10:19 PM   #4
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this one the sn without dot
Can't read it!
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Old 23 September 2016, 10:31 PM   #5
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this might be helpful
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Old 23 September 2016, 10:17 PM   #6
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I believe it is called the "Submarine".
NOT Submariner.
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Old 23 September 2016, 10:17 PM   #7
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Dial looks redone or replaced.
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Old 23 September 2016, 10:51 PM   #8
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That does not look like a Rolex model number!
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Old 23 September 2016, 10:57 PM   #9
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That does not look like a Rolex model number!
Early watches did not have reference number.
That is a case serial number.
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Old 23 September 2016, 11:04 PM   #10
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Early watches did not have reference number.
That is a cas serial number.
So it's a 1938 watch?
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Old 24 September 2016, 12:24 AM   #11
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So it's a 1938 watch?
No, watch came out in 1922.

Google Rolex Hermetic watch, 1922, to learn more about it.
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Old 24 September 2016, 07:24 PM   #12
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Why have you dotted out the model number?
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So it's a 1938 watch?
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Old 23 September 2016, 11:03 PM   #13
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Here is an example found on internet.
Difficult to Google since submarine is so close to submariner.
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Here is an example found on internet.
Difficult to Google since submarine is so close to submariner.
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Old 24 September 2016, 04:43 PM   #15
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ive got this one from my grandpa and i cant find any info about it so i wonder whats it model and whats it was made also price


It's Rolex submarine, most did not have the name printed in the dial. It's was Rolexes first attempt at a waterproof watch. These were sold to the old British empire particularly Singapore, Burma, India as in the humidity watches rusted in months and dials were damaged by water/humidity ingress constantly.

It came in silver, and yellow gold 9 ct, 14ct like yours and its rarest in 18ct case. The design was superseded as the waterproof crown invented and was more practice and long lasting. As the case was opened to wind it daily the soft metals used wore out the threads and the design failed. It's an interesting piece of Rolex history and quite rare. Not sure your dial is original but I can't be sure You don't see many of these around.. Here's my engine turned steel dial version.






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like the idea ,,, nice as a curiosity
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