New buyer here, need some advice

[chasez]

Good morning all,

I have been in the market for a watch to honor my father who recently passed. I stumbled on an idea of purchasing a watch from his birth year (1960). The idea is to find one and pass it down to my son and so on and so forth. I have found this one, but as a new guy I am concerned I don’t know enough to determine if this is real or not. As I’m new, I cannot post links (being a new user) but it is on eBay from a seller called The Laughter Collection. If there is some way to provide the link I will do so. It is advertised as: 1960 Rolex 5500 Oyster Perpetual Explorer Dial Cal. 1520 + Jubilee Bracelet.

I suspect the bracelet was added after and is not the original, but as long as it’s Rolex I’m fine with that.

Now, I am less concerned about it looking vintage or original, rather, I prefer that it is a real Rolex. The dial, to me and through some research on this forum, appears to have been serviced and refinished. This has led to no “Swiss” markings of any kind on it. I did ask the seller to send pictures of the dial and I will try to attach them.

Any thoughts, education, or feedback is appreciated.

Chase