Rolex Daytona 6263 with black dial
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Had the opportunity to take pictures of this beautiful Daytona handwound watch today.
A little distraction: swine flu, die Schweinegrippe - video
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
US Navy Rolex GMT
Monday, November 2, 2009
Source
A few weeks back, this Rolex GMT reference 1675 from the 70s sold via an internet auction house. I tried to contact the seller, but never received a response. Then all of a sudden, the watch was taken out, probably sold outside of the auction house.
Meanwhile, I was in touch with Rolex Germany. They do not know about this dial combination. Sofar, all my research has led me nowhere. Nobody really knows if this kind of dial was ever made for Rolex. I found someone who is retired and part of the US Navy unit, but he told me if someone in the unit received such a watch, it was only one of the highest up people like a general or so.
Anyhow, I wanted to post the pictures here to see if some visitors know more about the history of this dial? Has this truly been made for or by Rolex? I am using the pictures only for learning purposes not to infringe any copyrights.
Wikipedia has information on the history of this unit. That is all I can find.
