... our friends, made me change of mind regarding a hands change. Yes, I have to take in account this is a watch with 50 years plus on it!! And still ticking very accurately! Thank you for your comments, and kind regards, Abel.
... Hello friends! I wish to share this new addition to my collection. After a previous fracass with a 6610 I found a few months ago, which I had to return to the seller, I was with my sight after a new example with better luck this time. Of course, I pro...
And congrats! It looks the business to me even with my untrained eye and with all the paper work to go with it, it's an incredible find! ( The hands don't bother me personally). Wear it in the best of health! Fernando
From what year and quartal is tyour watch , my friend? Can you give me the first 3 numbers of your serial number? Wnat to check something with mine... Now, you are speaking, my friend. A superb dial, and, yes, authentic. :) Seriously, about your hands, I ...
... I have been observing this watch carefuly in sunlight, and hands seems to be the originals. Now, I suspect that the relume could be done by the local Rolex Service in one of its many services the original owner sent this timepiece. Otherwise, they loo...
...and, frankly, i do not feel the need to replace or relume the hands...are quite matchy to my eyes... my sincere compliments, especially for the hard-to-find documentation. i love that lollipop. maravilloso. chris
... Yes, now that I have been reading our friend´s comments, I guess the better step is to keep these hands, which seem to be the originals, and try to relume them matching the color of tritum indexes. Of course, it is a lovely touch to have it with the l...
the case ane riveted bracelet look very nice as well. I love these lollipop second hands! these early explorers are superb, just too small for me! congrats and enjoy Matt
... retro touch to these old Rolex. I really love riveted links! Regarding size, I´m rather acustomed to 36 mm diameter watches, so it doesn´t bother me, but I can understand that given the present trend to bigger watches, this one looks a bit small. By s...
but why change the hands..? You've got an example which you know is as authentic as it gets, with all papers and a known history so why change that..? You don't get perfect hands after 56 years :) Big congrats, Andy.
... our friends, made me change of mind regarding a hands change. Yes, I have to take in account this is a watch with 50 years plus on it!! And still ticking very accurately! Thank you for your comments, and kind regards, Abel.
... to find this example of the 6610, and counterbalances my previous fracass a few months ago with this same reference. Glad you like it! Best cordial regards, Abel.
... words. Please let me say I than you and Nicolas for your support, and that your respective 6610 have been my inspiration in my search. Of course this is far from your "Red" 6610, and beautiful Nicolas example, but I´m very very happy with this find, a...
... reward after my sad previous experience with a 6610! Well... I guess a bad experience makes us a little more knowledgeable! Thank you again, and receive my cordial regards, Abel.
Hi Abel, Huge congratulations on a fantastic and complete set. I guess this makes it a special acquisition after the initial bad experience. And yes you should relume the hands to match the index, as Nico suggested. But also should keep the hunt for an or...
... yes, this new find compensates the bad taste after my previous experience! I will follow Nicolas suggestion of reluming and matching color of hands, as they seem to be the original ones. (I suspect the local Rolex Service made the reluming a long time...