1655 Explorer II : Ugly duckling or King of cool ?

[calamityjane]

Thanks for the comments!
The pictures were taken by the seller in The Netherlands. I found it on Chrono24. It's supposed to be 100% original, hence my question: If it was not worn much, how did the orange hand fade? Bracelet is tight, and dated correctly.

Here is a photo of my 1655 purchased in the spring of 1973 in Lisbon from Rolex for $285, not a lot of money at the time. Used daily and played maybe 3000 rounds of golf with the watch. Has faded of course. Never serviced, but now I can't lock the Crown. Spoke to the Rolex store, and received a verbal quote of $3000 for repair and service. Insanely expensive! It might need a tube and Crown and plexiglass to get back on track. Will start looking now that I'm retired.

 

[1016 lover]

In work cartel 1655 case
Lot of work on the crown gard

 

[aphmars13]

Here is a photo of my 1655 purchased in the spring of 1973 in Lisbon from Rolex for $285, not a lot of money at the time. Used daily and played maybe 3000 rounds of golf with the watch. Has faded of course. Never serviced, but now I can't lock the Crown. Spoke to the Rolex store, and received a verbal quote of $3000 for repair and service. Insanely expensive! It might need a tube and Crown and plexiglass to get back on track. Will start looking now that I'm retired.

Above all, don't send it to Rolex, find a watchmaker who works on vintage models, it's better to find the parts yourself. If it's just the crown and tube, it should be easy to find. In any case, if you want to get rid of it for $285, even 10 times its price, I'll take the plane to come and get it .

 

[calamityjane]

Above all, don't send it to Rolex, find a watchmaker who works on vintage models, it's better to find the parts yourself. If it's just the crown and tube, it should be easy to find. In any case, if you want to get rid of it for $285, even 10 times its price, I'll take the plane to come and get it .

Nice advice. Thanks, I've applied here in southwest Sweden, but no one dares to work on a Rolex, except Rolex. Do you have any recommendations? I'm pretty new here and want to learn the terminology. I'm looking for some Rolex scrap to start practicing on myself.

 

[Karbon74]

Nice advice. Thanks, I've applied here in southwest Sweden, but no one dares to work on a Rolex, except Rolex. Do you have any recommendations? I'm pretty new here and want to learn the terminology. I'm looking for some Rolex scrap to start practicing on myself.

I recommend @316lad

 

[aphmars13]

Nice advice. Thanks, I've applied here in southwest Sweden, but no one dares to work on a Rolex, except Rolex. Do you have any recommendations? I'm pretty new here and want to learn the terminology. I'm looking for some Rolex scrap to start practicing on myself.

ROLEX COURONNE TWINLOCK & TUBE MONTRES ROLEX ACIER GMT MASTER 1675,16750,1603,16550,1655 DATEJUST,OYSTER PERPETUAL Ø6mm

ROLEX COURONNE TWINLOCK & TUBE MONTRES ROLEX ACIER GMT MASTER 1675,16750,1603,16550,1655 DATEJUST,OYSTER PERPETUAL Ø6mm

www.chrono-shop.net

 

[1016 lover]

Here is a photo of my 1655 purchased in the spring of 1973 in Lisbon from Rolex for $285, not a lot of money at the time. Used daily and played maybe 3000 rounds of golf with the watch. Has faded of course. Never serviced, but now I can't lock the Crown. Spoke to the Rolex store, and received a verbal quote of $3000 for repair and service. Insanely expensive! It might need a tube and Crown and plexiglass to get back on track. Will start looking now that I'm retired.

Find a non rolex watchmaker and ask for a sevice

ROLEX COURONNE TWINLOCK & TUBE MONTRES ROLEX ACIER GMT MASTER 1675,16750,1603,16550,1655 DATEJUST,OYSTER PERPETUAL Ø6mm

ROLEX COURONNE TWINLOCK & TUBE MONTRES ROLEX ACIER GMT MASTER 1675,16750,1603,16550,1655 DATEJUST,OYSTER PERPETUAL Ø6mm

www.chrono-shop.net

Two crown now cost the price of the watch new in 73

 

[aphmars13]

Find a non rolex watchmaker and ask for a sevice

Two crown now cost the price of the watch new in 73

And I think that price is unbeatable. It's more like double when I'm looking.

 

[calamityjane]

I recommend @316lad

Find a non rolex watchmaker and ask for a sevice

Two crown now cost the price of the watch new in 73

 

[calamityjane]

And I think that price is unbeatable. It's more like double when I'm looking.

By then Skr was 4 to 1$ and nowdays 11. Not a big deal then to buy a Rolex.

 

[aphmars13]

By then Skr was 4 to 1$ and nowdays 11. Not a big deal then to buy a Rolex.

I was born then

 

[HerrMoreira]

you achieve amazing results! very nice piece!

 

[369mafia]

you achieve amazing results! very nice piece!

Thank you!

 

[Karbon74]

 

[HerrMoreira]

What a beautiful piece

 

[1016 lover]

Sharp

 

[Karbon74]

It’s a gen I saw on Twitter.
Don’t get me wrong

I put it here for reference and shape

 

[369mafia]

seen on Ebay today..

 

[aphmars13]

seen on Ebay today..

Not my favorite

 

[1016 lover]

Not my favorite

I d like to see a gilt 1655 next