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New 5513

And always a pleasure to wear !
1M
By: Chromatic Fugue
26
amanico
1104

New 5513

Just picked this up a few days ago after vacillating for about a month. I love the clean condition of the case, the domed crystal, and the minimalist text. As I posted a month ago, I was worried at first from the dealer’s photos that the hands might be re
1M
By: Chromatic Fugue
26
amanico
1104

Patina question

I’m new to the vintage sub game so I appreciate your insights. The appeal of this 5513 is that it’s (1) a clean two-liner and (2) unpolished. In those two respects it has an advantage over my existing vintage sub, the 16800 pictured here. But this thread
3M
By: Chromatic Fugue
24
Chromatic Fugue
2080

Patina question

Matching hands are not always easy to find and tritium hands degrade and will not always match the rate of the dial. If this was a gilt era watch 60's it is even harder to find hands even discounting 3-5k in hopes of finding gilt hands is a risk. On the 5
3M
By: Chromatic Fugue
24
Chromatic Fugue
2080

Patina question

Hoping to tap into the collective watch wisdom here. I’m considering the late 1980s 5513 pictured here. As you can see, there’s more patina on the markers than the hands. I’m told that the lume on the hands is in fact tritium. A couple of questions. First
3M
By: Chromatic Fugue
24
Chromatic Fugue
2080

5513 Goodness

I love how simple this one is with a nice unique patina. It's been totally stable for the ~1+ year I've owned it.
3M
By: m2
8
amanico
833

5513 / 9315 in the Navy

Mine "simple " MF , one year younger on a 7206 bracelet ...
3M
By: FranckAlexandre
17
Bill
1616

5513 / 9315 in the Navy

Submariner with the perfect fliplock 9315 A big Thanks to Bill Franck
3M
By: FranckAlexandre
17
Bill
1616

Sunday fun day. Rolex 5513 pre comex text.

Just to accompany ... A little older ....
4M
By: Bill
21
JohnFM
1032

Sunday fun day. Rolex 5513 pre comex text.

4M
By: Bill
21
JohnFM
1032