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ewilliams89 · 22 March 2016, 04:33 PM

Hello all, new to the forums, first post.

My fiance and I just picked up my first Rolex from BC Clark Jewelers here in Oklahoma City, our first and oldest jeweler in the state an AD.

We found a beautiful stainless and yellow gold 16013 Datejust and picked it up today, will be on my wrist for our wedding here in 3 weeks. They included a very nice croc skin leather band, but right now it is on the original 20mm Jubilee bracelet. It is an estate watch and was just serviced and runs beautifully, the jubilee however is very stretched. I would love to make it a daily wearer as is, but I'm afraid the original bracelet it rather delicate. What have most users done in terms of finding replacement bracelets? We got a great deal on the watch @ $1800+tax, I don't think I'm interested in a brand new replacement from Rolex, but would be happy to find a good condition bracelet.

Has anybody used the shop in Florida for restoration? I have read up on Michael Young in Hong Kong and he does great work, but the turn around is pretty substantial and I'm still pretty uneasy about sending it overseas. I've seen some nice looking non-replica/no crown jubilee lookalike bracelets on ebay in the $30-50 range that I would be curious to see about picking one up for daily use. It seems like a lot of folks on here get a little upset about non-Rolex parts on a watch.

Thoughts?

crowncollection · 22 March 2016, 05:45 PM

Email Michael Young he is the best a few hundred bucks and it's repaired like new.

http://classicwatchrepair.com/page5.html

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William.L. · 23 March 2016, 01:19 PM

Is the band wearable for the wedding?

22 March 2016, 04:33 PM	#1
ewilliams89 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1	My first Rolex - 16013 Datejust Hello all, new to the forums, first post. My fiance and I just picked up my first Rolex from BC Clark Jewelers here in Oklahoma City, our first and oldest jeweler in the state an AD. We found a beautiful stainless and yellow gold 16013 Datejust and picked it up today, will be on my wrist for our wedding here in 3 weeks. They included a very nice croc skin leather band, but right now it is on the original 20mm Jubilee bracelet. It is an estate watch and was just serviced and runs beautifully, the jubilee however is very stretched. I would love to make it a daily wearer as is, but I'm afraid the original bracelet it rather delicate. What have most users done in terms of finding replacement bracelets? We got a great deal on the watch @ $1800+tax, I don't think I'm interested in a brand new replacement from Rolex, but would be happy to find a good condition bracelet. Has anybody used the shop in Florida for restoration? I have read up on Michael Young in Hong Kong and he does great work, but the turn around is pretty substantial and I'm still pretty uneasy about sending it overseas. I've seen some nice looking non-replica/no crown jubilee lookalike bracelets on ebay in the $30-50 range that I would be curious to see about picking one up for daily use. It seems like a lot of folks on here get a little upset about non-Rolex parts on a watch. Thoughts?

22 March 2016, 05:45 PM	#2
crowncollection "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Real Name: David Location: australia Posts: 20,216	My first Rolex - 16013 Datejust Email Michael Young he is the best a few hundred bucks and it's repaired like new. http://classicwatchrepair.com/page5.html Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ watches many

23 March 2016, 01:19 PM	#3
William.L. "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Real Name: William Location: Belleville Mi Watch: 1675 & 16013 Posts: 619	Is the band wearable for the wedding? __________________ Omega Bumper Automatic Rolex Datejust 16013 TT Rolex GMT 1675/3 Tudor GMT Serti GMT

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