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I am lucky engouh to be able to enjoy a big pile of watches, some being collectible and these days, worth some money. Two of them do not leave the safe enough. Also, I'd like to try again to enjoy a modernish Rolex*. I set up a meeting next Friday with a local dealer who enjoys a good reputation; the guy has a regular flux of Rolex in his shop and we thought about doing a straight trade, my two collectibles against one Rolex. Price wise, I was thinking about a 14060 and a 16600. Ideally a 5113 or a 1016 could be nice but probably priced very much higher for a nice example so I am forgetting these two.
It will come down to the exact state of watches I will see (tritium patina, case, accessories) anyway but it would be nice to pick the collective brain here for answers to a few questions beforehand. I'm not really a Rolex expert, I know things but they are not my specialty.
- I understand the sea dweller 16600 is much more uncommon than the 14060?
- how different do they wear? the 16600 looks both heavier and thicker, but I like the shape and the cool engraving on the case back; I also find the case more sculpted, curved back, higher crystal. Probably unwearable on a NATO unlike the sub.
- does anybody tried an aftermarket sapphire with AR coating with it? Also, does a Rolex service crystal has internal AR these days? (imho it really should but who knows with these guys)
I must admit, the glare did bother me on my 16570...
I know @JwRosenthal tried a plexi on his 14060 and that is interesting... Tempting even.
- the 14060 may be easier to maintain long term? I'm not after 4000ft of WR for the SD but I wonder if the valve could be problematic concerning the WR.
- are there any important subvariants of the models I should be aware of ?
A thread without pictures is not worth looking at so I'm adding these from google to illustrate :
The kind of picture that tempts me: Mercedes tritium and not much bling.
* I had a Exp2 16570 luminova that I did not keep: nice case but the lume was horrible and I found the dial lifeless; also, GMT + cyclop + lots of lines on the dial is a bit much... so I'm looking at older, cleaner tritium 1990s models, to have some added charisma (not big on bright white indexes).
I am lucky engouh to be able to enjoy a big pile of watches, some being collectible and these days, worth some money. Two of them do not leave the safe enough. Also, I'd like to try again to enjoy a modernish Rolex*. I set up a meeting next Friday with a local dealer who enjoys a good reputation; the guy has a regular flux of Rolex in his shop and we thought about doing a straight trade, my two collectibles against one Rolex. Price wise, I was thinking about a 14060 and a 16600. Ideally a 5113 or a 1016 could be nice but probably priced very much higher for a nice example so I am forgetting these two.
It will come down to the exact state of watches I will see (tritium patina, case, accessories) anyway but it would be nice to pick the collective brain here for answers to a few questions beforehand. I'm not really a Rolex expert, I know things but they are not my specialty.
- I understand the sea dweller 16600 is much more uncommon than the 14060?
- how different do they wear? the 16600 looks both heavier and thicker, but I like the shape and the cool engraving on the case back; I also find the case more sculpted, curved back, higher crystal. Probably unwearable on a NATO unlike the sub.
- does anybody tried an aftermarket sapphire with AR coating with it? Also, does a Rolex service crystal has internal AR these days? (imho it really should but who knows with these guys)
I must admit, the glare did bother me on my 16570...
I know @JwRosenthal tried a plexi on his 14060 and that is interesting... Tempting even.
- the 14060 may be easier to maintain long term? I'm not after 4000ft of WR for the SD but I wonder if the valve could be problematic concerning the WR.
- are there any important subvariants of the models I should be aware of ?
A thread without pictures is not worth looking at so I'm adding these from google to illustrate :
The kind of picture that tempts me: Mercedes tritium and not much bling.
* I had a Exp2 16570 luminova that I did not keep: nice case but the lume was horrible and I found the dial lifeless; also, GMT + cyclop + lots of lines on the dial is a bit much... so I'm looking at older, cleaner tritium 1990s models, to have some added charisma (not big on bright white indexes).
