Interested in 6694 or similar rolex vintage watches

janice&fred

the 6694 is one of our favorite models and was produced for decades. the 1985 one you spotted I think is towards the end of the model run so it's fairly late model 6694-wise. finding one of them or for that matter most oyster models from that era with a pristine original blue dial might be tough as for some reason the blue dials were prone to flaking around the edges and especially near the markers. I wouldn't worry too much if the one in your link has a service dial and/or hands. from what I recall not too many 6694's came with engine turned bezels as I mostly seen those on the automatics. what is very unusual on the one you posted is the jubilee band. it's not so common on those 19mm lug oysters and makes for a nice look with the smooth bezel.

the one thing I will point out with the 6694 is since it's a manual winder with screw down crown they are prone to going thru tubes and/or crowns due to the constant winding process. an old trick taught to us by my wife's Godfather who is a rolex trained tech is to take note of the clock position of the coronet on the crown when unscrewing and the crown pops free. then when screwing the crown back down try to align the coronet slightly before that clock position when pushing and turning back in. this prevents undue wear on the threads when trying to start or "find" the spot where the threads start to mesh. we actually use this technique with most screw down crown watches providing the crowns have an embossed or engraved emblem. periodic lubing of the threads is important as well. a screw down crown and manual winding watch will need a bit of extra care.