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I came trying to learn. I apologize that my method of collecting information is to ask a lot of questions and engage in discussion. When I have time, I dive deep. I started to become obsessed with trying to appease the egos on the forum. I spoke so very carefully to try to avoid conflict. I listened

You are making the assumption that I am nefarious. That I am wanting something for nothing. I am fully willing and able to pay fair market value for this watch. The problem is, I have no idea what fair market value is. I came to the forum because I did not know what I was looking at with the watch.

I stand by everything I said minus the profanity. Many of the users were cool. When they started showing up in threads on other forums telling me that posting requests to other forums makes me suspect and when I was told I was ignoring the red flags, or when I was told that I shouldn't keep asking q

OK, I didn't know the term 'newbie' was bad. I have been interested in Rolex for a long time. Ive never used the forums. I have read, researched and learned what I can about the watches I am interested. I clarified the term several time. I am not new to watches, or even Rolex. I am new to the seriou

Yeah, things are crazy and get worse every day. Thank you for your input. Over at the Rolex Forum, he literally authored THE THREAD about identifying vintage Rolex originality and it seemed like they respected RolexPassionReport..... Who the heck can I trust?

You are not the first to point out the weirdness of the hands. They are definitely highly suspect to me. The whole watch is suspect, that is why I have been asking around. I wont be buying this, but I might be asking more questions about 6542's!

yes, i can name my price if i want. they asked me to tell them what its worth. i have a responsibility to get them accurate information

I know it sounds crazy. I feel crazy. I just got banned from RolexForums because instead of just accepting the first opinion that was posted there, I kept asking questions and posting new pictures and information I received as I received it. They told me the forum spoke and that I shouldn't ask ques

Someone on the other thread specifically suggested I post it here. I will write up everything I can, post it and then not worry. I have been presented with very strong evidence that this watch has been documented since at least the 1980's had the bezel, hands and dial replaced in 1958 by Rolex. I ha

Hello! I am being offered a (potential) 6542 and I am getting mixed opinions from some pretty serious collectors. Can I get any input on to the originality of this watch? The Rolex Forum says its a fake, but some respected collectors & dealers said it was all good. Any input is really appreciated. T