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Tony-GB · 16 May 2008, 08:58 PM

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 · 16 May 2008, 09:00 PM

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 · 16 May 2008, 09:04 PM

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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 · 16 May 2008, 09:05 PM

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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 · 16 May 2008, 09:06 PM

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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 · 16 May 2008, 10:35 PM

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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

Quote:

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 · 17 May 2008, 12:45 AM

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

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Trurolexer · 17 May 2008, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Tools

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

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Agree.

Tony-GB · 17 May 2008, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Tools

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

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LOL!!!

mfer · 17 May 2008, 01:53 AM

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

abrasive · 17 May 2008, 02:18 AM

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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?

abrasive · 17 May 2008, 02:21 AM

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.

16 May 2008, 08:58 PM	#1
Tony-GB "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Real Name: Tony Location: Oxfordshire, UK Watch: 116680 & 116622 Posts: 3,953	Pvd Sub 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...? __________________ "...why oh why, didn't I take the blue pill...?" http://www.helenanddouglas.org.uk/ www.cheetah.org

16 May 2008, 09:00 PM	#2
SPACE-DWELLER "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Real Name: Bo Location: Denmark Watch: Rolex, of course! Posts: 22,436	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. __________________ With kind regards, Bo LocTite 221: The Taming Of The Screw...

17 May 2008, 12:45 AM	#7
Tools TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: May 2007 Real Name: Larry Location: Mojave Desert Watch: GMT's Posts: 43,514	I think the PVD treatment takes a fine up-scale watch and turns it into a Casio clone.... ................... __________________ (Chill ... It's just a watch Forum.....) NAWCC Member

17 May 2008, 01:53 AM	#10
mfer "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Real Name: Mik Location: USA Posts: 13,724	I say, let people do whatever they want to their own watch. __________________ member#3242

17 May 2008, 02:21 AM	#12
abrasive "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UT, US Posts: 118	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.

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