Apparently a rare Oyster Perpetual

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My first post, and I will make it brief. I need to retrieve the rest of the box, orig band, papers, etc from my bank to add photos but I wanted to post a picture to start some discussion rolling.

This past Christmas I inherited my grandfathers Rolex. I just turned 27 and never even knew this watch existed. It was a gift to him from a coal mining company for his years of service after the war apparently.

If i am not mistaken the paperwork shows this was purchased in 1972, I will update with the info tomorrow. Anyhow, according to my local Rolex jeweler when I got it appraised for insurance, this is something that may be a smidge hard to find. All of the research I have done for this shows models in 18k, however, this one is 14k, both face and band.

It does not have the date, and is in my humble opinion absolutely beautiful as it is (I added a brown leather strap, the original band needs to be replaced.

Anyhow, how unique is this really? Also, my apologies for the lack of artistic photo, still playing with the new iPhone.