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·can anyone tell me anything about it? I found some very basic, to limited information on it
Just got this Rolex Falcon..
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·Bump?
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adam78
·I've not heard of that one before. I found the auction with additional photos (case ref. 4070). There were quite a lot of smaller Oysters made for the Canadian market with odd names, some just called "Oyster" (with the cal. 59) or others with the Rolex co-brand. Pioneer, Royalite, Victory, Firefly, Raleigh, Centregraph, Skyrocket were just some of these. Usually intended for soldiers and air men heading off to Europe and the Pacific. I guess this was one of these, but just much less commonly seen. Appears to have an original dial.
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·I've not heard of that one before. I found the auction with additional photos (case ref. 4070). There were quite a lot of smaller Oysters made for the Canadian market with odd names, some just called "Oyster" (with the cal. 59) or others with the Rolex co-brand. Pioneer, Royalite, Victory, Firefly, Raleigh, Centregraph, Skyrocket were just some of these. Usually intended for soldiers and air men heading off to Europe and the Pacific. I guess this was one of these, but just much less commonly seen. Appears to have an original dial.
thanks adam, your knowledge for rolex is amazing, always helping out!
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Darlinboy
··Pratts! Will I B******S!!!I think Adam has it right... one of the many and varied Canadian-market refences from the '40's. But one I've not run across before either.
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threeputtbogey
·Wow thats cool.
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ulackfocus
·Pity it doesn't have a blue dial.
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorIt has that red seconds hand. Perfect for Matt Ryan:
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pitpro
·I've not heard of that one before. I found the auction with additional photos (case ref. 4070). There were quite a lot of smaller Oysters made for the Canadian market with odd names, some just called "Oyster" (with the cal. 59) or others with the Rolex co-brand. Pioneer, Royalite, Victory, Firefly, Raleigh, Centregraph, Skyrocket were just some of these. Usually intended for soldiers and air men heading off to Europe and the Pacific. I guess this was one of these, but just much less commonly seen. Appears to have an original dial.
an interest in the early Rolex. I think adam is
right on track with the 1940's Canadian theory.
Here is another 4070 Falcon that I had in my database:
And following that, some examples of 24hr dial Canadian models.
And then a "Lincoln", no clue on that one.
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·Thanks, I have a short attention span and will prob be up for sale soon, if anyone is interested, msg me for dibs.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerThere were a lot of these small models made for the Canadian market at the time. I have serviced Royalite's before, and am currently servicing a Raleigh and a Centregraph.
These can be quite nice looking when done, but they are very small...
Cheers, Al
These can be quite nice looking when done, but they are very small...
Cheers, Al
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saturn1981
·What age is the Rolex falcon?
Cool watch
Cool watch
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Canuck
·A Rolex Royalite, 6-position adjustments, temperature, manual wind. There was a thread a few months ago which discussed the Explorer name as regards Rolex, and when the name may have been introduced. The pictured Oyster Explorer serial number (250xxx) would imply this Explorer is from circa 1943. It is the earliest one I have ever seen. To the best of my knowledge, both of these originated in Canada. A peculiarity of many of the dial names discussed here as regards Rolex watches originating in Canada is that many of them are NOT in Oyster (Swiss) cases!
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·yup, I might put it up for sale though, have another piece I've been looking at
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saturn1981
·It looks like its got the original dial. Its not refinished?
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·All original!
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saturn1981
·Has it been serviced?
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·I private messaged you.
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erpin9
·It has a military style dial. Reminds me of the Heuer Monnin. Great catch.
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nickioa
·Nice looking piece, not seen one of those before.
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