I think there are 3 or 4 marks maximum for original fat font inserts. The rest is service or fake and be careful with red back inserts because they are faked too.
That’s how a Rolex trader would see it.
$2.500 for the movement.
$2.000 for the insert.
$3.000 for the case.
$1.000 for the bezel.
$700 for the strap.
$1.500 for the dial and hands.
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$10’700
-$1’007 -10% for eBay.
-$503 -5% for PayPal.
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$9.190
For all the parts, if I did not forget anything.
Now it is a lot of work to sell multiple parts so it comes to how greedy the buyer will be.
Could you ask to AD? I think that info would be very interesting.
will do next time im in there as I have a strap on order (omega) and 16610 is with RSC
A service fatty.
In this case, blue and red color limit between 18.
No, the 18/8 dividing lines are not indicators for different bezel ages. This explanation was thrown about 5-6 years ago but has not held up. The bezels were dipped halfway to apply the red half and ended up having slightly different dividing areas that aren’t indicative of a service insert or particular time period. @xeramic on VRF has a good post about that explanation.
I agree that this insert looks like it dates to the late 60’s, because of the color/fade and triangle, but not because of the color split location.
She is taking it to an indy Rolex guy I recommended local to her. She also has a datejust from around 1941 as well. She is going to get an appraisal and repair estimate for both. My guess is she will sell them.
