Nice 5513 gilt dial

My renewed interest in vintage watch was due to my ex-colleague Dominic. He is on the round the world trip right now.

Keep in touch if you happen to visit my blog..Enjoy!

Rolex 5513 gilt dial ~~ Arrived!!! : )

I remember in 22 July 2008, I have set myself a wish lists targets consisting of :

1) Rolex GMT 1675 (GMT after Ref 6542)

2) Rolex Submariner with date 1680

3) Rolex Submariner without date 5513

After 15 months of hunting and and waiting, my new found Rolex 5513 gilt dial has finally arrived.

The watch has been certified by the Rolex center Hong Kong to be genuine. Basing on the serial nos 177, 28XX, the estimated date should be between 1964-65. about 44 years old now!~~~ Even though the gilt dial has aged, I prefer it versus those re-conditioned dial as 44 years old should look 44 years old! aged gracefully..

For the submariner series, I have managed to find the 6202 gilt dial (Turn O Graph), 6536 no crown guard James Bond sub, 5513 gilt dial sub and the 1680 Red Submariner.

I used to have the Sea dweller and the Rolex 5010..must try to find them and re-unite the family once again!

Rolex 5513 gilt dial coming ~~~

I have finally found one nice condition Rolex 5513 with gilt dial.~~~ will be going to Hong Kong Rolex center for the transfer.

Rolex Submariner, reference 5513, bears the case number 17XXXXX dating from 1966, thereby making this one of the very last of the 5513s with the desirable gilt print 200m/660ft text on the gloss dial.

The 5513 were the first to introduce the 'Crown guards' or 'shoulders' and became the archetype for all diver’s watches. It has the original non triplock crown and domed crystal.

My 5513 is a second model with the rounded crown shoulders and the watch has the gloss dial with the printing in gilt and the indices have discoloured to an even yellowish cream tone. As the dial is over 40 years old, it does show some signs of age; there are some small spots under the lacquer and the luminous has spread a little (both problems associated with a humid environment) but it has not been relumed.

The 5513 has suddenly become desirable, after 20 years of sapphire glass models, has a “vintage” look whilst still being an everyday useable watch. Note the appearance of the 5513 on the wrists of models in all the high end advertisements and in their mail order catalogues.

The watch measures 40mm Diam, 48mm lug to lug and is 14mm high; it takes a 20mm strap and a heavy oyster bracelet is fitted to the watch.

Rolex 5513~~~~

Hi! I am currently look for the Rolex 5513...
There are several versions, 1) with gilt dial, 2) Meter first, 3) feet first... when will my watch appear~~~~

The Rolex Submariner first launched in 1953 and became very famous in the 60´s and 70´s because a British Secret Service agent 007 was wearing them in the following adventures:

Dr. No (1962)
From Russia With Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Live And Let Die (1973)
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)

The Submariner was also used by military services such as French Navy, Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy

Vintage Omega moonphase

My friend Aru's watch

This is my friend Aru's watch! : )

Stainless steel Rolex Oyster 1950s

My favourite Rolex bubbleback continued to give me joy in vintage collection. In addition, the 1950s Rolex Oyster winding watches also give me great pleasure.

The current fever for Rolex sports models has made these winding watches "under rated" and under values.

The stainless steel Rolex Oyster with bracelet was found in Singapore while the Rolex Oyster ref 6480 with engine turned bezel was found in Kunming China during my recent business trip!

Both watches were in excellent conditions with no rust or deep scratches an both dials are in all original conditions! I remembered one of my first Rolex stainless watch collected in the early 1990 was a steel Role Oyster. I later sold it as the dial was a re-conditioned one. After almost 19 years, I have finally managed to get a similar steel watches..