Rolex 5513 : New bracelet~~

I went down to Hong Kong Rolex center to get a new Submariner braclet for my vintage Rolex 5513 watch. Normally, the order will take a couple of months. Luckily, they have a ready stock and i have to wait for a short while for them to fix on the bracelets. Really like the watch which seems to have an everlasting look. Even after more then 40 years, the watch design still look so trendy. With the Rolex 6202, 6356, 1680 and the 5513, perhaps my next target shall be the 5510 or 6538? Hope to find one soon to add to the family of vintage submariners~~~ Happy family reunion!

The Rolex 5513 was used by James Bond in Live & Let Die..

Egypt watch

Greetings from Cairo Egypt!
Was on vacation with my family. Found this vintage watch with the arabic Koran on the dial!

Egypt trip

 

Vintage watches fever~~

I have been collecting vintage since 1988. I remember very clearly that during that time, majority of the collectors are focusing on collecting the boysize watches, the Rolex bubbleback, Prince, chronograph, reverso, etc. Most collector will only collect pre 1960s watches are these watches are more then 30 years old. At that time, everyone looked down on the sports model as these were not "vintage enough".

However, the trend now tends to be towards the sports models. Perhaps, the sporst watches have finally managed to gracefully age with time.. more then 30 years old. My latest Rolex 5513 is >44years old..vintage enough i guess.

Anyway, looking and wearing these watches always give me the joy!

Read this interesting web with regards to Early Rolex sub from Singapore...:

http://diving-watch.org/ROLEX-SUBMARINER-5510

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.