re: Whose got a Rolex?

You must have a fake Rolex if your face gets scratched up. I've had mine for 15 years and have never had one scratch on it's face.

Have you acquired all of these new or through ADs?

You have quite the collection, how long have you been collecting?

I have the AP 15500 blue face, Hublot Big Bang, wife and I have matching S.S. platinum bezel YM’s, and just acquired a 168000 Zorro dial sub as a birth year Rolex.

Just wanted to say that using commas in a post when you should be using ellipses is trashy. OP, please keep that in mind.

ETA: As is using the wrong form of "who's"

Since I retired two years ago I no longer wear a watch . I check my cell phone for the time .

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Just wanted to say that using commas in a post when you should be using ellipses is trashy. OP, please keep that in mind.

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So kind of you to point that out, Merry Xmas to you,...eat a bag of dicks now.

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Have you acquired all of these new or through ADs?

You have quite the collection, how long have you been collecting?

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AD about 40%, broker about 30% and peer to peer about 30%. New vs used was about 60/30 new.

Given a Zorro is your birth year watch I've been in the hobby since a couple or three years after you were born.


For the two people on tOT that might care the Zorro dial sub is one of the shortest run Rolex references ever. The Zorro dial is caled that because the S in Submariner looks like a flipped Z. The 168000 is considered a transitional. Rolex was planning to release the new 16610 Sub switching to 904L steel and using the new 3135 movement but the new moevements were not ready yet so they used the 16610 904L SS cases and the 3035 movement from the previous 16800 Submariner. Produced for only around 9 months in 87 and 88. The fact is was a stopgap reference between two longer running references is what WIS (watch idot savants) call a transitional model/reference sharing aspects from both the previous and subsequent reference.

Now for some trivia that likely nobody will care about:

The 168000 was the first Submariner to move from 316L to 904L stainless steel, all of them had a 3035 movement and a 93150 Oyster bracelet. The case backs are actually stamped as a 16800. Serial numbers started in the high 9 million and ended with the R series.

There are (at least) two dial styles commonly known as the Mk 1 and Mk 2. The MK 1 has a standard font curvy S in Submariner and the Mk 2 has an S that looks like a flipped Z and called a Sorro or Zorro dial. The Mk 1 has a semi-gloss dial and the Mk 2 has a glossy dial.

In the picture, you can see the flat bottom and top of the S in Submariner.

1944 SS Bubbleback that my dad got new while in the Pacific Theater during WWII.

Probably worth a couple of grand, insured for $5k.

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More true than not

Great thread.

I have a 2004 36mm explorer I and an omega speedmaster. Worth it? I dunno, but I enjoy them.