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So today I present to you a newly inherited Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date Submariner. The family doesn't think this is a real Rolex. So I happily offered to buy it and it was given to me for a wedding gift. Here are a few things that have me confused.
The lume still works pretty well. For being such an old watch I don't see why a fake would have used real tritium paint (T<25 on the dial).
The crown is not signed, it looks like the Rolex logo may have popped out at some time, this to me screams fake, but I really have no clue about old Rolex's designs,real or fake.
When you pull out the crown there is still a rubber seal in there, which builds my confidence in the crown a bit.
The dial reads as follows:
ROLEX
oyster perpetual date
SUBMARINER
1000ft=300m
superlative chronometer
officially certified
Then down at the bottom of the dial it says:
swiss -- T<25
And yes the bezel insert is missing.
What do you guys think???
Here are the pics:
Gifford....I don't think the watch is genuine. Here's my grab: the date font style is off a little, the point of the Mercedes hour hand is not quite right and the alignment of the crown of the logo to the 12 marker point is not it. The lume of the markers, as spotted by Graham, is also off.
Just my opinion....