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·Hey gang;
So very pleasantly I was surprised by the following "I didn't know I needed that!" book this Christmas:
But then this evening looking through it with a good cup of cafe au lait reminded me of this (not my video, just the best I've stumbled across on pieces where Rolex made all components except the case):
A sample pic (again, not my watch, just an example):
Basically I know/understand that in some instances, especially postwar as the above example seems to be, tariff/duty/taxes on some things like PMs could be very high, and thus the watches were essentially ordered sans case and then added by a local maker.
With my new book I find these once again intriguing me, especially as Silver & co seem to have encountered so many rare ones over the years (if anyone else has the book, the low 100s pgs under 'Early vintage are mostly where I'm at) - anyone know of special hallmarks to look out for, or be wary of? Best way to 'authenticate' one, if it is even fully possible? Heck, any other books I should 'need'? 😁
*As for the book, to anyone who might debate it, it is a wonderful visual resource, but scant on information to an extreme in many instances. At times it almost seems more like what in a sense it is; a catalog. But again, the visual references along can be invaluable to a vintage collector - please note, dial originality appears unmentioned in general, which I find somewhat odd, but that's just my two cents. .
So very pleasantly I was surprised by the following "I didn't know I needed that!" book this Christmas:
But then this evening looking through it with a good cup of cafe au lait reminded me of this (not my video, just the best I've stumbled across on pieces where Rolex made all components except the case):
A sample pic (again, not my watch, just an example):
Basically I know/understand that in some instances, especially postwar as the above example seems to be, tariff/duty/taxes on some things like PMs could be very high, and thus the watches were essentially ordered sans case and then added by a local maker.
With my new book I find these once again intriguing me, especially as Silver & co seem to have encountered so many rare ones over the years (if anyone else has the book, the low 100s pgs under 'Early vintage are mostly where I'm at) - anyone know of special hallmarks to look out for, or be wary of? Best way to 'authenticate' one, if it is even fully possible? Heck, any other books I should 'need'? 😁
*As for the book, to anyone who might debate it, it is a wonderful visual resource, but scant on information to an extreme in many instances. At times it almost seems more like what in a sense it is; a catalog. But again, the visual references along can be invaluable to a vintage collector - please note, dial originality appears unmentioned in general, which I find somewhat odd, but that's just my two cents. .
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