Rolex Oysterdate Ref 6694

Rolex Osyter Date Precision Ref 6694

If I could buy a budget Rolex, this is it! Yes, this is a real

Entry basic Rolex, almost 300,000 have been produces and

it is commonly being found at some of the flea market, at AP

Liu Street of Sham Shui Po, or some of the stores of pre-

owned Rolex in corners of Temple street.

It’s lack of an automatic movement, manual winding for

power reserve up to 48 hours. There is no Chronometer

certification and larger size case.  Thus it is not a hot

commodity amongst Rolex enthusiast. However, when you

are looking for an everyday watch that incorporates many of

the famous Rolex features carrying with a vintage look that

sets you just apart from the general taste of the Rolexes,

this could be your choice!  

The thinner, smaller 34mm solid Oyster-case and smart use

of brushed and polished surfaces make this watch more of a

nice all-rounder.  Especially your wriest is small and or you

are a young girl, it could be your sincere companion for

many years.

It does not come a lot of small words “ Superlative…

certified” simply no bother… “Precision”!

There is no winding rotor and associate gears and rackets, it

is a Rolex Cellini in Oystercase, it would last much more

longer, much less frequent need for overhaul at all. Less is

more!

The only drawback is that you need to unscrew the crown

for manual winding almost every day, little hints is to apply a

slight pushing pressure against the crown screw it a bit anti-

clockwise direction such that the screw thread inside the

screw and the slot engages, then you rotate normally

clockwise to tighten up.

Need not to apply too much force for screw lock-up. Only if

you are preparing to swim with it you need to tighten it.  As it

would be easy to get worn off on the slot and the screw

thread if over tightened it, Don’t forget that you would screw

and unscrew 14,600 times if you use it for 20 years every

day. It should not fail if you follow the above little hints!

Price

Depending on condition of the watch starting from

HKD$4,000 to HKD$10,500 for an excellent condition one.

Price is just pure reference only, as if you can find a special

dial, the shop keeper will ask you more.

Technical Specification:

Sizes Diameter 34 mm

Lug width 19 mm

Clasp width 15 mm

Thickness   12 mm (excluding cyclops)

Movement


This Oysterdate has a manual wind movement caliber 1225

developed in 1967 that it is based on caliber 1210 that dates

back to 1954. 21.600 beats per hour

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