Before buying a vintage Rolex - What to look for and what not!

[@petehamada7073]

you need a good watch moment guy you can trust, that's first. then know what to look for. I've found old rolex at swap meet for 300.00 . I dont flip or sale rolexs this is my passion and personal collection. I've made a few bad buys, but the parts off the watch are very valuable.

[@atlantictrax1]

Fascinating as always. Thank you 👍

[@UnivegaSuperSport]

I have to wonder whether someone, not knowing that the spring was broken, tried to spray oil into the watch in hopes of making it work? Interesting how it pooled around the perimeter of the numbers and indices.

[@IkeBrider]

I know a few Rolex owners who never have their watches serviced. They buy the prestige and image but are too tight fisted to take care of them. They then say, 'Well, I don't think they are that good, they don't keep good time!'

[@atlantictrax1]

Hello from Achill Island 😊

[@vanderdole02]

That reminds me, the Hasselt meteor of 4 years ago, is still missing..., maybe it's inside that watch..:)

[@vanderdole02]

Didn't see this one being announced... so I missed it :(

[@rustywrench2119]

Hi Kalle Very interesting content. Does this rebuild look like a $500 US repair. Asking for the budget. Thanks

[@Tiocacike]

Hi kalle, im working in a Citizen bullhead, the movement its repaired and works very fine, but I have problems with the Chrono second hand and hour hand, the orange ones, the cilinder of the hand dont adjust fine its, like opened and when i put the crono to Zero, the hand moves because the quick movement. If one day you make a video for one Professional solution i will be very grateful. One friend said to me, use one screw locker glue. But i think this solution maybe very agresive. Maybe there is another way easy to fix it, but I dont know.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Interesting problem Cacike, some older far eastern chronographs have not rounded pivots but slightly square or D-shaped. maybe you can "crimp" (=making smaller) the brass tube in a collet of a small lathe. May the force be with you!

[@Tiocacike]

@@ChronoglideWatchmaking thx for the idea, i dont have lathe, but i understand how to crimp with a lathe and maybe i find one cheap and ''Do it yourself'' solution.

[@vanderdole02]

Ah this is my other account, not the SideWalkAstronomy one that's why :)

[@b_altmann]

Yes some &/*£!…# spray the movement with WD40. I had a watch once (bought in a flea market) that had been mistreated like that. It meant a lot of cleaning up.

[@dracovenit9549]

Maybe the owner was literally a fish n shop owner? lol