Rolex

One question for you:

On the Rolex 1675, what is the year where Rolex changed the small arrow on the 24 hours hand for the big one?

The small arrow:



The big arrow:



Did some 1675 big arrow come with the gilt dial?

I gathered some controversial informations, here and there...

Thanks in advance for sharing your lights!

Best,

Nicolas

Nicolas,

I have a 1966 1675 gilt dial with big GMT hand which I feel is original due to the very matching patina. But the cut off point for the switch will be difficult to determine!

 

 

Best,

Anatol

So, you tend to confirm what I thought I knew.

But, as you said, no easy answer, as I saw some which came in 68.

And I have some doubts....

As often, when it comes to Rollex Vintage, there are many more exceptions than rules...



Let's see what the others think.

Thanks for your help, Anatol.

your 1675 is to die for!

Best,

Nicolas This message has been edited by amanico on 2010-02-14 12:28:47

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Hi Nicolas,

I've been told that most of the GMT had a large arrow hand from 66-67.
Did you try to find more details on the Veroplastica resource?
Best,

And I'm trying to gather some informations, and to check them...

Best,

Nicolas

...a couple of 1966 GMT's with small arrows that look original.

We must be close to the transition here...

My personal thumb rule would be to associate a small arrow GMT hand with a gilt dial.

More or less ;-)

            Cheers

                      Jeff

 

But what about big GMT Hand and Gilt dial???

I also saw some '66 small GMT hands.

I'm a bit lost.



Best,

Nicolas

I would not like a 1675 with a gilt dial (pre 1967) and a big GMT hand.

It makes pretty much sense to me that Rolex changed the style of the arrow hand when they changed the style of dial.

Just my 0.02 cts....and most of the time it is very hard to determine if a hand is original to a watch.

        Cheers

                    Jeff

I agree with you

Bill

The gap narrows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If there is one certain thing, it is that the Big GMT hand came on all matt dials with white letterings.

Damn, you have 2 GMTs???

You're worst than me, my friend.



Nicolas

All the "corninos" (the first 1675) had glossy dial, small arrow hand and 1560 movement (circa 1959).
From 1962 till mid 66 the "standard" case replaces the "cornino" one but keeping the glossy dial and small hand.
From mid 66 the new 1570 movement replaces the previous one (1570), keeping the glossy dial but changing to the big arrow hand.
From the end of 1967 the matte dial replaces the glossy, that the config till the end of the 1675 at the beginning of 80ies.

So, in my opinion:

+ No cornino has big 24h hand
+ A glossy or gilt dial in a non-cornino case can be with small or big 24h hand (in 1966 or 1967)
+ No matte has a small hand

But this is just my opinion...

Hope this helps

and is consistent with about everyone's observations.

Thanks for your contribution.

         Cheers

                   Jeff

Thanks a lt for these clear explanations, and welcome here, by the way.

Best,

Nicolas

Thanks for the welcome Nicolas.

Long time lurker but new poster

Best

Toni

I hope to hear more often from you, now that you joined the " Famiglia "...



Best,

Nicolas

Best, my friend.

Emilio

PS: your 5513 is keeping good time here, in Alicante

Following Nicolas advise I will try to post more often here, not just reading but contributing.... all of you seems to have a good home here !

Glad your 5513 keeps good time in Alicante, at least it can compensate the bad weather

Pues, ahora si!

You're the former owner of Emilio's 5513!

The friends of my friends are my ...Hermanos!



Best,

Nicolas

Yes, my dear Nicolas, Toni was the former owner (before the seller on our Collector´s Market) of the beauty in my wrist. I bought it because I know it was one of his daily beaters and because his great tastes.

I´m happy seeing Toni here. A good boy with lot of passion and knowledge about Rolex.

Otro Hermano más!

Best, my dear Nicolas. Un fuerte abrazo desde España (aka Espana ).

Emilio

La famila crece para mi mayor placer!



Un abrazo, y que disfrutes de tu Rolex!

Nicolas

Yes, I think that you must follow Nico´s advice, and try to post here more often.

And you have true too when you say that we have good home here... well, good no, the best home.

I have great friends here, Toni, the friendship in Purist is one of it´s best values, and the knowledge here is simply awesome. A good place to share passion, knowledge and friendship.

A pleasure see you here.

Best, Toni. See you here and there.

Emilio.

 

 

Wrong!!!
Cornino cases were produced till 1.1Mln ser #...

In fact there are 1,1M corninos, they were produced from the end of 1959 till beginnig of 1962 aprox which means that you can find it between 0,5 up to 1,2 more or less.

Maybe I explained myself wrong in my previous post.

Best

T

I think ser# tells us when it was produced, i never saw square crown guards before ser. 1.1Mln.
Do you think thhey produced that all before 1960? I don't think so... or did you work in Rolex those years???