1680

when it's at its best.

But vintage has the charm and it also reflects knowledge and taste as opposed to just picking something from the current catalogue.

Dear fellow WIS, With reference to the topic matter, please may I draw your attention to the following. As of recently, my taste in watches seems to be shifting from modern to vintage and neovintage, especially when it comes to Rolex. It might have someth

A Rolex 1680 makeover. This one will be the one that will get the makeover, a regular great white Ref 1680. I start to check how it runs and it looks ok IMHO. So I pull out my custom Oyster case opener. Here we go. Just what I expect, a caliber 1570. So o

The Rolex CPO program may not be for the Rolex maven but for the layman or even a bumpkin such as myself with a little homework I think a fan of the old-fashioned Rolex look can find a nice everyday watch from the CPO offerings. Pictured are four CPO watc

This is one of the dreams of a Rolex collector or diving watch collector, regretably completely out of reach now for most of us. Photographs are superb as always and the additional comments and information from Bill adds a lot of enjoyment to this post. T

To add some historical and technical context, here are a few additional points that might interest the community, especially those following the evolution of the 16660 COMEX models during the Hydra missions : Technical & Historical Notes (with credit to M

If we can consider the Rolex Sea Dweller 16660 Comex as a special watch, this one adds something extraordinary special... Here are the informations given to me by the owner of this watch: The 16660 Comex was made from 1981 to 1985 (200 issued). * This mod

A joy to wear even if it doesn't have much wrist time. Best, Nicolas