Pvd Sub

[Tony-GB]

Hi everyone

Saw this on a well known auction site: Item number: 350058835132

I try not to harvest negative thoughts, but when I saw this I just thought "WHY?!" It's like buying the Mona Lisa & drawing a moustache & glasses on her. The caseback looks appalling- like some bizarre action man watch.

Surely not a preferred choice among watch collectors...?

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Tony, I would agree with you 100 percent on this one (although it's a GMT II, not a Sub )!

At the end of the day, though, it all comes down to personal tastes and preferences.

One thing is for sure, however: RSC won't touch this modified Rolex. Or RSC watchmakers MIGHT agree to service it, but they'd bring it back to original specs, and it won't come cheap!

You can read more about the "Pro Hunter" series on bjsonline. There also exist "Pro-Hunter" SD's and Sub Dates, btw.

[seantk]

Originally Posted by SPACE-DWELLER

One thing is for sure, however: RSC won't touch this modified Rolex. Or they MIGHT, but they'd bring it back to original specs, and it won't come cheap!

Any good watchmaker can service it.

If I want a PVD watch I would get a Victorinox Dive Master 500 LE like Robert (Astcell) recently acquired. It was very nice

Sean

[Tony-GB]

Originally Posted by SPACE-DWELLER

Tony, I would agree with you 100 percent on this one (although it's a GMT II, not a Sub )!

At the end of the day, though, it all comes down to personal tastes and preferences.

One thing is for sure, however: RSC won't touch this modified Rolex. Or they MIGHT, but they'd bring it back to original specs, and it won't come cheap!

Thanks Bo. I agree with you, but what they have done with that timepiece really, really sheapens it IMO.

This listing is more interesting: Item number: 270237882014

[Tony-GB]

Originally Posted by Tony-GB

Thanks Bo. I agree with you, but what they have done with that timepiece really, really sheapens it IMO.

This listing is more interesting: Item number: 270237882014

OOPS!! I meant to type "cheapens"!!

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by Tony-GB

Thanks Bo. I agree with you, but what they have done with that timepiece really, really sheapens it IMO.

This listing is more interesting: Item number: 270237882014

Originally Posted by Tony-GB

OOPS!! I meant to type "cheapens"!!

Shame on you that you corrected that typo!

JJ would have loved pronouncing your original version!

[Tools]

I think the PVD treatment takes a fine up-scale watch and turns it into a Casio clone....

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[abrasive]

Originally Posted by Tony-GB

Thanks Bo. I agree with you, but what they have done with that timepiece really, really sheapens it IMO.

This listing is more interesting: Item number: 270237882014

Nice piece.

I love that it's shown on a bracelet, and says "no fixed bars." Ya think?

[mfer]

I say, let people do whatever they want to their own watch.

[abrasive]

My first impression was, "That's awful." But live and let live. You buy it, you can make it ugly, I guess.

That caseback engraving, though, is still awful.