Servicing a Submariner 1680 - A lot of pictures!

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Hi TRF,

I started on the first non 3135 Rolex last week, a Submariner 1680 with caliber 1575. Pretty exciting to service some vintage!

It was pretty banged up and already polished a few times, I did the best I could to make it look somewhat good again and I am pretty happy with the result.









Funny that there is no 1575 stamped bridge available.





Fake center gear vs a genuine one, notice the difference in finishing.



Adjusting the endshake (the amount of space that a gear has between the two ruby bearings)



Regulating



Automatic module







Time to polish



















I hope you all enjoyed the pictures, I definitely enjoyed working on this watch