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20 April 2012, 12:36 PM | #1 |
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Nice 1680 on Ebay
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20 April 2012, 12:40 PM | #2 |
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If I send it to RSC, is there a danger that they'd replace the bezel insert and polish the case? Because, you know, I wouldn't want to mess with its "all original" beauty.
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20 April 2012, 01:11 PM | #3 |
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The seconds hand looks a bit unusual to me.... wait a minute... there is no seconds hand.
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20 April 2012, 01:20 PM | #4 |
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New Old Stock to me
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20 April 2012, 02:34 PM | #5 |
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it just needs a lil buffing out
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20 April 2012, 02:41 PM | #6 |
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Old T-shirt and some elbow grease and it will look new (with patina of course....)
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20 April 2012, 02:49 PM | #7 |
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And if you like patina .......
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20 April 2012, 03:08 PM | #8 |
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lol do you have the link?
I want to see how much it goes for |
20 April 2012, 10:26 PM | #9 |
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20 April 2012, 10:48 PM | #10 |
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Can I lawnmower my Rolex?
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20 April 2012, 10:54 PM | #11 |
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20 April 2012, 11:04 PM | #12 |
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You never know what you'll dig up next with one of those metal detectors. One day old tin cans, the next an old Rolex
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21 April 2012, 12:03 AM | #13 |
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hmmm might not polish out...
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21 April 2012, 12:33 AM | #14 |
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Send it to Jocke
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21 April 2012, 12:36 AM | #15 |
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Nothing a Cape Cod can't take care of...................
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21 April 2012, 12:58 AM | #16 |
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Now there's a true tool watch.
Question is, did they use it as a hammer, or a jack hammer?
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21 April 2012, 01:26 AM | #17 |
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"Never been polished"
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21 April 2012, 01:44 AM | #18 |
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The real deal breaker for me is no papers.
(Let's see, "Does not work." So buyer would likely have to replace crystal, bezel, insert, crown, case, hands, dial, and - at best - overhaul the movement. In other words, the watch. Good deal.) |
21 April 2012, 01:56 AM | #19 |
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Does the dial match the hands?
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21 April 2012, 02:09 AM | #20 |
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Bob Ridley will take care of it ... In all seriousness I would love to get an expert restorer opinion on what it would cost (if its even worth it, I doubt ) to get her up and running again...
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21 April 2012, 02:43 AM | #21 |
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Is that a tropical dial with provance?
No, maybe it was on the Titanic |
21 April 2012, 04:10 AM | #22 |
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21 April 2012, 04:14 AM | #23 |
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21 April 2012, 04:52 AM | #24 |
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Ha ha ha. Steve please tell me you don't know this guy?
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21 April 2012, 04:58 AM | #25 | |
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22 April 2012, 10:01 AM | #26 |
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I have only seen one other example with that rare subterranean dial...
During the "Cold War" days, they were used by moles. Tom |
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22 April 2012, 10:52 AM | #28 |
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Rare, unpolished, all original
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