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  1. towboat Sep 23, 2022

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    I have wanted one of these for I know the better part of 20 years. After selling off most of my collection and some serious trading I was able to make it 16639346421851060876782610343617.jpg happen. Granted the watch has been refurbished and it does have some aftermarket parts, but it also contains a lot of original service parts as well. It contains original serviced movement, aged nicely service hands and dial,stainless steel service bezel,aftermarket tropic 19 crystal, aftermarket bezel insert. The watch also contains all new seals and gaskets. It did pass a pressure test at 10bar so it does retain at least half it's water resistance..Not that it will ever be used for diving...It is a circa 1957 6538 and as I've said I have always wanted one.
     
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  2. noelekal Home For Wayward Watches Sep 23, 2022

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    Best looking Sub of all!

    I'm a '57 model with wear, and both service and aftermarket parts. I can appreciate your sub. It will be grand to see featured in your Forum posts in future!
     
  3. towboat Sep 23, 2022

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    Thanks,and I know the feeling, I have a few aftermarket parts as well
     
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  4. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Sep 23, 2022

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    Wear and enjoy. Subs were designed to work, not sit in a safe. Just don’t go swimming with it.
     
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  5. mahomes Sep 23, 2022

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    Congrats!
     
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  6. blufinz52 Hears dead people, not watch rotors. Sep 23, 2022

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    Very nice indeed. Congrats!
     
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  7. gbesq Sep 23, 2022

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    Lovely watch. :) It’s a shame that there are so many places where you can’t wear it without fear of being assaulted and robbed. :mad:
     
  8. blufinz52 Hears dead people, not watch rotors. Sep 23, 2022

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    Other than a few large cities in the US, is this really a problem? Are there hard statistics on how many people have been assaulted/robbed of their Rolex, and not just anecdotal evidence?
     
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  9. rendo Sep 23, 2022

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    Looks amazing for a 65 year-old watch. Congrats!
     
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  10. gbesq Sep 23, 2022

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    I think that it’s largely anecdotal, but it’s certainly not confined just to the US.
     
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  11. towboat Sep 25, 2022

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    Update:watch is getting around +8 seconds a day is this good for a movement this old fully serviced?
     
  12. gbesq Sep 25, 2022

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    Yes
     
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  13. watch3s Sep 25, 2022

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    agreed, im from nyc where these things have been known to happen, but the hooligans arent after vintage. they dont know vintage, they only know what the instagram says hot watches are.
     
  14. jaguar11 Sep 25, 2022

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    Enjoy your lovely watch and a big congratulation. It really does look nice and is meant to be worn.
     
  15. towboat Sep 25, 2022

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    Thanks
     
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  16. johnireland Sep 25, 2022

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    If you have a good indie watch maker, they can adjust the regulation to get it within the +4 window...if you want to do it. Or, once every week or two, you can just reset it. That would be my choice. The watch beautiful and is so perfect the way it is, I'd just wear it and enjoy it. In fact it may be so subtle (compared to modern dive watches) that it flies under the crooks' radar. You can even have some fun wearing it on nice cordovan leather strap by Horween. That will make it even more invisible to crooks...and save wear and tear on the bracelet. Most of all, don't hide it away, it is a watch I could never stop looking at.
     
  17. JohnSteed Sep 26, 2022

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    congrats @towboat ... wear in great health!
     
  18. towboat Sep 26, 2022

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    Thanks
     
  19. towboat Sep 28, 2022

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    I have found one thing that irks me that is the fact the serial number on the case is late 58 early 59 and inside the caseback it's from 3 of 57....
     
  20. vibe Sep 29, 2022

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    Why should that upset you, it is a franken anyway. No one can see the inside back case stamp.