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13 August 2014, 01:37 AM
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Jubilee Bracelt Stretch
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I am being pressed to make a quick decision on whether to make a purchase of a 1968 GMT 1675. It comes with a Jubilee bracelet and hopefully the pic will come out below. Simple question - is the level of stretch acceptable ? Regards Mick |
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13 August 2014, 01:59 AM
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Looks fine to me.
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13 August 2014, 02:05 AM
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Works for me too. Wear it on the snug side, perform a regular cleaning regimen, and it will look that way for years.
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13 August 2014, 02:14 AM
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Looks good to me.
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13 August 2014, 02:19 AM
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Absolutely acceptable. In fact it looks so good I wonder if it's original to the watch?
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13 August 2014, 02:43 AM
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For a 1968 watch it's splendid.
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13 August 2014, 02:50 AM
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Looks great, a lot of life left in that bracelet
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13 August 2014, 02:52 AM
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Jubilee band is much more flexible than the Oyster, which is why it is so comfortable.
As the others have said, that band looks fine... 
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13 August 2014, 02:55 AM
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I've seen much much worse, love the GMT on the jubilee!
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13 August 2014, 03:01 AM
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that old yes, and if it wasnt that old, still yes
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13 August 2014, 03:31 AM
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I've seen a 2004 watch with about the same amount of stretch. I classed that as bad but for the age of your watch this is very surprising. Especially as I think this is an oval link jubilee which is prone to more stretch.
This will wear fine on the wrist providing you can get it to fit it quite snug. I wouldn't buy without a rehaul on anything worse because it tends to sit a bit sideways on the wrist. |
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13 August 2014, 03:42 AM
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Yes that is fine. That is less than most
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13 August 2014, 03:44 AM
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not bad at all
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13 August 2014, 04:17 AM
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Also if you don't like the stretch then u can send it to Michael Young. I just got mine back today. Here is a pic of the before and after
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13 August 2014, 07:45 AM
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13 August 2014, 07:53 AM
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13 August 2014, 08:50 AM
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This is acceptable stretch I think.
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13 August 2014, 08:52 AM
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Looks OK
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13 August 2014, 09:24 AM
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Rolex don't make oval link jubilee bracelets anymore, it does indeed look like it has the slightly more peaked D links so it must have had a bracelet swap at some point. |
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13 August 2014, 09:36 AM
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As far as a jubilee band goes, yours is in great shape. I would grade it at 80% which is awesome...
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13 August 2014, 10:14 AM
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That ain't bad....
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13 August 2014, 10:28 AM
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it is fine imho and it is indeed d link
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13 August 2014, 10:31 AM
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Looks great
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13 August 2014, 11:20 AM
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Works well for me
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15 August 2014, 06:04 AM
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15 August 2014, 12:17 PM
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Not bad and for a couple $100 you can have Michael Young make it like new
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15 August 2014, 12:19 PM
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That bracelet has barely hit puberty.
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