amanico
[JLC Moderator]
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Not totally correct. For example, you have some 6542 whose dials and inserts have been changed by Rolex in Dec 1959. Here is the document.
Here the bezel:
Before you all say I am crazy see here fotos of fakes
Rolex 6542 Rolex 6542- date window Caseback original cracked under presure of non original case. Completly clean casebody no salts inner ring , wrong bridge- 35000 usd No comment - 100,000 usd No comment so obvious 6542 complete fake 80,000 usd 6542 dial ...
One dealer selling 5 high end watches in a period
take a look at the 5 note how the 5 line always goes up , same faker same line sold in on year . Mayor US dealer . ...
Additional comments on these cases
Bufferline goes trough the six Six goes over previous scratch anf And bezel clearly fake not galvanized ...
For Radiomir-lumed vintage Panerai (3646, 6154, 6152) and 1950s - early 1960s era vintage Rolex (6542, et al)
a Geiger counter is a definite must have. If the dials and hands don't read off the charts, then they are not the real deal! Radium is hard to come by these days.
You are talking about the Bakelite inserts contaminated with Strontium 90
Which Rolex replaced but did they also replace the dial and hands? The document only says replacement of the bezel if necessary.
This is why I tend to avoid vintage Rolexes as I have no knowledge
Buy the seller, true but what if the seller is also conned though I trust him/her? I guess I'll stick to new/used modern watches š£ Thanks for the infos!
Wow!
So many cheats these days! May I request the name of the dealer via PM? Thank you for this. It is just plain scary at how many fake and franken vintages there are these days.
The reason I stay away from vintage pieces
Simply too scary. Bought one Datejust from my birthyear and that turned out to be a complete disaster.
