Vintage?

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not sure if what I'm looking for would be classed as vintage,would love my first Rolex to be one without the number indices surrounds,I love the look of well aged lume,so was wondering what would be a good model number to start with,would I just be as well buying the last model before they introduced the surrounds or would I be better with an earlier model,I understand prices can be a lot highter for Red subs etc but as it's my first, my only criteria is great looking lune,and a watch I don't need to baby too much,cheers for any help.