Lugs: Fat or Thin...

A bit of advice to the Newbie Vintage Collector.


Buy the best you can afford.

Polished lugs, overpolished lugs. Thin lugs, Thick lugs...


Watches are and were meant to be worn. Every ding is a recording of a moment. A recording of a moment that objects in the universe collided. An unworn watch tells a pale story. It holds little to no "Energy" of it's past owner (s) legacy.

In short. Don't ask me how thick the lugs are. These sort of questions simply mean you don't get the point of collecting vintage watches.

Remember: The guy selling a watch with a perfect dial and case and bracelet has a great watchmaker and also is a hell of a designer :-)

Dr. Frankenstein called and is flattered by the imitation.

-JKS

Veteran's Day Special: 5513 Meters First... or New Addition:!!

THIS PIECE WAS PURCHASED BY A SOLDIER ON ACTIVE DUTY AND WAS VIETNAM WAR WORN!!!!!

Rolex 6694. Refined, Elegant yet Rugged... Bond Like

Maybe its the fact that there is a new Bond movie coming out...

BUT...

I love this combo.

This particular ref. 6694 is a vintage model and has a tropic look on the center of the dial and ghosting on the text and markers! the look of the dial in direct sunlight is bizarre.

In my opinion, this is what it's all about. Finding the unusual/unique examples.

-JKS

A Real Wrist-Shot!!

But it ticks....

New Addition:


Rolex 17013.

I typically do not buy these OQ (Oyster Quartz) watches but this had box and papers! This watch also has never been polished and looks to have been worn a handful of time.


For more information on Quartz Rolex watches visit here: http://theswissmonster.blogspot.com/2011/09/spotlight-rolex-oysterquartz.html

What did I just buy?

One Word.

Sh*t.

Rolex 6518 on 78350...

Drool...

I love this...

Unfortunately this bracelet is for my Girlfriend's ref. 1500 (Rolex Date).

So, I think a  19mm rivet would fit the bill.

 

-JKS

There's just something about the 50's

-JKS

One of the rarest Rolex watches...

Ref: 6518 with text "Rite Time".
It's interesting to think that despite this beautiful piece being one of Rolex's rarest oysters, it is known only by Collector's.

A few interesting attributes of this particular 6518.

1. Tropic Dial (What was once a black honeycomb dial has become a beautiful peacock sunburst dial)
2. Under the hood Cal. 1000 (Most of these 6518s have caliber 1030 *1035 (5 denotes date aperature) The caliber 1000 automatic was also used in the Deep Sea Special!

Video Link to see "Tropic"effect on dial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wyR1dN8cAk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

For more information on this rare piece visit here: