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Old 21 July 2018, 09:15 PM   #31
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Looks perfect, congrats!
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Wow! Lovely! Is the dial original? I've seen some with the white gold around the markers and some with just lume markers? Bit confused but absolutely lovely!!

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Thanks guys. yes everything original and the dial is absolutely blind, but indoors with artificial light the patina on both markers and hands look awesome.
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Old 21 July 2018, 09:16 PM   #32
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Looks fantastic Flav, a big congratulations
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Old 21 July 2018, 09:17 PM   #33
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Looks fantastic Flav, a big congratulations
Thank you, Tim. I'm really happy my friend.
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Old 21 July 2018, 09:28 PM   #34
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EPIC, great pics!
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Old 21 July 2018, 09:31 PM   #35
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Great set! Congrats Flavio
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Old 21 July 2018, 09:36 PM   #36
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Old 21 July 2018, 09:50 PM   #37
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Congrats, I saw one of these yesterday as well...I was super impressed, might need to add one to the collection. Enjoy and wear it in the best of health!
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Old 21 July 2018, 09:52 PM   #38
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Congrats Flavio! As long as you are fully aware this is not a sub then I'm happy for you, mate.
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Old 21 July 2018, 09:52 PM   #39
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Wow, beautiful GMT congratulations my friend.
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Old 21 July 2018, 09:54 PM   #40
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Beautiful. Congratulations on finding a great one.


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Old 21 July 2018, 10:02 PM   #41
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Congrats, I saw one of these yesterday as well...I was super impressed, might need to add one to the collection. Enjoy and wear it in the best of health!
Thanks my friend.

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Congrats Flavio! As long as you are fully aware this is not a sub then I'm happy for you, mate.
Are you sure? Damn.. Thanks a lot buddy.

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Wow, beautiful GMT congratulations my friend.
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Beautiful. Congratulations on finding a great one.
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Old 21 July 2018, 10:20 PM   #42
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Old 21 July 2018, 10:22 PM   #43
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Beautiful watch !! Congratulations
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Old 21 July 2018, 10:25 PM   #44
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Congrats Flavio, enjoy your new GMT!



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Old 21 July 2018, 10:55 PM   #45
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Old 21 July 2018, 11:02 PM   #46
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Very nice. Enjoy it in good health.
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Old 21 July 2018, 11:05 PM   #47
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Wow, outstanding find. Huge congrats!
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Old 21 July 2018, 11:07 PM   #48
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Beautiful. These are looking more vintage as the years go by...I suppose we all are too!


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Old 21 July 2018, 11:10 PM   #49
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Beautiful. These are looking more vintage as the years go by...I suppose we all are too!
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Old 21 July 2018, 11:10 PM   #50
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Gentlemen, please excuse me for posting a five digit GMT here but I didn't know what to do and I'll try to explain. This is a E51xx serial 16710 from 1991, so I know this is not truly vintage according to forum standards, but I thought our friends in the main board are more worried about new basel releases, supply, availability etc, and I thought I'd just bother everyone with this incoming. Of course I'd get a lot of positive answers as people are really kind there and in TRF in general but I'd like to talk about things that are more suited here, and with 27yrs of life and a very beautiful patina I thought it would be welcome here.

Well, as I said this is my first GMT. I talked about this watch for more than a year with the original owner, a very kind gentleman who I know from work, and today we closed a deal that was good for both of us.

The watch is in beautiful original condition and a very complete set. Apart from the tag, everything we would expect is here. Inner and outer box, papers, links, booklets, and also the original invoice from Mayors, and even the salesman business card. There's a Mayors card as well and this is very interesting because apparently Mayors was ahead of its time and they offered a plastic card with the watch serial number along with the certificate, and the card looks like the modern ones that Rolex offers, but this was many years before Rolex moved from folded papers to cards.

Overall the watch is perfect and keeping great time. Of course there are scratches and this is obvious but no ding or deep scratch and I'll keep it that way. I'll fly next week to have it serviced by my trusted watchmaker in Rio but I'll ask no polishing at all and I thank the forum for the acquired taste and knowledge. The insert is beautiful as well with a light red that looks lovely. The patina on the dial and hands is very noticeable, albeit hard to be captured in pics with my crappy phone, and even if look uneven in this poor pic, in person they are perfect and really beautiful.

So this is it gentlemen. Thank you for reading and thanks for letting me post in this board. It's an honor for me to share my happiness here.


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Old 21 July 2018, 11:14 PM   #51
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You've got a winner there--great condition.
Thanks my friend. I'm really happy
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Old 21 July 2018, 11:25 PM   #52
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Old 22 July 2018, 12:30 AM   #53
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Old 22 July 2018, 12:34 AM   #54
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Yesterday evening at the Jays game
Love it. Beautiful watch.
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Old 22 July 2018, 12:40 AM   #55
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Congrats! Beautiful GMT
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Old 22 July 2018, 01:00 AM   #56
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Old 22 July 2018, 01:07 AM   #57
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Fantastic choice there, Flavio. Big congrats!
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Old 22 July 2018, 01:22 AM   #58
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Fantastic choice there, Flavio. Big congrats!
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Old 22 July 2018, 01:38 AM   #59
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Very nice, Flavio. Congrats, my friend.

Of course you can post your incoming here. I would much rather read that than some of the other threads that seem to be dominating TRF these days...
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Old 22 July 2018, 01:50 AM   #60
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Congratulations OP ! That's a beautiful watch !

Here's mine, also a full set and from 1991, with factory jubilee.



Who cares if it is not considered vintage. Tritium and lug holes is as classic as it gets !
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