GMT 1675/16753 “Root-beer” - History Question

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Originally Posted by baumare

The chart I use comes from another Forum and says 1968 to 1974, but then again not a direct info from Rolex catalogue, just a research from collectors

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Thanks for the reply's gentlemen. I believe the year for introduction of the 7836 Oyster being 1967 is a couple of years early and that 1970 is closer to the actual introduction of these bracelets. As we all know, there is plenty of incorrect information on the internet and specialty web sites regarding Rolex, watches or anything else for that matter. If I placed an introduction date of 1970 for the 7836 on my web site, that would not necessarily make it correct - but for now, until I see something substantive, it appears to be correct for me. I know that on one of the web sites mentioned in another post here, some of the information found there came from the internet, other web sites and from other collectors to include me. Much of the information that us collectors take for granted comes from other collectors based on their experience.

The one thing everyone should realize regarding the 7836 Oyster and some of the other bracelets is that several of them are heavily counterfeited - with some of these being fairly well constructed.