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Anyone regret selling your Polar/White 16570?

ecarpino
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Yes, the hands are also tritium. Many Explorer II guides state that for tritium dials that have patina, the lume on the hands should not match, but instead be white. This advice may or may not be accurate in 100% of dials, but it seems widely repeated.

For Speedmasters we accept that the lume on the hands is often different due to hands coming from different lume batches and being raised off the dials. But we expect hands to darken, or even be darker than the dials. I don't know why these Rolex hands are supposed to remain much whiter than the dial patina. Hopefully someone with more knowledge will jump in.

Ps. This watch is a 1989 'L', with a 1990 bracelet sold in 1991. This makes me happy having a first year of production watch. Can't explain why but it does.
It was the same for my 16610 from 1991, hands and dial had a different patina, probably coming from different batches as you mention 馃榾

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How do you find the 93150 bracelet? After some months of wearing I felt it very cheap on my wrist and I decided to sell my Sub for a modern 214270..
 
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It was the same for my 16610 from 1991, hands and dial had a different patina, probably coming from different batches as you mention 馃榾

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How do you find the 93150 bracelet? After some months of wearing I felt it very cheap on my wrist and I decided to sell my Sub for a modern 214270..

I just picked it up this morning so don't have much wear experience. I can say now that it feels light, secure, not rattlely, and appears well finished. Mine has folded end links, which I like as they lighter and do not add to the overall length.

When you say it felt very cheap, I assume you meant not well constructed, which might mean flimsy or unrefined. That's not my impression thus far. In fact, I prefer vintage bracelets for their lightness. My favorite bracelet is the Omega 1039 because of the stretch links and lightness. This 93150 feels more robustly built than the 1039. I like the taper on this 93150 and the folds seem to follow my 7.25 inch wrist well. The flip lock is an extravagant luxury as compared to vintage Omegas. Obviously I am biased as it's a recent purchase and I am in the honeymoon period, but I don't have any negative comments on the bracelet this far.

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Picture time. Pretty nice. I didn't realize it has the 93150 bracelet with fliplock and extension, which was an option. It has the correct year code.

Pictures are a bit overexposed and didn't capture the bright whiteness of the dial. The so-called porcelain effect is beautiful and reminds me of my Hamilton PW. The case has never seen a polish wheel.

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The lume color is 馃グ. Looking forward to wrist time with this.
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It鈥檚 about time you got a real watch instead of all that nickle and dime junk. Glad you listened to me.
 
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Mine was recently serviced by Phillip Ridley, It's getting a lot more wrist time since. I have the original Oyster bracelet but, prefer the comfort of a nice Jubilee when I have it on my wrist.
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I can't imagine ever parting with it and that will be my kids decision hopefully much later on. 馃憤
 
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love my Staib mesh with divers-extension: more comfortable than the original....

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P.s. I made a deal. Pictures to follow after it gets serviced.

Congrats! That's a beautiful example. 馃槑

Obviously a little late the party on this thread, since you already pulled the trigger and bought one. But I will say that I've tried to sell my 16570 (also a polar dial) a few times over the last year and a half and everytime I get it out of the box/safe to photograph and post it for sale....I can't bring myself to do it. haha. It's such a great watch. Not super flashy and doesn't have the rich history behind it like a Sub or Speedy. But it wears nice and comfortable on the wrist and has a great colorway for casual outfits/events. It's not a 'favorite' in my collection, but I can't imagine not having it.
 
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Currently hesitating to sell my polar but I know I'd regret it... That's a watch to keep !
 
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Gahhhh F**** U Fratillo.
Everyone needs to just keep this on the down low!!!! Just give me another year or 2.
 
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Any consensus if it is possible to have matching hands/dial with pumpkiny patina on the early 90s 16570. I too, have read that they shouldn't, but you do see some examples that make you wonder.
 
Jones in LA
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First, to be clear, I have not sold my Polar White...though when prices were a bit higher than they are right now, I was tempted to part with it in order to buy a different watch. But I hung on to it. It's the only Rolex I own that I wear regularly and I'm glad I still have it.

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I thought I'd contribute to the knowledge base here on the forum by bringing up an interesting fact about my particular Polar White. As you can see in the photo, the dial is marked for tritium lume. When I first purchased this watch (about six years ago) I was surprised that there was appreciable luminosity on the dial in the dark. That didn't make sense because 20-year old tritium-infused paint would glow very, very faintly at best. The complete lack of patination of the hour markers was also puzzling. So I got the idea in my head that this must be a service dial because it was obvious that the hands and markers had modern lume rather than tritium-infused paint.

Then I stumbled onto online discussions about Rolex watches and Tritinova. I'll let the reader do the Google searching to find out more, but it turns out that sometime in or around 1998, some number of watches in the U-serial range were manufactured with tritium text on the dial, but actually lumed with modern Luminova. These included Submariners, Daytonas, GMTs, and Explorer IIs. The period of time that this was done may have been as short as a few months.

All that being said, I can tell you that my watch's luminosity is seriously underwhelming, which I attribute to it being made in the earliest days of Luminova.
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Selling? No. I love my first one so much as it was the first rolex to catch my eye that I doubled down. i have even considered another black dial explorer 2 as I my first dive into rolex was an black dial explorer 2 off ebay :whipped:::facepalm1:: but back then there was no sales tax collected on evilbay
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I just picked it up this morning so don't have much wear experience. I can say now that it feels light, secure, not rattlely, and appears well finished. Mine has folded end links, which I like as they lighter and do not add to the overall length.

When you say it felt very cheap, I assume you meant not well constructed, which might mean flimsy or unrefined. That's not my impression thus far. In fact, I prefer vintage bracelets for their lightness. My favorite bracelet is the Omega 1039 because of the stretch links and lightness. This 93150 feels more robustly built than the 1039. I like the taper on this 93150 and the folds seem to follow my 7.25 inch wrist well. The flip lock is an extravagant luxury as compared to vintage Omegas. Obviously I am biased as it's a recent purchase and I am in the honeymoon period, but I don't have any negative comments on the bracelet this far.

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Great post and congratulations on the finale! Love the aged lume on these.

I still think about this one sold several years back.
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I bought a polar 16570 for $4100, wore it for a couple years, liked it a lot, then the Silver Snoopy Speedmaster came along and I figured I didn't need multiple white dial watches and I'd probably not wear that Rolex much anymore so like a complete idiot I sold it. I've regretted that sale for years, and like many others, one of the few Rolex's I would consider buying (again). Congratulations pdx on your purchase.
 
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Regret and I miss it a lot! I had to sell my Polar cause I really wanted funds for a 1675. Not that many Rolex Sports model with a white dial apart from the Daytona and Milgauss, Polar is just such a lowkey watch thats suited for every occasion. Now I have to think twice before jumping in the pool, never had to with a 5 digit Rolex
 
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