Discussion of Rolex Watches.
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koda240
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by koda240 » Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:15 pm
In passing with our photographer he mentioned to me that he's shooting some watches for a client. Naturally that peaked my interest so I asked for more info.
He's shooting over 80 watches at a guy's house that are all vintage rolex. He said many are extremely rare and north of $250K. All of these owned by the same dude here in Paradise Valley. I asked him to send me a sneak peak. He only sent one so far, but once he discusses details on sharing the photos with the client he'll send me more. I figured this group would like to see. I don't know what this one is, but it looks great.
I'll post more if/when I get them.
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by Nomadz » Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:17 pm
Cool !! That's some crappy strap on that nice old Rolex.
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by BSears » Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:51 pm
Damn. This should be very interesting. Wonder why the guy is hiring a professional photographer. Planning a big sell off, maybe?
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by Knome » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:03 pm
That is an interesting dial on a Rolex...
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by 4pfrench » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:14 pm
have Darin and Vern impound them all
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koda240
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by koda240 » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:26 pm
BSears wrote:Damn. This should be very interesting. Wonder why the guy is hiring a professional photographer. Planning a big sell off, maybe?
Not sure but I'm working on details more out PC curiosity than anything. I'd like to see his collection. I even told the photog to let me be his "assistant" for a day. No dice. Haha
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by marchone » Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:05 pm
What is that? A prototype Explorer?
only accurate watches are interesting
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by dshap » Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:14 pm
marchone wrote:What is that? A prototype Explorer?
It's probably from the 40s or 50s, before Rolex introduced the sport model lines (Explorer, GMT, Sub, etc) that we're all used to. I don't know anything about early Rolex
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by JBZ » Fri Apr 18, 2014 4:50 am
Not sure either. Almost looks like a turnograph precursor.
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by belligero » Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:04 am
rockmastermike wrote:bubble back? I like the bezel.
Yes, bubbleback. Not sure what reference number this one would be — maybe 3599?
Cool watches for sure, though.
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by andrema » Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:24 am
I believe that is a Ref Ref. 3796 from the 1950's. It may be a special dial made for Mappin & Webb.
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by andrema » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:07 am
Any update on this one?
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by polaco23 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:17 pm
I'd love to see more of this collection. Fingers crossed
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koda240
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by koda240 » Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:27 am
No updates yet. I'll ping the photographer today and see if he can get me more.
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by JP Chestnut » Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:32 am
JBZ wrote:Not sure either. Almost looks like a turnograph precursor.
That's what I was thinking as well.
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