Really nice job on this video. I have a 1967 5513 Meters First and this his video has been helpful to me. Thank you sir!

Beautiful piece!!

Why would Rolex send their watches separately from the bracelets? That makes zero sense, my dude. And in your other video, you said you removed the dial from that same 5513 because the luminous material was crumbling & falling off, so you put a 3-6-9 dial in there. But that lume looks fine to me..... I don’t mean to call you out, but damn dude. Try to be honest.

@SPQR-Z

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Rice “Why would Rolex send their watches separately from the bracelets?” Because they’re Rolex and Rolex does things the way Rolex does things. Your trying to use logic to figure out why Rolex did something that defies logic. So bracelets. Back in the day Rolex offered many bracelet and leather band options at any given time. There were folded link with and without flip lock, Swiss rivet standard and stretch, USA/Mexican CI riveted, leather bands of all descriptions, etc. etc. Bracelets/bands where a point of sale item because of the sheer number of options available. It’s not like it is the now, a Sub comes with a Glidelock and that’s your only option. Back then you could specify which bracelet, hence the many combinations you see in same year 5513s. Look at old advertising from the 50s, 60s you will see mention that you can select the bracelet or strap of your choice. I also have seen much variance in so called “original” boxes. It isn’t like today where the watch comes with a specific box and that’s what you get. Several Box Venders supplied boxes to Rolex USA separately. If you recall in the 70s to early 80s the boxes where even supplied by a USA vender. Dealers typically would get a shipment of boxes/accessories from Rolex USA then assemble everything when they sold a watch. Some dealers did this well others probably not so well. Remember back in those days most Rolex dealers were small Mom and Pop jewelry dealers in a small town somewhere. Adding to the confusion is a ton of overlap in box styles and the fact that many Rolex sat in dealers showcases, sometimes for years before being sold. You end up getting so much mixing and matching of boxes/accessories which results in confusion and variance 50 years on. BTW. Mixing up boxes still happens. I have bought several new Rolex in the last 10 years with the wrong box or accessories. It happens. So. Short of time travel being invented or breaking into Rolex’s secret records, this argument between Rolex collectors will probably never be settled. The variance is real and the collectors will argue on. You can only do your own research and try your best to get things close with vintage Rolex accessories collecting The lume. I replied back to your comment about this dial/lume on my previous video. Dial is original to watch but did have some restoration on 3 of the lume plots. It is one if the finest dials you will see, besides the localized damage it was afflicted with. If you do some research you will find Rolex had some problems the first couple years when they switched from Gilt to Mat finishes. I have had perhaps a dozen early mat dials with bad paint problems, chipping, excessive fading, premature lume deterioration. Most nicer 5513s you see with near perfect dials are service replacements or total refinished. This one is original but did have a couple very small but ugly spots repaired.

@steverice7546

4 жыл бұрын

evan h, nope, I don’t buy that BS explanation either, bro. Do you have any proof of this at all? Other than your “it’s true because I said so, and I’m never wrong”-explanation. Lies plus lies plus mis-matched, poor-condition boxes, containing cobbled together Frankenstein watches does not a believable package make. Especially when it’s held together with a flimsy, non-verifiable, “back in my day”-narrative. There’s no proof of what you claim because it’s not true.

@SPQR-Z

4 жыл бұрын

Rolex has been doing this in one form or another forever. I should clarify that this is Rolex USA I’m talking about. Rolex U.K. or other locations may have done things differently. My relative in New York worked at Sogno Jewelers who’s grand father owned one of the oldest Rolex retail stores in the USA. It was located on 5th Ave just a few doors down from Rolex USA. I knew the old man quite well and he would regularly walk down to Rolex while I waited in his shop and personally pick me up a watch. Guess what? He installed the bracelet right in-front of me, the watch head, certificate and serial tag in one baggie the bracelet in another. Then he dug under his counter for an empty box and scraped together everything else from various boxes. I remember seeing boxes and boxes of manuals, Chrono tags etc. This was in the 90’s. I still have receipts for several Subs and Explorers I bought from him this way. He also told me quite a few interesting insider stories including how Rolex USA shipped watches, bracelets and boxes separately back in the day. I also knew several older Rolex sales people that where doing sales back in the 70s-80s and basically the same story. In addition I’ve also seen old Rolex photos from the 50s or 60s (I can’t remember exactly) showing piles of empty boxes, bracelets/bands in holders and watch-heads in little bags sitting on a dealers counter. There’s not allot of info on the internet about this subject specific to that time frame but if you get off your lazy keester and dig around you can probably find some info. Below a link to a Rolex forum discussion, people talking about how they received their watch directly from Rolex USA, watch in one box, empty box in another. Dealer confirmed that’s how they receive them. This is more modern times but it does confirm that Rolex did ship things separately. Now you answer back your information to the contrary. And no “your lying” is not an answer. www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=35036