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Old 6 January 2014, 08:54 AM   #1
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any clue guys

been driving me crazy since 97
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Old 6 January 2014, 08:58 AM   #2
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This would be my guess... 1947 Midsize Oyster.

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Old 6 January 2014, 10:44 AM   #3
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Yeah it looks like a vintage radium lumed oyster.
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Old 6 January 2014, 03:29 PM   #4
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im losing all hope
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Old 6 January 2014, 04:46 PM   #5
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Could be anything...maybe not even a Rolex. Similar watch:

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Old 7 January 2014, 05:17 AM   #6
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Oh no - this again!
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Old 7 January 2014, 05:30 AM   #7
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Write/email his fanclub/agent/him...if he's a WIS, you might actually get a response.
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Old 7 January 2014, 05:46 AM   #8
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Old 7 January 2014, 07:20 AM   #9
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Old 7 January 2014, 08:44 AM   #10
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Old 7 January 2014, 09:58 AM   #11
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nope cant . someone knows
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Old 7 January 2014, 10:22 AM   #12
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Does this come up often?
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Old 7 January 2014, 11:38 AM   #13
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Doesn't look like a Rolex case. I'd start looking elsewhwere. Looks more like this:


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Old 7 January 2014, 12:02 PM   #14
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yes the case does not look like a rolex case.
if you look at where the lugs go it looks like a CWC but they dont have a 12 at the top and subdial at bottom
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Old 7 January 2014, 12:04 PM   #15
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on the real picture there is no logo just a name written straight across. i dont believe its a vintage but a watch made too look vintage
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Old 7 January 2014, 12:09 PM   #16
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see it looks like this watch but has the case shape of the cwc
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Old 7 January 2014, 12:17 PM   #17
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another similiar
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Old 7 January 2014, 12:34 PM   #18
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this could be it
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Old 7 January 2014, 04:05 PM   #19
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This thread is everywhere. LOL. Looks like the Omega posted above.
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Old 7 January 2014, 04:08 PM   #20
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This thread is everywhere. LOL. Looks like the Omega posted above.
yes its everywhere this is top priority lol
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Old 7 January 2014, 06:30 PM   #21
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It may be an oldie .........

...... or it could one of be many retro looking watches that started popping up 10 or 15 years back.

This one's a Longines Greenlander reissue - from a batch of 2000 watches Longines made in 2009 harking back to a style they first made back in the forties


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Old 8 January 2014, 01:06 AM   #22
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Does this come up often?
I saw it flogged to death on another forum.
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Old 8 January 2014, 01:07 AM   #23
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nope cant . someone knows
Yep, Mr. Joel.
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Old 8 January 2014, 05:18 AM   #24
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Hey, i have an idea...why dont you email Mr. Joal himself and ask him if you really must know the exact watch that he was wearing 17 years ago!
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Old 8 January 2014, 05:19 AM   #25
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yes its everywhere this is top priority lol
LOL

Don't worry... when I get obsessed about something it's non-stop... drives my wife crazy.

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Old 8 January 2014, 05:21 AM   #26
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