1962 Rolex Oyster Date Birth Year watch - lost auction now offered second chance - Shill Bidder?

dsio · Jul 10, 2014

adam78
I have a fantastic 1962 all-original (well, except for the replacement rotor) "Thunderbird" 1625 Datejust....A few years ago I gave it to my father to wear (which he only does rarely, when I remind him, alas), but I get to put it on again when I visit.

I'm not really a fan of the two-tone Datejusts, but this one really just pops on the wrist.

So much better than the modern turn-o-graph, they just look like an awkward datejust compared to these old Thunderbirds

larryganz · Jul 10, 2014

Mark020
I'm not that sure that this is a 1962 watch. What is the serial and what does the caseback say?

Well, if I recall correctly the one that I was bidding on had an appropriate serial number in the 869,XXX range.

watchyouwant · Jul 10, 2014

the 859xxx should be very well in the 1962 numbers. for future searches try that one: http://vintagerolexforum.info/vrf/index3.html. kind regards. achim