bobo
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#1655
Feb 25, 2012,03:36 AM
very well written. i can see your heart in it...thank you...
I remember back in the very early 1990s, the explorer II hardly worth nothing, i once had one in my hand and the dealer was asking C$900 for it. I did not take it as the condition was not close to perfect. Then i waited and waited and of course the price soared up....i finally decided to buy one in about 1996 (if my memory was correct) and paid C$8,500 for it....the watch is in near mint condition, hardly been used...i put it away in my safety deposit box until 2008 when everything was at its peak and sold for C$20,000...my watch movement # shows that it is a 70s watch but the case # shows that it is a 80s case....this is very "normal" back then, a lot of people after wearing the watch for almost 10 years, took it back to rolex for service and changed the case...should my watch has a 70s case, i could sell it at about C$30,000 at the peak.....
anyways, i bought back a real nice #1655 at the beginning of this year, i paid C$12,000..the case # and movement # matches perfectly...(all from the 70s) and the watch is in mint condition....the collector bought it back in very early 90s, had the watch completely serviced by Rolex and then put it away till now...this month, i am lucky enough to buy another #1655 in the same mint condition from the same collector and paid C$11,500 cuz the band is a submariner band and not a #1655 band.so i got C$500 "discount"....i figure out, with the C$500, i should be able to get an old explorer II band, or at least i hope i can....