Here are some pictures of my most recent watch which I have been fortunate to find & buy (or actually found an owner willing to sell it). It is a 2.8 mil 5513 with HEV. Caseback reads 1970, Bexely letter states it was issued to Comex in 1972. The watc...
Happy it found a great new owner..... the best Comex ref. for me. Found out some interesting stuff about 5513's... And it's so nice.... they are the true watches of the beginning of the Comex conquest to me!!!! Enjoy this beauty! It's just a killer!!!! Be...
Any chance you can give us an indication of the number on the back. If not the exact number at least range 50-75 75 and over. I imaging it is the small number. Thanks for sharing. Best Bill
It seems that there a few good examples in 283 serial range. So we are still searching for the upper limit its seems - there is in 2.83 mil Mike woods 1969 5513 #51 Matt logo dial - I live between Mike and the #102 with no logo with full provenance - 102 ...
Thank you for your post. The number is 103. It still has the orginal small logo dial. When I m back home next week I ll have a look at the paperwork of the diver again. I think the delivery of these early Comex watches was not perfect science. The batch m...
These guys were like rock stars bringing in big buck based on depth and time of the dive. I have an original Doxa watch from a diver in 1968 telling abouit fighting through the narcosis to complete his dive constantly trying to convince himself that thing...
From all the stories I ve heard and were shared over the years, I think we can only image the kind of life these guys lived. Many of them today are still difficult to approach. They are just a different breed. Can only imagine the bar fights, the drinking...
So we have a pretty good range to assume that there may have been as much as 200 units of the Rolex Comex 5513. The all seem to fall in the 2.83 mil range. Thank you Marcello for the excellent information. Bill
about the dates. It seem some divers have the watches in their possession sometime between 1970 and 1972. I am curious if watches were delivered slowly over time which means some divers would have them in 1970 while the last batch may have been delivered ...
in the south of France these watches were given in two times ( both in 1972 ) . 5513 ( with valve ) given in a previous time ( for ex. 1970 ) had no delivery number in the back. the 5513 " comex nr.1 " have in fact a case in the 2.83 range ( so produced a...
I was assuming that some How Mike Wood had a special inside track on the date. Could be Mike simply mis labeled his item 1969. But that got me thinking. But as You noted it would seem high for 2.83 mil to be other than 1970/71 era. But again looking at th...
as the 2.2 range is roughly equally shared between 1969 and 1970 , while 3.5 range is shared betwen 1973 and 1974., according to internal Rolex production tables. the problem is that you use " selfmade tables " you find on the net usually the mistake may ...
I am always intrigued by what we can learn over time. The real catalyst for my bring this back was the picture of Mike W pictures with a 1969 Comex noted as 2.83mill which was curious. Could just simply be mis labeled. Best Bill