This is Watch Your Style.
Today, I'm gonna be going over with you my latest acquisition to my personal collection.
And it's funny how this happened because I probably would have never even though of owning
this watch.
So the watch is a Rolex Submariner and it's actually a 1982 reference number 16800.
And the reason that I bought this watch is because I was born in 1982.
So the story goes, my friend Carlos, he's been after a 1975 Sea-Dweller himself and
every time that one of these red Sea Dwellers come in, the first questions is always, �Is
it a 1975?�
He was born in 1975, so he's looking for one.
And that being said, of all the Submariners that have come in through the door or that
have been offered to me, I have never been offered a 1982.
So a guy walks in and he wants to sell this 1982 and I thought, �1982?� I said, �Man,
that's my birthday!� and right there Carlos said, �Man, you gotta buy it then.� And
I said, �You know what?� I looked at it at first and I'm not much into the vintage
stuff guys.
I know a little bit about it and I can defend myself on a deal here are there, but I just
don't consider myself a vintage expert.
So right off the back, when I looked at the watch, there was a couple of things I noticed.
I said, �Man, it's got original hands and original dial.�
A lot of these older watches they get serviced hands or service dials put in it and it kind
of diminishes the value a bit.
Now, 1982 with the serial of 7 million serial is kind of like that transitional year.
It's kind of when the watches, the Subs went from plastic to sapphire and it's right before
they went to the new style.
So it's kind of like how can I say, it is vintage, but it's not really vintage.
I don't know if I can say that right or if I'm gonna piss anybody off, but I don't really
care.
I just thought it was a special watch because it was a 1982 and the price was right, so
when I looked at it at first and I grabbed the watch, I said, �Alright, well you know.
I like the hands.
I like the patina.
I like the yellowing of the luminescence.� I said, �You know what, how much do you
want for it?�
The guy shot me a price I kind of thought it was like market value, so I kind of went
just a little bit under the market value and all being said, I ended up buying the watch
for around $6,500.
Now, it's not a little bit of money, but it's kind a crazy investment either.
I don't know how much I'm gonna use the watch, but I thought overall, it was just a cool
looking watch and I don't know, I guess I just needed that little bit of peer pressure
and when Carlos said, �Well it's a 1982.
You gotta buy it,� I kind of thought to myself I'm like, �Shit, I gotta buy it.
I'm gonna have to buy it.�
So over and all, the watch is in good condition.
It brought the bracelet, even though right now I have it on a Nato strap.
I thought it would be, I mean I'm sorry, I put it on a leather strap, not a Nato.
But I thought it would be interesting at first to put it on the metal strap, on the bracelet,
but then the probably is that for me, then it just kind of looks like an old watch.
It doesn't look too interesting in my opinion.
So I figured this suede strap kind of gives it a little bit more of a hipster look and
I actually like it 100% better on this strap than the bracelet.
First thing I noticed about the watch was that it had been polished and not the best
polish in the world.
Of course, like everybody that comes to sell you a watch, never been polished.
I said, �Incorrect.
The watch has been polished.� Had it been polished and it just being...Had it been polished
correctly, I probably would left it the same.
Had it never been polished and it was all scratched up, I would have definitely left
it like that.
But the problem is that whoever polished it did a really bad job, so I kind of had the
case repolished all over again.
Nothing was done to the dial or the internals.
It actually didn't even need a service.
But overall I'm pretty happy with the damn watch and it's pretty crazy because sometimes
the simplest watch would kind of make your collection feel a little bit more happy.
So this is one of those watches where I feel like every now and then there'll be a time
where I kind of get in the mood to wear this thing.
It definitely it's not gonna be one of like my heavy Watch Game pieces.
This is more of like a personal piece.
I bought it for me.
I bought it for conversation purposes.
You know, the bracelet wasn't in bad shape and the first thing that I wanted to do is
authenticate that it was a 1982.
So I ran the serial and kind of cross referenced it on a bunch of different guidelines that
I have and one of the things that finally sealed the deal for me was that the bottom
of the clasp was stamped with a G and that is period correct for a 1982.
That was all it took to push me over the edge and I just bought it.
You know, the insert is original.
Dial and hands like I stated earlier and the glass is too.
So the only thing that I really did to this watch was I had the case refinished and I
had a couple of seals put in just to be safe.
But overall, I think it's a really cool watch and it kind of gives a lot of character, you
know?
Something different, something I haven't bought before and in the day I ever wanna sell it,
I'll just go ahead and sell it.
So feel free to let me know on the comments below how you feel about my latest acquisition
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My name is Eric, Watch Your Style!