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Originally Posted by cruvon

no me either steve, maybe in comparison to other timepieces of the era, such as cheap disposable types, but within the Rolex range certainly not overly so.

I still find it odd that dell doesnt seem to have considered the actual watches that were being used by the MOD and naval officers at the time and presented an argument to discount them ,I know these watches are a bit less known by some and require some specialised knowledge but they seem equally plausible expecially as they also meet the few clues that the books give us - right down to the actual wording used on the dial matching the references made in the case of the 6200 and being notably heavy - for most Rolex nuts, the 369 doesnt mean anything other than a style of dial, it most certainly doesn't suggest explorer only.

If Ian Fleming was as thorough as Dell suggests, and such a stickler for detail i find it peculiar that he would simply look down at his wrist and use the example in front of him rather than reseaching what was actually being bought and used by the ministry of defense and in fact what they were buying themsleves, and if he did so, why he let it slide in the films.

until someone shows me something other i still see it as a jump to a conclusion... might be right, might not..... i just think it should be presented as speculation not certainty.