I've found what I think is a nice 1655.......

[Jamwill79]

All very interesting and I agree with this whole polishing topic being quite tricky. Nevertheless, the piece I've found looks very pleasing to the eye in person. My bad pictures certainly do it no favours! Once I have it back in my possession and it's had a nice clean, I'll pop some better ones up.

Regarding the pictures I posted of the case numbers, how were these actually applied? It seems some are punched in and some are engraved (badly) As I said above, some if the numbers on mine look dreadful!! No issues there do you think?

Thanks again everyone.

[springer]

Originally Posted by Jamwill79

All very interesting and I agree with this whole polishing topic being quite tricky. Nevertheless, the piece I've found looks very pleasing to the eye in person. My bad pictures certainly do it no favours! Once I have it back in my possession and it's had a nice clean, I'll pop some better ones up.

Regarding the pictures I posted of the case numbers, how were these actually applied? It seems some are punched in and some are engraved (badly) As I said above, some if the numbers on mine look dreadful!! No issues there do you think?

Thanks again everyone.

The engravings are fine - the wonky results of the engravings are from the use of a pantograph engraver which Rolex used for engravings during the era that this watch was manufactured.

Read all about pantograph engravers here:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pantograph...=v342-1&ia=web

[Jamwill79]

Well I went and fetched the watch today and this evening I took it apart, gave it a nice clean and sized it. It's absolutely lovely and I'm chuffed to be wearing it.

I also took some better shots, but only on my phone. Weirdly, it looks more worn in the flesh, but you get an idea of condition. The dial, hands and date wheel etc are in such good condition.

[jedione65]

Originally Posted by Jamwill79

Well I went and fetched the watch today and this evening I took it apart, gave it a nice clean and sized it. It's absolutely lovely and I'm chuffed to be wearing it.

I also took some better shots, but only on my phone. Weirdly, it looks more worn in the flesh, but you get an idea of condition. The dial, hands and date wheel etc are in such good condition.

That Rolex crown sure looks a bit wonky from that era, although I'm not expert on these explorers but enjoy regardless. I also wanted one of these at one point but they are way too expensive now and that dial certainly is funky.

I also recently acquired vintage 5513 sub which I'm wearing right now and really all legit in the most amazing condition that I got for a steal compared to most dealer prices these days.

[Dan S]

Originally Posted by jedione65

That Rolex crown sure looks a bit wonky from that era, although I'm not expert on these explorers but enjoy regardless. I also wanted one of these at one point but they are way too expensive now and that dial certainly is funky.

I also recently acquired vintage 5513 sub which I'm wearing right now and really all legit in the most amazing condition that I got for a steal compared to most dealer prices these days.

By "crown," I supposer you mean to say "coronet." You may want to do some research on dial variants before commenting.

If you want to show your 5513, I'm sure members would love to see it ... in your own separate thread.

[jedione65]

Originally Posted by Dan S

By "crown," I supposer you mean to say "coronet." You may want to do some research on dial variants before commenting.

If you want to show your 5513, I'm sure members would love to see it ... in your own separate thread.

Yes, I mean coronet. I stand corrected.