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·Rolex Oyster Perpetual 116000 in superb condition, as it's barely been worn. Random serial and other details (mentioned below) point to a watch produced in the past few years.
The case measures 36mm (not including crown). The watch was a corporate gift from Domino's Pizza Inc to a franchisee (easy enough to Google about if you're interested), and so the original Oyster bracelet (included) and caseback are branded. However, the watch is mounted to a fitted/curved-end rubber strap (outfitted with the OEM Rolex clasp), so there's no visible branding when it is worn, and my AD informs me that Rolex can very likely replace the caseback upon request with a plain one whenever the watch gets serviced (---it doesn't need a service anytime soon, so I haven't bothered). It can also be refinished (again, according to the AD) by a competent watchmaker as a way to remove the very shallow laser engraving. And if you want to use the bracelet but don't like the branding, it's of course possible to replace links for far less than the cost of a whole new bracelet. Point is, unlike earlier versions of the Domino's watch with the logo painted on the dial, this one flies under the radar and need not be branded forever. (If I end up keeping this watch, I will likely leave the bracelet in storage, since I prefer straps, and eventually have the caseback replaced by Rolex.)
What else to say?--it's a Rolex: in-house-produced white gold hands and dial indices, crisp lume, engraved rehaut (with the serial at 12), very smooth crown action, screws down to seal with the crown precisely pointed up. It feels a bit obnoxious to mention 904L steel, but there you go. Very hard-to-see multilayer etched Rolex logo within the sapphire crystal at 6 o'clock: that's certainly one of the most ingenious authenticating features on any watch. (It took me a few minutes to see it in the loop with a flashlight!) The watch keeps impeccable time--presumably within COSC standards: it gains only a few seconds a day.
3130 movement: the no-date-complication version of the 3135.
A few tiny scratches on the underside of the lugs, otherwise extremely clean to my eyes. It has a very pleasing luster and heft to it.
Watch only, no papers or box.
Feel free to ask questions or for additional photos! I have feedback here (one transaction) and tons more on eBay, username gladly shared over PM. (I err a bit toward privacy as I have a position with some public profile and try not to be so easily web-searchable.) 3-day return period only if the watch is substantively not as described.
(Now) asking 3500 USD (a $300 drop, shipped, CONUS only). The only trade I'd consider (and I suspect it's unlikely to materialize) would be a trade up to a stainless Submariner, in which case I'd expect to put in a fair amount of cash.
The case measures 36mm (not including crown). The watch was a corporate gift from Domino's Pizza Inc to a franchisee (easy enough to Google about if you're interested), and so the original Oyster bracelet (included) and caseback are branded. However, the watch is mounted to a fitted/curved-end rubber strap (outfitted with the OEM Rolex clasp), so there's no visible branding when it is worn, and my AD informs me that Rolex can very likely replace the caseback upon request with a plain one whenever the watch gets serviced (---it doesn't need a service anytime soon, so I haven't bothered). It can also be refinished (again, according to the AD) by a competent watchmaker as a way to remove the very shallow laser engraving. And if you want to use the bracelet but don't like the branding, it's of course possible to replace links for far less than the cost of a whole new bracelet. Point is, unlike earlier versions of the Domino's watch with the logo painted on the dial, this one flies under the radar and need not be branded forever. (If I end up keeping this watch, I will likely leave the bracelet in storage, since I prefer straps, and eventually have the caseback replaced by Rolex.)
What else to say?--it's a Rolex: in-house-produced white gold hands and dial indices, crisp lume, engraved rehaut (with the serial at 12), very smooth crown action, screws down to seal with the crown precisely pointed up. It feels a bit obnoxious to mention 904L steel, but there you go. Very hard-to-see multilayer etched Rolex logo within the sapphire crystal at 6 o'clock: that's certainly one of the most ingenious authenticating features on any watch. (It took me a few minutes to see it in the loop with a flashlight!) The watch keeps impeccable time--presumably within COSC standards: it gains only a few seconds a day.
3130 movement: the no-date-complication version of the 3135.
A few tiny scratches on the underside of the lugs, otherwise extremely clean to my eyes. It has a very pleasing luster and heft to it.
Watch only, no papers or box.
Feel free to ask questions or for additional photos! I have feedback here (one transaction) and tons more on eBay, username gladly shared over PM. (I err a bit toward privacy as I have a position with some public profile and try not to be so easily web-searchable.) 3-day return period only if the watch is substantively not as described.
(Now) asking 3500 USD (a $300 drop, shipped, CONUS only). The only trade I'd consider (and I suspect it's unlikely to materialize) would be a trade up to a stainless Submariner, in which case I'd expect to put in a fair amount of cash.
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