Can’t beat a bit of nipple.
For me one of the nicest solid gold sports watches. Best of both worlds with the rare translational 16808 which aesthetically has the wonderful vintage style Nipple dial but has the modern improvements of the upgraded depth rating and sapphire Crystal whi...
Thank you. It was the vibrant blue dial which always drew me in to this watch.
It is a wonderful match with the yellow gold. M.
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING???
How on earth could a watch like that sit for years in an AD waiting to be adopted. Boggles the mind.
I know. In fact it was so long that the AD lost the original papers.
Rolex issued them with duplicate papers which is printed on the certificate. When I spoke to the AD he remembered the watch so well and the trouble he had when it sold and the papers were lost. M.
A real beauty. Still underrated but hold on. It will soon be in the realm of the impossible.
Ps. You had me at nipple.
Ha ha Bill. Yes that word normally concentrates my mind also.
Really not easy to find these early ones with this dial. And to think Bill I remember so well when i first started going on forums decades ago people thought I was a English lunatic talking about how rare these are and what great value they were for so mu...
The only non steel Rolex that I like
There is something inside it, it’s hard to explain… Best Ø