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[wardhanayvish]

Hello Rolex Forum, let me please introduce myself, my name is Wisnu. I've registered myself, from 2022, but only as a reader. Thank you for tons of knowledge, and here is my first thread about my Rolex 1675, and the story behind it.

I know, I'm fascinated with vintage watches. My first vintage watch was when I was still in design school, a Seiko Bell Matic, that I bought from a friend (in not great condition) for around 35 USD. (it didn't last long until it broke down).

After graduating and starting my career in professional work, I bought myself a 1960s TIMEX, manual winding (32,5 mm, boy size, ref. 1157) for around 40 USD. It didn't last long until the watches broke too and stopped working. I took it to local watchmakers in Jakarta, but they just said, it's hard to find the broken parts and refused to repair it. (Around the 2018). So I do my research, studying, saving, and planning about my next wristwatch, but it must be a vintage timepiece.

Since I was a child, I heard about the Rolex watches. My dad had one, with blue and red color on its side. When I was a child, in the family restaurant and we waited for the food to come, ill always tempted to turn the bezel (I remember I borrowed it from him, just to turn the bezel). I never knew it was a GMT Master 1675, until around 2019, when I started to ask my dad, where the watch was. Because I didn't see him wearing it for around 10 years (since he retired). So he started to remember the watch and started searching around (He forgot where the last time, he kept it, from his retirement).

Long story short, after years of looking, searching, and trying to remember where the last time he kept the timepiece was, on the 30th December of 2020, he found it. The timepiece is kept in one of his briefcases, in the warehouse all the time. In the morning he found it, he woke me up, and I remember jumping out of my bed, getting out in a hurry from my room, and sitting down at our family table, and my dad said, "Here is the watch, you can continue to wear it. It's for you." I was so amazed at the watch, and the first time I saw it, I noticed the second hand was moving, the watch was still running, but the acrylic crystal was broken (only the surface), and missing the last bracelet (the last link of bracelet that connected to end link, where the bracelet code is stamped). So my father told me, that the watch was given by his father (my grandfather). The serial number is 309xxx, with Oyster Fold Bracelet, stamped 2 / 71.

It became my daily watch since (even with broken acrylic crystal, I wear it on my wedding day) Later, the watch was serviced, not polished and fully overhauled, and the acrylic was replaced, by a trusted local watchmaker.

I am sorry for the long post, that's my story of how I got into watches. Here are some pictures. Thank you Rolex Forum, thanks a lot for all the knowledge that was shared by all the members around the world.

[ZOOK]

Welcome to TRF

[Allanmodel]

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[Michael1968]

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[HL65]

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[1William]

Welcome.

[brandrea]

Welcome to the forum and love your 1675

[Urosfan]

welcome

[Gerry62]

Very nice and welcome