And even though I think the Oysterquartz has more charm and authenticity, I was surprised to find the LD very attractive when trying it on. Both have their 'raison d'être', imo. And let's not forget the ref. 1530, which has the specificity of having both

Thank you Bill! Nice to see crown-guard less Subs! And good to know that the 1530 caliber change came with the model change and that all 5510s have the 1530 caliber. I was mistakenly under the impression that some 5510s had the 1530 caliber, while some ha

Historical Context & Development The Rolex Submariner reference 5510, introduced in 1958, represents one of the most fascinating transitional chapters in the Submariner lineage. It followed the legendary 6538 "James Bond" Big Crown and set the stage for t

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I'm not very much into Rolex, but I've always liked the design of the Oysterquartz case and the ref. 1530 & 1630 (Oysterquartz case with a mechanical movement), so I wanted to see the Land-Dweller in the metal. I asked to try on the 36 mm ref. 127234

I had forgotten about its existence and only remembered the ref. 1530, to which I dedicated a thread. It’s great to see this reference in two-tone and I find these mechanical integrated bracelet references really meaningful historically and attractive. Be

Inspired by the announcement of new Rolex model at Watches and Wonders today I’m enjoying my “pre-Land Dweller” model ☺️☺️☺️. This is reference 1630 c1978 which actually it is not powered by a quartz movement watch but by a mechanic/automatic movement 157

Here are some live pics from A Blog To Watch of the 40 mm oyster steel & white gold Rolex Land-Dweller ref. 127334 powered by caliber 7135 . To put things into perspective, I added some photos of the Oysterquartz ref. 17014 & 17013 and one photo of th

The angular, integrated bracelet steel case of the Rolex ref. 1530 was originally designed for the Oysterquartz. In 1975, before introducing the Oysterquartz, Rolex produced a limited number of ref. 1530, housing the chronometer-certified, caliber 1570. T

So they might be considered a "semi prototype". Both the 1530 all steel rerference called Oyster Perpetual Date and the ref 1630 Steel gold variant called Oyster Perpetual Datejust where introduced in 1975 and produced till year 1977 (a few were assembled