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Old 1 April 2009, 12:06 AM   #31
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Absolutely gorgeous! What a looker!
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:09 AM   #32
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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   #33
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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   #34
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Congrats, John. That is one incredible piece!
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:16 AM   #35
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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   #36
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Stunning!

Do you have any before pics?
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:23 AM   #37
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John, it is gorgeous!!!!!
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Old 1 April 2009, 12:29 AM   #38
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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   #39
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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   #40
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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   #42
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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, 01:21 AM   #43
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Old 1 April 2009, 01:24 AM   #44
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I hope i look that good when i hit 40! Congrats on a job well done John. She's an absolute stunner. Can't wait to see some pics with the bracelet on. That is gonna be a hard watch to prise off your wrist.

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I know, I was thinking of going in for a light polish myself
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Old 1 April 2009, 01:39 AM   #45
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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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Old 1 April 2009, 01:46 AM   #46
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Congrats.
I'm starting to look at vintage pieces and my goal is one from my birth year 1969
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Old 1 April 2009, 01:48 AM   #47
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There are times in this hobby when it all just falls together.

John, not only do you have a stunning example of the heritage that is Rolex, but being a I/69 one of the earlist examples out there.

What an amazing score my friend!! My most heartfelt congrats on one of the truly special examples of collecting at "the next level".

Well done!!!!
A huge thank you goes out to TRF and Mike If it were not for Anastasios, Mailman, Springer, Steve, Orchi, Spark, your and many others of The Rolex Forums help and advice on this particular watch I would NOT have it. I would have passed it by...

I knew the red 1680 was worth something if it were real, but my limited knowledge of vintage would have prevented my purchase as I was aware of fakes of this model and dial.

Some have requested before photos, here are photos I shot when I found this watch, these are the photos I posted months ago when I requested mentors opinions on authenticity.






















Again thank you ALL

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Old 1 April 2009, 01:51 AM   #48
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Watch and photography are of the same ilk - unsurpassable.
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Old 1 April 2009, 02:57 AM   #50
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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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Well played John. Well played. Stunning!
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Old 1 April 2009, 06:10 AM   #52
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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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Old 1 April 2009, 06:51 AM   #53
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Many congrats John

That is a sweet, stunner of a watch!

Enjoy my friend

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Old 1 April 2009, 07:50 AM   #58
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A sympathetic and careful refurb to what is simply "The Watch" - great stuff John.
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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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Old 1 April 2009, 01:37 PM   #60
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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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