Personally, I am a fan of this particular reference with the quickset date and engine turned bezel. The black dial commands a somewhat higher price than the more common silver.
Looking at the bezel, lugs, and bracelet, it appears to have been aggressively polished on a buffing wheel. This doesn't affect value as much as it would on a Sub or GMT-Master, but it could affect your enjoyment of the watch, so that's a personal decision for you to make. The bracelet appears to have 19 links, which is fairly short.
Yes, the fine features of the bezel are smoothed, the edges of the lugs also, and the tips of the lugs are thinned (especially the bottom lugs). They also polished the bracelet, if you look at the edges of the links.
Just something to be aware of.
I like black dial vintage datejusts (especially 4 digit but also 5) so I get the appeal. I do think a nice matte black vintage datejust has a great look and they’re one of my favourite watches. However, the case here is over polished for my liking, even though as Dan says, the DJ’s can carry a polish better than a professional case.
The bracelet also looks fairly stretched and I’d want a better look at the dial to make sure it’s original and see how nice it is. It’s a ‘no’ from me at $5k.
Here’s my old confetti dial DJ. The case here is also polished but the dial was so good i accepted it.
I also have a 1601 with a lovely matte dial and nice thick case in my collection now but I’ve gotten lazy at taking pictures this year and don’t have one of it.
$5k USD should be a solid budget for a vintage DJ, with some patience.
Not very good quality photos but for the sake of another lesson, whats your opinion?\
https://omegaforums.net/threads/rolex-datejust-16013-36mm-two-tone-18k-gold.195289/
FSzkramez ·$ 3950 USD
lovely watch indeed, thanks for your help.
I have never owned a Rolex before, not in my price range, not yet at least. Hoping to find a nice datejust in my budget if possible.
These are great watches and are readily available on aggregator sites like watchrecon.
$4-$5k with bracelet is a good price for a nice version. You’ll pay a bit more for more rare dials and potentially a lot more for very rare dials like the beautiful confetti dial above.
High end trusted dealers like Wind vintage are closer to $6-8k if you want to spend the extra cash to get a model vetted by an expert but that seems unnecessary.
In my opinion, the bracelet is mandatory for the stainless versions of these watches.
Here’s my 1603 linen dial since every thread needs photos. The subtle detail of the pie pan dial is nice but no is annoying.
Thats a lovely dial indeed! Thanks
Piepan Dial, No quickset date so its an earlyer 1603.Any other diferenses
fromthe 16030?
