"touched up"...?!? you know how radium looks Jeff...

Aug 30, 2010,14:01 PM
 

There's a big difference between a photoshoped picture showing all details of the real deal and one showing white lume on a radium dial as you know that radium always has patina after 50 years as we see in below 6204 of the same article....



So big question is; Isn't that bizar that "we cannot assume that Rolexes own watches are original"?!?...

The point for me in this is that there are NOS pieces with serieus collectors, also already published in the many Rolex book and many more in upcoming publications like "Ultimate Daytona' etc. that're in "all original condition", having the necesary patina and not a relumed dial as we see Geneva is showing the world now....


For me it's a shame and also a blamage towards all the collectors worldwide hunting for every original detail, we all as a big international community, found out after intensive research.....So how can they not think that's important?!? To me it's impossible to understand that they ignore what's happening outside Geneva walls...like checking forums, interacting with collectors, special aftersales for vintage, a museum or publications like books about their Heritage etc. Something, besides correct original lume on publications, so they show the collectors that they are taken serieus what is so important ( see succes Panerai) when you want to transform from current dull $ 'Heiniger' imago to a 'Heritage' oriented one that respecting it's vintage as last Basel stand shows when they don't respect the simpel 'rules' of collecting.

I really hope that they will respond to this minority in a proffesional way and take collecting vintage Rolex more serieus.

RG.Philipp


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Important publication; Rolex is showing their vintage.....

 
 By: Philipps : August 30th, 2010-08:54
At new edition of leading german watchmagazine, Chronos. It appears that shown watches are those that are also on roadtrip and where lately seen at new Berlin Rolex boutique + are shown on their website...As it was not possible to photograph the vintage R...  

Very interesting ! Good point concerning the lume...

 
 By: DrStrong : August 30th, 2010-12:09
I wonder to what extend the pictures have been touched up... Cheers Jeff This message has been edited by DrStrong on 2010-08-30 12:23:56

"touched up"...?!? you know how radium looks Jeff...

 
 By: Philipps : August 30th, 2010-14:01
There's a big difference between a photoshoped picture showing all details of the real deal and one showing white lume on a radium dial as you know that radium always has patina after 50 years as we see in below 6204 of the same article.... So big questio...  

Geneva restores PNs with new lume

 
 By: redsubmariner : October 8th, 2011-16:52
Hi Philipp, funny I am finding this post of you. It appears to be common practice that Rolex restores vintage dials such as the PNs with new lume, as I recently met a good friend who had his watch in Geneva for an overhaul, and when it was returned, it wa... 

Thanks for posting... :)

 
 By: MiniCooper : August 30th, 2010-12:28

Kinda sad state of affairs

 
 By: Bill : October 8th, 2011-18:16
You wonder to whom they targeted the article. They don't seem to not make every effort to showcase the genuine thing. You wonder under which direction this piece was assembled. Great opportunity to present the watches but the curating has failed a miserab... 

There are also 2 interesting dates.

 
 By: amanico : October 8th, 2011-23:05
1954 for the Submariner, while I thought it was '53... 1955 for the GMT ( 6542 ) while I thought it was introduced at the Basel Fair, in 1954. ( BUT, it seems that nobody saw a '54 6542 ). Interesting... Best, Nicolas.