Incoming… what do you have? (Vol. 3)

[Trophy Husband]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Trophy Husband said:

Speculative and to be fair a little rich for me but I've been offered this for just over £6.5k by a good friend of my brother. I'm guessing he's looking to liquidate during these times?
Worn once apparently.
All papers etc.
I can afford to buy it. Whether I can afford to keep it is another matter! Mrs TH would notice pretty quickly re money!

Worth keeping until the 50th anniversary next year as a punt IMHO, I quite fancy a black one to go with my polar version

Perhaps Laura is a little more understanding than Mrs TH?

[gregd]

I really like that black Explorer II.. Go for it

GMT safely collected for Mrs D.. one happy wife this evening!

[matrignano]

is that what you call a root beer?

[gregd]

matrignano said:

is that what you call a root beer?

For most people, yes, although the original Root Beer was more brown than black. Annoyingly with 3 links taken out it’s way too small for me so it will be tricky to borrow it

[traffman]

gregd said:

matrignano said:

is that what you call a root beer?

For most people, yes, although the original Root Beer was more brown than black. Annoyingly with 3 links taken out it’s way too small for me so it will be tricky to borrow it

I had one , lovely watch and quite differrent to the usual Gmt

[ZesPak]

traffman said:

I had one , lovely watch and quite differrent to the usual Gmt

Just for the uninitiated here, in what way does it differ from the "usual" Gmt? And what is the "usual" Gmt?

[matrignano]

ZesPak said:

Just for the uninitiated here, in what way does it differ from the "usual" Gmt? And what is the "usual" Gmt?

“Standard” GMT is black bezel and dial I believe

In the Rolex world, any non-black colourway of the same model makes it unique

[LaurasOtherHalf]

matrignano said:

“Standard” GMT is black bezel and dial I believe

In the Rolex world, any non-black colourway of the same model makes it unique

Apart from the fact Rolex don't make a black dial, black bezel GMT these days.

[ZesPak]

Boy , that's a lot of non-answers

So the brown one looks a lot different to one that is the normal one, but the only difference is that it's just a little less black? But in fact a "normal" one isn't actually sold?

[Doofus]

ZesPak said:

Boy , that's a lot of non-answers

So the brown one looks a lot different to one that is the normal one, but the only difference is that it's just a little less black? But in fact a "normal" one isn't actually sold?

I think, essentially, there used to be a black faced black bezel GMT. 'Standard', if you like. Then there are the variations: batman, coke, pepsi, root beer etc. These are all "quite different" from the 'standard' watch because they have different colours on them, and they each get their own cutesy name.

[richthebike]

One standard unit of Rolex. Picked it up today.

[ZesPak]

Doofus said:

I think, essentially, there used to be a black faced black bezel GMT. 'Standard', if you like. Then there are the variations: batman, coke, pepsi, root beer etc. These are all "quite different" from the 'standard' watch because they have different colours on them, and they each get their own cutesy name.

Just did some googling... "quite different" isn't really how I would describe them indeed.

[yellowtang]

Trophy Husband said:

Speculative and to be fair a little rich for me but I've been offered this for just over £6.5k by a good friend of my brother. I'm guessing he's looking to liquidate during these times?
Worn once apparently.
All papers etc.
I can afford to buy it. Whether I can afford to keep it is another matter! Mrs TH would notice pretty quickly re money!

I'd definitely take him up on that - you can't really lose at that price. If the expected update does come in the spring, this one would be worth even more. Only buy if you actually like it though!

[rog007]

richthebike said:

One standard unit of Rolex. Picked it up today.

Maybe that’s how we should classify going forwards!?

[ZesPak]

So you can swap the bezel on that aftermarket to make it "quite different"?

[richthebike]

ZesPak said:

So you can swap the bezel on that aftermarket to make it "quite different"?

Yeah, its basically a Swiss 6309 7040

[don logan]

richthebike said:

One standard unit of Rolex. Picked it up today.

Not trying to be smart but, the 41mm?

[richthebike]

don logan said:

Not trying to be smart but, the 41mm?

Yes, its the 124060

[richthebike]

rog007 said:

Maybe that’s how we should classify going forwards!?

I was channeling Stephen Pulvirent talking about a different watch, but it seemed to fit with the previous exchange

"To my eye, the OP 39 with the white dial is the most purely distilled form of "Rolex" that you could get. It was one perfect unit of exceptional watch"

[don logan]

richthebike said:

don logan said:

Not trying to be smart but, the 41mm?

Yes, its the 124060

Congratulations!

I think the thing I’m most curious about is how the case depth feels?