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Hello friends! As I have told yesterday in my previous post presenting my newly arrived gilt 5513, that watch came with a companion, which deserved this Part Two post. That is an elder member of the Submariner family: a reference 5508. I enjoyed so much t...  

You have a very nice example of the 5508. Did you keep the other one. They make a nice pair. Wear it on good health. Bill

... regarding the previous one, it is still with me. Didn´t take any decision yet. It is always very hard for me to let go one of my pieces, though I had to let go some in some deals in the past, in order to finance a new purchase. This is very bad for my... 

You always manage to find gems. :-) Hope you are doing well!

... see your great photography, and receive your nice comments. I´m glad you like it my friend. I´m doing fine, and always looking for something new to add to the collection. I send my best cordial regards to you! Abel.

Another superb catch, my friend. I think Baron's one, which is also " exclamation dot ' is also from III 58. Baron? With a nice dial, the 5508 is a great reference, and I can bet that it will remain stuck on your wrist for many many days. Un abrazo, Amigo... 

... I´m so happy to know you like this one too. I´m happy with it, and I agree it will be kept on my wrist for the following weeks. It returned yesterday from a quick trip to my watchmaker, to check its movement and give me the final ok about this piece. ... 

a stunning watch and much better than the previous 5508, which was not really a "service" dial ;-)

... I appreciate that, and I´m glad you like this new catch. Regarding my "old" example, your comments make me feel that you find it is not a service dial at all? I´d appreciate to know your view on this matter. As a matter of fact, that service dial was ... 

Congratulations Abel. We seem to have the same taste! Your watch is indeed fine a different world to your old replacement dial watch. There is something so charming about the SC subs right, and you seem to have caught the bug... Looking forward to more po... 

... I´m glad you like this example of SC Sub. This 5508 and 5513 have depleted my pockets, and I feel I won´t look after a third catch for some time now! It´s time to enjoy what I have now! Thank you so much, and I wish you are enjoying so much your own b... 

Abel- your right! Enjoy the two watches in full! There will come a time when there is room for a third ;) Collecting is addictive my friend! Would you or anybody else like to take a go at highlighting the differences between the two SC 5508 vs 6536-1? Bil... 

... with you in that collecting is very adicitive. But very pleasurable as well! Regarding the difference among these tow references, I feel our friends here are more knowledgeable to explain this. Anyway, I think I can remember that they are basically si... 

You know you're a Purist when you need to swap a piece "just" because the dial is a replacement ;)

... and I liked very much your deffinition of a Purists! Receive my best cordial regards, Abel.

Have you got a magicians hat there somewhere?? :) That precise model would be almost perfect for my birth year, alas I would require the fourth quarter from 1958 to be exactly accurate. So you are safe LOL :)

... to know you like this example. Collecting and finding pieces we look for has something of Magic indeed. Not any special gift of mine, just good luck! I wish you can get a Sub from your exact quarter. This is something I will never get, as my birth yea... 

This is really stunning, it is simply superb. Congrats! By the way the 5513 underline posted before yesterday is also amazing. Two beautiful and rare specimens you found. Cordiales saludos y felicitaciones Francisco

Glad you like this one, as well as the gilt 5513 I presented a couple of days ago. These have been a very fortunate find indeed. Thank you for writing and I wish you´ll presenting some of your pieces here soon. Un cordial saludo, Abel.

I just got a very nice one few days ago. It will be my first post here attaching some pics. I have been posting in the Rolex Forum for the last three years and I had the chance to enjoy pics from your nice collection i.e 6609, 1625, etc, and your nice sto... 

... posts from you here. Glad you know me from other forums, and thank you for your comments on my collection. Enjoy your watches, and keep in touch! Un muy cordial saludo, Abel.

That is a nearly perfect design. Beautiful. Congrats.

Wear it in good health. It is very much the essence of Rolex.

... they add enjoyment to owning this watch. Best cordial regards, Abel.

Hi. I wonder if you can help. I found in a old Jewl box belonging to a rely who passed away many years ago..Its a Submariner with 100=330 and it has a white sweep hand and a little res triangle at the top. At 6 oclock i has 306897 and at 12 oclock 6536 1 ... 

... you start a new thread, introducing yourself to all fellow members here, as it is the custom & etiquette? You can show some photos of your timepiece with your questions, to help identify it properly. I´m sure you´ll receive information about your ... 

Part I AND Part II! Nice collection my friend! V/R Mike