Comex Submariner or the Military Sub Ref. 5513

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Larry S

·Dec 21, 2019·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

watchknut

Aren’t those watches in the initial posts fakes? They look like total garbage...

Milsub in a dirt road second...

Interesting ... what gives you the warnings? For me the engravings are unseen so suspect. Mill sub Sb 5517.

 

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watchknut

·Dec 21, 2019

Larry S

Interesting ... what gives you the warnings? For me the engravings are unseen so suspect. Mill sub Sb 5517.

The hands on the milsub look fake or relume.

The case on the Comex looks like total crap.

Could be wrong

 

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hmss007

·Dec 21, 2019

Milsub all the way

 

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janice&fred

·Dec 21, 2019

donashby

Milsub for me too, I am not in love with extra things printed on dials, Comex, Tiffany or whatever....

me neither. I mean who wants to wear a watch named after a cleanser or porn star?

 

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Dr. Green

·Dec 24, 2019

Definitely 5517

 

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Denarius

·Jan 2, 2020

For original watches this question is not really relevant anymore, back in 2015 when originally posted prices were a closer together, now, a fully correct MilSub will out price a Comex by almost 6 figures.

Having an original SBS Submariner in excellent original condition really is like finding the Ark!!

 

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watchlovr

·Jan 2, 2020

Denarius

For original watches this question is not really relevant anymore, back in 2015 when originally posted prices were a closer together, now, a fully correct MilSub will out price a Comex by almost 6 figures.

Not sure you ate correct there.
Surely 1665 Comex, (like my own posted above), are around the dame value?

 

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Denarius

·Jan 2, 2020

watchlovr

Not sure you ate correct there.
Surely 1665 Comex, (like my own posted above), are around the dame value?

The conversation has been around the 5517 Sub but I meant to say in my above post the 1665 SD would be worth a lot more than the Sub Comex.

Two equally condition watches and provenance (MilSub & 1665 Comex) side by side at auction I would say the Milsub would get higher bids but that's just my opinion, 1665 is a very rare watch and commands a huge price, the Milsub though is uber rare hens teeth with the highest military connections.

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Jan 2, 2020

On the subject of Rolex diving watches
60 years ago, January 23 1960 Lt Don Walsh and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard dove to the deepest point on Earth's seabed...
Piccard had attached a Rolex Deep Sea Special watch on the outside rails of their blimp-shaped batyscaphe "Trieste" and after 9 hours this special Rolex DSS N°3 watch functioned flawlessly to & from a depth of 10911 m ...
Although Piccard had been testing Rolex Submariner watches since 1954, in daily life he enjoyed a Rolex GMT-master wristwatch.
Here's a rarely seen picture of Jacques Piccard with his wife and son Bertrand in 1960... He and his wife wore a Rolex wristwatch 👍
More at: https://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive
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vacheroyale

·Jan 9, 2020

definitely the comex it's a conversation piece...but the first one is more balanced and elegant. the word comex in a way looks like a label added on, and take away the flagrance of the vintage dial