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Old 31 March 2009, 09:01 PM   #1
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Wow, huge congrats That is in outstanding condition Especially the even patina.

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Old 31 March 2009, 09:07 PM   #2
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Very nice! Thanks for posting your photos

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Old 31 March 2009, 09:26 PM   #3
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Gorgeous, congratulations

Think I'd be a bit nervous about wearing it daily - such a rare beauty


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Old 31 March 2009, 09:54 PM   #4
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A simply amazing Red Sub John. Those pics are fantastic. Congrats and I know you will enjoy it.
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:06 AM   #5
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Absolutely gorgeous! What a looker!
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:09 AM   #6
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Loving the brown dial John. Real stunner. You are a lucky man!!!!!
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:12 AM   #7
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WOW Huge congrats, you are a very lucky man. It looks absolutely stunning, enjoy.
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:12 AM   #8
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Congrats, John. That is one incredible piece!
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:16 AM   #9
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John, wonderful looking meters first red sub.....

Wear it in the best of health!

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Old 1 April 2009, 12:21 AM   #10
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Stunning!

Do you have any before pics?
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:23 AM   #11
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John, it is gorgeous!!!!!
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:29 AM   #12
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John, Congrats on a beautiful watch and addition to your wrist!!!
Nothing feels better than a new toy!!!
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:52 AM   #13
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Thats a magnificent watch you got there. I'm happy and jealous at the same time!!! I really do wish that Rolex would re-intorduce some vintage models, most particularly this one.

Imagine? A gorgeous new black maxi dial, with red SUBMARINER letters, ceramic bezel, glidelock and PCL's?? i really do hope.
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:58 AM   #14
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Beauty of a refrence.. I love the red SUB.. Looks great
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Simply beautiful
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:59 AM   #16
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I want one. Would like to say thanks for posting, but now I am depressed. Great watch!
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Old 1 April 2009, 01:39 AM   #18
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Very nice photos, very nice watch, I too miss the acrylic sometimes. I do not miss polishing it once a week but they sure look cool…
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Watch and photography are of the same ilk - unsurpassable.
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Old 1 April 2009, 06:10 AM   #21
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Watch and photography are of the same ilk - unsurpassable.
Thanks,

I have one pic that is too big to post... It shows the grain of the silkscreen.

Maybe I'll cut the photo into pieces
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Many congrats John

That is a sweet, stunner of a watch!

Enjoy my friend

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gorgeous watch John! so you got a deep sea and an LV and the alaska project! which one will take a backseat to this beauty now?
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Old 1 April 2009, 01:37 PM   #24
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gorgeous watch John! so you got a deep sea and an LV and the alaska project! which one will take a backseat to this beauty now?
I try to rotate through fast enough to keep them all happy

My old standbys understand that a new watch may need a little more luving
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Well played John. Well played. Stunning!
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Old 1 April 2009, 07:29 AM   #26
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Old 1 April 2009, 07:41 AM   #28
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A sympathetic and careful refurb to what is simply "The Watch" - great stuff John.
One day...
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A sympathetic and careful refurb to what is simply "The Watch" - great stuff John.
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Thank you all...

And very well said dkpw I believe the 1680 is "The watch"

I think I'm going to play with jpeg res to trim this one high def shot down to 1 meg, then photobucket will upload... It will be about as big as that one Alaska pic I did a month or two ago...


BUT you can see the silkscreen imprint of the tritium lume material on the hour markers. I thought at first it was "pock marks" of decaying tritium lume when looking at a lower magnification, but at this resolution you can see the weave like a screen or mesh. Please disregard all the dust, I thought I had wiped the 1680 clean.

Back in a few

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