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5 July 2013, 10:30 AM | #1 |
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I have it from a dealer in vintage watches that the quartz is one of the less popular models though quite rare by production numbers. I just bought one of the first produced in like new condition and paid 2500USD for it with a similar warranty. My friend told me dealers usually look to buy them at anywhere from 1500 to 2000 USD or less depending on condition, eye appeal and rarity. Enjoy your watch as I hope to enjoy mine.
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Always find it fascinating that current day wrist shots of the quartz are always of mint condition pieces. I mean, there wrists shots out there of pieces from 10 years ago that look beat to a pulp, but never the OQ.
Kudos to those who keep theirs in a1 condition. |
14 January 2013, 01:30 PM | #3 |
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Actually, I have ever seen some of DJ dial 's hands without lume too. Don't know the certain criteria from Rolex to choose with or without lume.
Within same dial, I have ever seen both of them too ( with and without lume on hands) |
15 January 2013, 04:13 AM | #4 |
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i agree, very comfy, precise, quite rare, still affordable and the best is the 5 yrs power reserve
ps : the blue jubilee dial is fantastic ! |
8 February 2013, 03:37 PM | #5 | |
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Roll over and die... Hey, how about some photos of yours? Isn't this a great case design? Less is definitely more... |
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8 February 2013, 11:59 PM | #6 |
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How about the Rolex Oysterquartz that never was? The elusive Rolex LED described in the upcoming English translation of "Electrifying the Wristwatch" by Lucien F. Trueb, Gunther Ramm, and Peter Wenzig.
As the story goes (I read this on another forum late last year) Patrick Heiniger rejected an engineering project after 5 prototypes of a 5055 driven LED watch were made in the late '70s. There you have it, an Oysterquartz Analog LED watch that never saw the light of day - supposedly all 5 prototypes were destroyed...or were they? Poorly scanned pic from the original German book, Die Elektrifzierung des Armbanduhr.
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10 February 2013, 02:25 AM | #7 |
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when friends come and told about "mechanical noblesse" i laugh, of course passion is'n reason, but the OQ caliber is the most accurate ever made !
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Air-King, Oysterquartz accuracy
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My Y1976 Air King loses 3s per day. My Y2000 Oysterquartz looks like being exactly right, or maybe losing 2s per year! |
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15 March 2013, 10:36 PM | #9 |
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Not quite true the first quartz wristwatch implementation of thermocompensation was achieved with the integration of a thermistor into the IC circuit was from Sieko.Now this IC application in a quartz wrist watch was first invented by Seiko in 1959.Then a few years after followed by CEH group of Switzerland (of which Rolex was one of the founding members) this was in 1962. This first appeared in 1977, in the Rolex Oysterquartz DJ. The Rolex quartz module was referred to as a VCTCXO (Voltage Compensated Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator).But although Rolex have never given any official figures for accuracy it was around +- 60 seconds a year but could be trimed less.While the top line Seiko Grand And around the same time as the Oysterquartz some of the selected Grand Seiko Japanese quartz model these were very accurate quartz model but very expensive even then.But not heard of much in the western world then mainy Japan and far east only. Note 1: Seiko re-issued a limited edition of the "Astron" around 2000 that used a special version of the 9F movement that was used in the 1980s models but now rated to ± 2 seconds per year after adjustment. Now most certainly the Japanese movement accuracy was much better than the Rolex movement Note 2: The 9F movement is reportedly designed to run fifty plus years before it needs servicing. Note 3: Other Grand Seiko quartz models use the 8J movement. Even less is know about this movement. Source of information: Japanese retail sites
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19 April 2013, 06:39 AM | #11 |
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Here's mine.
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23 April 2013, 11:16 PM | #12 |
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Superb thread!!!!! I'm looking for such an informative post. I like that first blue dial Rolex Watch....
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Note to self: search the forum before opening a thread of my own ^o^
thanks a lot guys, for all the info and the pics I think my first Rolex will be an OQ :-D |
31 May 2013, 05:44 AM | #14 |
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My faithful OQ......as accurate as my £45 Seiko???? Actually the Seiko keeps about dot on each year, the OQ gains about 2 seconds.....so I never complain, its a cracker.
[IMG][/IMG] Of course the Seiko is only a couple of years old, my OQ from 1977 gives it a good run for its money, just look at the quality of the hands.......wonderfull |
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Very very pretty watch. I really like the OQs
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10 January 2014, 08:49 AM | #16 |
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My first Rolex is OQ 17014 in mint condition...
I will be receiving it this weekend and I can't wait and I can't get the smile off my face. Here're some of the seller's pics... |
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Looks great, as an OQ should look! Congratulations.
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Can anyone tell me what is the correct battery style for 17013?
The data shows UCAR 357. Besides this style number, what other battery I can purchase and use on 17013? Thanks |
26 January 2014, 09:45 PM | #21 |
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Not sure, but many RSCs still honour the free replacement battery installation service that was promised by Rolex to buyers of new OQs. Have you tried in Taipei?
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Hi Adam;
Thanks! I think Taipei RSC still offer the free battery replacement service. Someone says the correct one is SR344. However, if we check the battery chart on the google, the SR44W is equivalent to UCAR 357. I have no any clue but confuse. Hope someone can give me the answer. Thanks |
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Oysterquartz power cell
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As an aside, there were a few quartz watch movements I enjoyed working with. My personnel favorites were the Accutron tuning fork movements and the Rolex Oyster quartz movements. |
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Congrats pyiyha, that is some watch.
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28 February 2014, 06:09 PM | #26 |
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Forgot to add mine here. It's a 5.2 mill serial, which is the earliest OQ serial I have come across.
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question for the OQ fans....does the OQ bracelet seem more scratch-prone compared to the oyster bracelet?
i ask because it seems like each individual link has more surface area. |
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I haven't had mine long enough to say, really, but for a 37 year old bracelet it is in very good condition, and perhaps more importantly, still very tight. Comfortable, too.
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I'd say no to that, I think. I owned an Oyster Petpetual Datejust in yellow Rolesor with a Jubilee bracelet for about four years, and have now owned an Oysterquartz Datejust in white Rolesor with the Jubilee-type integral bracelet for about a year and a half. And in that time, the OQ has collected almost no scratches, whereas the OP definitely was building up a fine patina (mainly on the polished lugs and centre links) by then. The all-brushed nature of the case and bracelet of the OQ definitely helps I think. Normal daily scratches either seem not to happen, or are so small that they blend in with the brushed case and aren't really visible. |
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