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Rolex Milsub 5513/5517 info

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Just read this cool article on the Milsub.

http://rolex.watchprosite.com/show-nblog.post/ti-503131/

This is a killer watch!

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That's an awesome watch. I especially like how the springbars are fixed to only allow a Nato...
 

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He, he ...:lol:


what the --

hot holy crap!

tell me where you live and i will paint your entire house and take out your garbage for six months for that (non-military) 5513 !

dear lord!

-- or is this just a different pic from that article?! darn, i'm so desperate for a good 5513 -- none exist!
 

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He, he ...:lol:


Very, very, nice collection... Please tell us more about each one of them.
In particular: does any one of your Milsubs have fixed bars (like markh mentioned about the one from the article)?
I've been wondering: how do you mod one like that? Where do you find 316 steel bars & how do you fix them? Solder, glue, threads?
 

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for what it's worth, from what i've seen of dealers recently, many/all have military versions with fixed bars -- in fact, they've gone to the other extreme, offering a lot of their supposedly standard non-military 5513, 5512, etc models (even, ridiculously enough, their "tiffany" and "cartier" jewelry-store versions) with fixed bars, military markings on the caseback, etc.

my problem for years has been / is to find a non-military 5513 that isn't wrong for seven different reasons (including ridiculously yellow/orange lume on dial/hands).

so, yes, bump-bump, if that is a collection of reps, details please!! dealers, mods, the works!!
 

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Gens from a GTG. Wish I was there. :)
 

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Yea seen those pics before and sure makes a watch lover cry of envy...
All watches in the pic above could probably get random EU country out of loans and poverty :p
 

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I would like to piece together the Ultimate Milsub. Has anyone done it yet? (rep of course :) )
 

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And were concerned what our pearls look like.

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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe! :lol:

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wow. the markers match the yellow stripe on that black band...

the pearl on that earlier pic looks like they just put a drop of lume in the hole in the bezel insert with nothing else in it... great watch though.
 

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that case doesn't look like steel... is it? or is it black?