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Is there any way to find out what the MSRP of a Rolex reference would have been in a specific year?

I'm just curious what it would have cost to walk into a store and buy a 16610 submariner in 1995 or 2005 and how much that would have been relative to the average person's income. I know even in 1995 Rolexes were very expensive but I'm g…

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Decided on the Air King

Last Sunday, my partner and I (plus one very interested friend) visited a Rolex AD in Tsim Sha Tsui to enquire about the purchase of an Air King (after months of deliberation and window shopping on my part).

We purchased my girlfriend’s OP from this …

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Rolliworks repair.. A little before and after of my 1979 Jubilee (62510H)

Total time on the repair was 11 days from when I shipped it out to them until I got it back.

Before:

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Rolex Dial Detail

Rolex dials are pieces of art. Post a close-up of your Rolex.

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I GOT THE CALL!

Today I got the call that I thought I’d never get!

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Rolex dealer wouldn’t even put me on the wait list

I’ve been looking at getting a Submariner for quite some time now, in fact it was around 15 years ago I first tried one on at a dealer but didn’t buy one. So today I decided I was going to buy a submariner so I called a dealer who was closet to me &amp…

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Some Stream-of-Consciousness Thoughts on my New Black Bay Pro

I really had no “need” for this watch. It didn’t fill any particular niche in my collection, and I don’t even travel much. This was 100% purely a love at first sight situation. Fell in love with the watch, loved the 1655 aesthetic, saw one in person…

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FINAL update: Black Bay 58 Blue bezel lume pip color?

Hi all, I just picked up a new BB58 Blue from my local boutique over the weekend. I’ve noticed when looking at the watch that, unlike the hands and indices that are clearly white in color, the bezel lume pip is more yellowish in color.

For BB58 Blue o…

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INVISI-SHIELD?

What an interesting product. I just picked up this 126619LB and could barely notice that it was encased in a protective film (inc the crystal) You really need to examine the watch up close to detect the film. Pretty cool stuff. I’m curious to see how d…

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Rolex datejust and oyster perpetual 41mm diameter (or are they?)

Just bought a datejust smooth bezel ( but apparently the matter involves also the fluted version). I am very happy with it a none of this that you are about to read would make me like the watch any less

BUT

When trying it on ( and I did try on the o…

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