WTT: My Rolex Daytona for your 911S long hood

[RSTarga]

Rick,
Sounds like you know your Rolexs'. Any idea what this is?

[tfmcmahon]

here`s a recap on that auction.Great website by the way. http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/recappi...x-daytona-sale

[LongRanger]

. . . Sounds like you know your Rolexs'. Any idea what this is? . . .

Looks like a ref 6234? 'Anti-magnetic' --- but pre-Milgauss

Unusual to see an Oyster w/ non-screw-down pushers

Zat yours, David?

[RSTarga]

Yes, I used it most everyday until The return cap fell off. It was one of my grandfathers watches. My mom gave it to him late 50s or early 60s . My Daytona from late 60s didn't have the screw down pushers either.
Apart from the lost pusher it still runs well. I had Rolex service it about 15 years ago.
I'm really hard on watches, I just use my iPhone for time now. I go to Mexico quite often and prefer to have as least as possible on that could attract a thief.

[Reza]

So these were $500 watches in the 60s, maybe that would be $8,000 in todays money?

Modern editions are about $6-8-12k? Ie. manufacture date 2013.

But vintage 60s items are now selling at big premiums.....

Whereas longhoods are still generally cheaper that 991s.

[Frank Beck]

In approx 1957, I was in high school. I was washing my fathers car, took off his watch and laid it on the bumper, finshed washing, drove the car, lost the watch ( non Rolex ). It was a cool watch and I was really mad at myself. I went to a watch place and told the jewelar I wanted a watch that I never had to take off, as far as water was concerned. He showed me a Rolex GMT Master, I had never heard of a Rolex . He said it was waterproof, had the date, and a magnafying area over the date. I had a Paper Route and had saved my money so I bought the watch, approx $450.00 in 1957. I have been wearing it ever since. It needs a tune up at the moment so its not being used, but it has never leaked.

Mike,

I still can't get the image out of my head of a kid slingin papers with a GMT draped over his wrist (How many links did they have to take out of that sucker anyway?)

I'm not biting. In 1957 you could buy a used pre A Speedster for not much more than $450 and a used Mercury for less. A brand spankin' new Schwinn paperboy special would have set you back far less than half of that. What kind of kid buys a Rolex at fifteen years old? Were you also sniffing aged brandy and drinking Scotch as well?

If I was an old fart in 1957 and some young whippersnapper knocked on my door asking for 29 cents for my weekly paper while wearing a watch that was worth more than 3 months of my wages, I would have been PISSED.

I want some verification on this.

[Mark020]

+1. Sorry to see the dial has been damaged but still a very valuable watch.....

[super9064]

Many people don't realize that Rolex has a sister brand dating back to the 50's, Tudor. Some of vintage ones look exactly like a Rolex, and since the dials were interchangeable many have been converted, kinda like making a RS clone from a 911T. Tudors are of the same high quality as Rolex, they even have their own enthusiast collectors, but at a substantially cheaper price. They are still made today, so if you want the performance and durability and are not hung up on the name its a good option.
http://tudorwatch.hodinkee.com/produ...e-chronograph/

[Frank Beck]

Being a family man I would probably lean toward a Fordor rather than a Tudor.

[Chuck Miller]

Being a family man I would probably lean toward a Fordor rather than a Tudor.

... I like that...

Man, I agree with Frank, they're those that get it, and those that don't........ I'm the later.....

I can appreciate a good look'n watch but pay'n large for one is beyond me.....

My old car buddy Hector's first wife got him a kickass Heuer about 40 years ago that he still wears on special occasions. Another car guy buddy has a bunch of money in a large watch collection, and not many cars. He boasts that all he needs is a drawer to house his big collection and not a warehouse.............

I wear a Casio with a date window (notice how young people don't wear watches anymore)... the date window helps when I write checks (notice it now seems that only geezers write checks... )

... oh well