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I finally bought a watch for my wifes Birthday,
Apr 17, 2024,18:24 PM
after dealing with some sub-par choices for her watch to match with her yellow gold jewelery and "lending" her pieces out of my collection I thought time has come to reward her for the incredibly hard work and all the energy she puts into working part-time, dealing with most of the daily chores in the house and being the best mother for our daughter and best wife I could have ever wished for.
So this time it is anything but sub-par and IMHO one of the best choices for a non-WIS person to dip her feet into the Vintage genre - the humble and classic Oyster Perpetual Date:
Nice original dial and hands
Ref 1505
Case in honest condition with wear marks but not overpolished
Man, I can tell you that it was not that easy to find a nice and honest example for a reasonable price.
There are perfect examples out there for a fair bit of money and there are lots of cheap lemons with overpolished, softened cases, repainted dials and all sorts of funny stuff.
When I tracked down this watch at eBay in Canada I found out that it had just been serviced and the fact that it came without a bracelet was no problem for me, as my wife prefers a watch this blingy on a leather strap, with a two-tone Oyster, it would be too "loud" for her style. So I still managed to negotiate the already very good price a bit and off it went back to the "old world", almost back to the place where it was born in 1978, just to one of the neighboring countries.
Sorry for the crappy pics, I just had a few quick shots before I had to hide it again from my wife. I will post better pictures when I have found a nice leather strap and an original Rolex buckle for it.
Now the poor Rolex will be hidden until late September for my wifes Birthday, I think she will like it a lot, it will be a nice companion for her JLC Reverso.
Finding an original 16mm gold-plated Rolex pin buckle will be a difficult task, there are several offered at the moment but I feel the prices asked are sometimes a bit silly and there are lots of fakes around, too. The old bargain hunter that I am I think I will get that sorted until September too, I'll keep my eyes open!
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I finally bought a watch for my wifes Birthday,
By: clemens m : April 17th, 2024-18:24
after dealing with some sub-par choices for her watch to match with her yellow gold jewelery and "lending" her pieces out of my collection I thought time has come to reward her for the incredibly hard work and all the energy she puts into working part-tim...
Excellent choice... your wife will love it +++
By: j.jota : April 17th, 2024-18:40
I wore the 36mm version of that model DJ back in the 90's (...who didn't, right?) and really enjoyed it. IMHO the Rolex's gold engine turned bezels are a thing of beauty.
Thanks for the comment,
By: clemens m : April 17th, 2024-18:49
right - in the 80s/90s this 2-tone look really took off (I guess it was so, in the late 80s I was wearing diapers so I can't remember) and it is slowly coming back now. At first I thought the engine turned bezel would be less desireable than the fluted on...
Great choice and thanks
By: Drek : April 17th, 2024-19:19
for sharing, I am sure she will like it. Good luck hunting for the buckle and the perfect strap.
My pleasure,
By: clemens m : April 18th, 2024-06:01
I will also reach out to my Rolex AD - sometimes (and often the case with Rolex) the most obvious choices are also the safest and cheapest.
Thanks mon ami,
By: clemens m : April 18th, 2024-06:02
I will report back how she likes it when her birthday comes!
I appreciate your feedback,
By: clemens m : April 18th, 2024-06:04
while I also like modern Rolex watches, these old pieces just have a certain elegance due to their case and dial design the modern iterations just can´t match.
Definitely, without all her support
By: clemens m : April 18th, 2024-06:06
and the fact that she always believed in me I would not stand where I am today. Many good decisions in my life were made because of her wise advices.
Excellent choice
By: @wewannaporsche : April 18th, 2024-11:06
And lots of thought put into it. I think she’ll absolutely love it. 👍 I also got my wife a DJ. One for this past Christmas but it’s the steel/rose gold version. She loves it! ...
Thanks!
By: @wewannaporsche : April 18th, 2024-12:32
These are definitely classics that will give many good memories. Hope your wife enjoys and wears in good health!