Vintage catalogue scans?

[jlovda]

Make this a "sticky." Wonderful information! Thanks.

[topcat30093]

I have recently discovered my passion for Day Dates.
And the reproduction of the price lists and information.
By Lee took me straight back to my early 20's when I used to read and re-read them.
Blast from the past.

[miamiclay]

1M thanks to Lee, Darkner, & Styles!

Lee had posted the ‘72 price list before, and using it, the TRF hive-mind could determine that on the Day-Date, Rolex offered both the buckle and the hidden clasp President bracelets together from at least 1972 through 1994. (Link to that thread is here - https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=934537)

If requests are still acceptable, I’d love to see just the DD price lists for any (or all!) years through 2000. The photos are fun, but the price lists could answer a lot of basic questions about what was offered when, for which no public info is out there.

[toomuchtalk]

great thread

[TuRo]

Originally Posted by miamiclay

1M thanks to Lee, Darkner, & Styles!

Lee had posted the ‘72 price list before, and using it, the TRF hive-mind could determine that on the Day-Date, Rolex offered both the buckle and the hidden clasp President bracelets together from at least 1972 through 1994. (Link to that thread is here - https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=934537)

If requests are still acceptable, I’d love to see just the DD price lists for any (or all!) years through 2000. The photos are fun, but the price lists could answer a lot of basic questions about what was offered when, for which no public info is out there.

I've got 30 linear feet of old price lists catalogues etc 1953-2015 in a safe/bank vault in the city of London, and a very few 70s 80s 90s at home....so you are looking for 50-99 then, pls confirm ? - BTW years ago I, (tongue-in-cheek, offered Dan a plane ticket to come over and sort them out...they are in NO FLIPPING ORDER... ? I'll have a look at what's at home....

[southtexas]

Fascinating images. A few oddities I noticed:

No lug holes on that sub?


Odd shape on the triangle of that small hand?


GMT insert- is that where the fakers got the idea for the “hooked 2”?



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[Straphanger]

Thank you for this treasure trove of information.

[TuRo]

Originally Posted by miamiclay

1M thanks to Lee, Darkner, & Styles!

Lee had posted the ‘72 price list before, and using it, the TRF hive-mind could determine that on the Day-Date, Rolex offered both the buckle and the hidden clasp President bracelets together from at least 1972 through 1994. (Link to that thread is here - https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=934537)

If requests are still acceptable, I’d love to see just the DD price lists for any (or all!) years through 2000. The photos are fun, but the price lists could answer a lot of basic questions about what was offered when, for which no public info is out there.

Here we are MC.

To supplement Lee's/Darkner/Styles' et al rather excellent earlier catalogues/price lists ... DayDate pages of prices of some early 80s to early 90s brochures I had kicking about at home.

One day I’ll catalogue the whole shebang I have, bookending
1953-99.

The date of publication btw is bottom page of brochure and underneath price list.

Prices are in Uk sterling but Rolex had price parity in this period of circa +/- 5% to US, so just use a website £ to $ converter at time for year in question, into see approx US price for year in question.

Here's a website here
https://fxtop.com/en/historical-currency-converter.php

[Incroyable12]

Does anyone have the dealer catalogs for the 5 digit series?

[TuRo]

Originally Posted by Incroyable12

Does anyone have the dealer catalogs for the 5 digit series?

Yes a couple of hundred catologues for 5 digits in storage vault in City of London and a few at TuRo Towers..... Most in storage as I mentioned above, as they take up a lot of space.

I have a 1993, 1991, 1989, 1985, 1986 and 1981 five digits UK brochures and price lists.

What watch(es) photo and it's price(s) do you want from those 6 year periods.

[miamiclay]

Thanks 1M, Paul!

There’s all sorts of basic DD info I’d like to assemble - Dates for Tridors and the bark/Florentine/Morelli decorations, when the different gem set 181xx and 183xx models were offered, etc.

[Pete17]

Thanks Lee &Co for the pics, much appreciated!


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[Incroyable12]

Originally Posted by TuRo

Yes a couple of hundred catologues for 5 digits in storage vault in City of London and a few at TuRo Towers..... Most in storage as I mentioned above, as they take up a lot of space.

I have a 1993, 1991, 1989, 1985, 1986 and 1981 five digits UK brochures and price lists.

What watch(es) photo and it's price(s) do you want from those 6 year periods.

Would love to see the dial options for the late '80s/early '90s 5 digit Day-Dates if that's possible.

[lee fowler]

As previously mentioned I have most catalogues going back to 1951. If anyone wants any info please ask.

[TuRo]

Originally Posted by Incroyable12

Would love to see the dial options for the late '80s/early '90s 5 digit Day-Dates if that's possible.

Pleasure. Here’s 9 photos - first 3 1989, 2nd 3 early 1991 3rd 3 late 1992.

[Incroyable12]

It's interesting that the platinum Day-Date is always listed as POA.

Were platinum prices that variable in those days or was it a special order watch?

[miamiclay]

Originally Posted by Incroyable12

Would love to see the dial options for the late '80s/early '90s 5 digit Day-Dates if that's possible.

This would indeed be great - Ideally all the 5-digit DDs, from ‘77-‘99.

Some generous TRFers have posted images like this one below, but they are rarely dated, and they often lump together dials from the 70s and 80s through the post-‘99 6-digit DDs.

I *assume* that at least from ‘77 into the 90s (maybe even through 1999?), Rolex provided an illustration of the available DD dials in their printed AD sales materials for each year. Each year, some dials would be dropped and others added. If so, it would be very useful to know which dials were offered when, and on which references, if that info is disclosed. (E.g., it’s been claimed that Tridors from the factory were only offered with three dials - Silver, champagne and salmon.)
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[1William]

Good information.

[Incroyable12]

Originally Posted by miamiclay

This would indeed be great - Ideally all the 5-digit DDs, from ‘77-‘99.

Some generous TRFers have posted images like this one below, but they are rarely dated, and they often lump together dials from the 70s and 80s through the post-‘99 6-digit DDs.

I *assume* that at least from ‘77 into the 90s (maybe even through 1999?), Rolex provided an illustration of the available DD dials in their printed AD sales materials for each year. Each year, some dials would be dropped and others added. If so, it would be very useful to know which dials were offered when, and on which references, if that info is disclosed. (E.g., it’s been claimed that Tridors from the factory were only offered with three dials - Silver, champagne and salmon.)
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Some of these dials are quite mysterious.

For example the full baguette MOP/salmon/blue ones are rarely seen even though they are factory. Also they don't list the early 5 digit non-minute track full baguette dials even though they also existed as factory options.

[miamiclay]

Originally Posted by Incroyable12

Some of these dials are quite mysterious.

For example the full baguette MOP/salmon/blue ones are rarely seen even though they are factory. Also they don't list the early 5 digit non-minute track full baguette dials even though they also existed as factory options.

This is pretty much why I am hoping that there were printed, paper dial option sheets before 2000!

You are absolutely right about the odd inclusions and exclusions in these. Presumably these screenshot dial images are of whatever was available at that particular time, and even then I’m not sure that they include, e.g., all the Masterpiece/Crown Collection dials. I saw one of these images with a no-markers Cacholong dial, which I have never seen anywhere else, neither in pics nor irl.