All this talk of patina begs the question.....

[Sav10001]

what did a brand new 1964 5513, 1970 5513, 1971 1665, or 1969 1675, etc etc etc look like the day it was made .... does anyone have any good quality original photos to share?

[traf]

Probably a lot like this:


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[Sav10001]

Originally Posted by traf

Probably a lot like this:


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assuming that's not a photo taken 45 years ago, whats the story?

[traf]

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[traf]

Service dial


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[traf]

Here's some more:









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[dysondiver]

some fresh looking watches ,,,

[Sav10001]

has anyone using this forum even seen a 1960s rolex in the 1960s??

[seattleal]

Originally Posted by Sav10001

has anyone using this forum even seen a 1960s rolex in the 1960s??

Here's what one looked like on my wrist 150ft underwater in 1965, two years after I bought it:

[g-boac]

Originally Posted by seattleal

Here's what one looked like on my wrist 150ft underwater in 1965, two years after I bought it:

so cool!! A gilt PCG on a dive! Can you share a bit about what you were doing on that dive and what the board you were holding was about? Do you still have the watch?

[seattleal]

Originally Posted by g-boac

so cool!! A gilt PCG on a dive! Can you share a bit about what you were doing on that dive and what the board you were holding was about? Do you still have the watch?

To my great regret, I no longer have that watch or the red 1680 I'm wearing in my avatar pic.

In the summers of 1964/65 I worked part-time as a diver in support of a project developing electronic oceanographic instrumentation. This pic was taken about 20 miles off Panama City, FL at one of three stations where we had strings of peanut floats at various depths to investigate rates and types of biological fouling that might affect those newly developed instruments. The top line on the board is the date, the second line indicates which particular float this one is. I was paid $50 a day, which was a lot of money then, and this work helped put me through graduate school.

[sennheiserz]

Originally Posted by seattleal

Here's what one looked like on my wrist 150ft underwater in 1965, two years after I bought it:

Such a cool shot! Those old pieces look so flat across the wrist.


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[dukerules]

Originally Posted by seattleal

Here's what one looked like on my wrist 150ft underwater in 1965, two years after I bought it:

Great pic

[traf]

Even if they did, would they remember ...


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[MonBK]

Originally Posted by Sav10001

has anyone using this forum even seen a 1960s rolex in the 1960s??

Yes, plenty.

Originally Posted by traf

Even if they did, would they remember ...


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I remember them all!

[Robert Cross]

Originally Posted by traf

Even if they did, would they remember ...
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I resemble that remar.....

It's hard enough trying to figure out what I need to forget...to make room for what I want to remember.... if you can remember the 60's, you weren't there.

Bob

[waspy1]

I'll have a dig around. I saw a 1967 rolex sales brochure in my watch guys shop recently and the lume on the sports models were not white. Almost a green tinge similar to how they seem now if in good condition. Sure it wasn't just the colours in the pics ageing as the rest of the paper showed normal white. To think they were bright white from day 1 is incorrect.


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[waspy1]

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[waspy1]

Note also the lack of fat font inserts


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[Vincent65]

A 'new old stock' 1665:

[Vincent65]

Marbles still intact! ^

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by Vincent65

Marbles still intact! ^

Most of them.

[LunetteVerde]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Most of them.

LOLLLL!


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[Vincent65]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Most of them.

I didn't even lose mine; they were stolen! Really.

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by Vincent65

I didn't even lose mine; they were stolen! Really.

Do tell.

[Vincent65]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Do tell.

Heart-broken school kid. Whole 'set' nicked, including purpose-made bag, crafted by the hand of my dear mother (RIP).

Bastard took my marbles!

[Vincent65]

Yeah, sorry OP - got side-tracked.

You saw the 1665 I posted, right? I'd think that's a fairly close time-capsule.

Are you chasing after a NOS watch, then? Or just curious?

[Sav10001]

Originally Posted by Vincent65

Yeah, sorry OP - got side-tracked.

You saw the 1665 I posted, right? I'd think that's a fairly close time-capsule.

Are you chasing after a NOS watch, then? Or just curious?

hadn't considered NOS, until now. Yes i'm very curious about the original colours. Thanks for the images.

[Vincent65]

Originally Posted by Sav10001

hadn't considered NOS, until now. Yes i'm very curious about the original colours. Thanks for the images.

Pleasure - good luck with the NOS!