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    Rare &amp;amp; unusual watches</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Stefano Mazzariol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02756044170785446333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lQ4p1SoVLFM/SZj82yRCtfI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Gl0ARd9aMhA/S220/io.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>82</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801628089007252925.post-2502238803756164507</id><published>2012-02-04T15:38:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-02-04T15:38:16.171Z</updated><title type='text'>Il Fascino di un orologio</title><content type='html'>Il fascino di un orologio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Brown/5504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1023" width="974" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Brown/5504.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Brown/16550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="683" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Brown/16550.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Brown/6234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1023" width="982" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Brown/6234.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Brown/1680-8brown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1006" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Brown/1680-8brown.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All’inizio di questa bella e costosa passione per gli orologi vintage che data oramai, ed ahimè, diversi lustri quasi tutti noi appassionati dell’epoca  eravamo inesorabilmente  attratti da orologi  inusuali e particolari  dotati, sempre e tuttavia, di  una robusta dose di fascino e, sinonimamente, di carisma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo  convinto ,credo   di base , ci spingeva all’acquisto di un oggetto preferendolo ad un altro meno carismatico anche se,magari,  più costoso e/o di “marca” come si diceva un tempo, infatti poco o punto si guardava al brand fatte salve le ben note eccezioni per le grandi Maison tipo Patek,Vacheron,Cartier e via dicendo.&lt;br /&gt;A distanza di anni e soprattutto nell’ultimo  decennio si è persa un poco questa filosofia preferenziale sostituendola, in particolar modo qui da noi in Italia,  con scelte dettate più da una  fenomenologia  globale e di satus dove, appunto, il marchio  l’ha fatta da padrone sostituendosi spesso e volentieri al fascino tanto  da giustificare,alcune volte,   spese esagerate seppur di debole se non addirittura inconsistente  logica formale e d’importanza storica ed assolutamente prevalenti sul gusto, sulla classe e quindi  sul fascino. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Vado quindi  a parlare di qualcosa che mi prende particolarmente, che va' oltre il mondo degli orologi, ma che si estende a tutto e tutti: Il fascino.&lt;br /&gt;Bellezza e fascino, ma quali sono le sostanziali differenze?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' facile distinguere la bellezza senza fascino dal fascino senza bellezza, perchè la prima è solo una perfezione formale che ti lascia freddo, il secondo è un insieme di imperfezioni che ti avvince e ti attrae inspiegabilmente. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il confine tra bellezza e fascino è sottile ed inerscambiabile da confondersi facilmente...ma in realtà il fascino è quello che attira più di una calamità perchè porta con se un magnetismo oltremodo che ti inebetisce...la bellezza è pura arte..design ..forme...colori...troppo tecnica. Nel fascino ci trovi anche i perfetti difetti .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bello e ciò che piace,fascino è anche mistero .Il fascino non ha bisogno di avere una buona componente estetica, se c'è si sente nell'aria...la bellezza senza fascino è come non sentirne il profumo.....&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Definire il fascino non è cosa da poco essendo un concetto complesso ed intrinseco nella filosofia estetica che lo definisce,infatti, come una miscela di attrazione,interesse e coinvolgimento che una persona, un oggetto od un fenomeno possono esercitare su di un essere senziente.&lt;br /&gt;Ora, e per essere un poco più semplici, possiamo paragonare il fascino  alla bellezza dove quest’ultima pur rasentando la perfezione nella sua interpretazione migliore, in alcuni casi,  è talmente algida da essere fredda ed  orbata  da  quei piccoli difetti ed imperfezioni il  cui mixage  esplosivo innesca il fenomeno unico ed irripetibile del fascino.&lt;br /&gt;La bellezza,inoltre, può avere parametri sensibilmente  modificabili  che   possono moderatamente ridurla od  esaltarla a seconda dei casi   mentre per il fascino questo è impossibile, o esiste nella sua interezza  immodificabile od è assente e pertanto irreperibile. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Potremmo continuare all’infinito con questo genere di paragoni  ma non è questa la sede né, tantomeno, l’argomento principale  dell’articolo in oggetto dove, invece, si vuol parlare dell’incredibile ed unico  fascino acquistato da orologi e principalmente dal loro quadrante.&lt;br /&gt;Il fascino di un orologio   irradiato  dal quadrante  che con le sue sfumature &lt;br /&gt;patinate  ci rapisce lo sguardo e che fa' di un oggetto di serie  un pezzo unico , colorato come solo il tempo sa fare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; La patina (estensione latina di piatto su cui ,nell’antichità, veniva stesa una vernice protettiva per salvaguardarne le caratteristiche chimico-fisiche) è il risultato di varie concause componenti  l’umidità, la luce ed il calore solare, la gravità ed infine anche l’usura che producono una degradazione materica tendente, per tutti i composti inorganici metalli inclusi da cui è formata, a riportare i componenti allo stato e quindi al loro colore d’origine.&lt;br /&gt;Ora non tutte le componenti dei vari oggetti  danno una risposta esauriente ed esaltante con il passare del tempo così, e nella maggior parte dei casi, le adulterazioni  subite producono uno stato  di miserevole degrado al sapore di “vecchio”   esentando completamente le cose    da ogni tipo di attrazione e di  fascino.&lt;br /&gt; Mentre in  alcuni rari anzi meglio rarissimi casi gli oggetti  assumono una patina ed una colorazione di assoluta bellezza e rara  unicità dove, appunto quella patina  bronzo-ramato denunzia   egregiamente tutto il tempo trascorso, la storia e le vicissitudini attraverso cui   questo splendido orologio è passato.&lt;br /&gt;Lo stato di conservazione superlativo di un orologio, in tutte le sue parti, meccanica inclusa, così alla sua  già estrema rarità ed al suo indiscutibile fascino  aggiungono ulteriori parametri di perfezione molto graditi a tutti noi collezionisti tanto da farlo apparire come un vero oggetto del desiderio  tale  da far vibrare violentemente anche i polsi dei collezionisti più colti, esigenti e scafati  il cui inesauribile ed imperativo bisogno di unicità può, fuor da ogni banale considerazione mercimoniale,  spingerli al suo  possesso. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Brown/2508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/19729-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="921" width="709" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/19729-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il quadrante  sopranominato Newman  e' da sempre la versione piu' sportiva  del crono DAYTONA, ispirato al mondo delle corse automobilistiche, nasce in concomitanza alla collaborazione  di ROLEX  come cronometrista ufficiale ai circuiti di DAYTONA, in Florida   e le Mans , in Francia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dial nicknamed “Newman” has always been the sportiest version for the DAYTONA chronograph. Inspired by the world of automobile racing, it was born in conjunction with the collaboration of Rolex as the official time keeper for the racing circuits Daytona, in Florida and Le Mans, in France. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/2u5v1nc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1023" width="735" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/2u5v1nc.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/288wjs8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1023" width="757" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/288wjs8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il DAYTONA e' un cronografo impermeabile, diam 37mm con cassa tonneau in tre parti con chiusura a vite e ghiera graduata.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The DAYTONA is a waterproof chronograph 37mm in diameter with a three part Tonneau case with screw closure and graduated bezel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nw2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="699" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nw2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/d04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="715" width="800" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/d04.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il fondello riporta internamente&lt;br /&gt;le punzonature di Rolex,brevetto(patented) numero di referenza e i vari punzoni distintivi dell'oro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inside the back cover are the Rolex stamp, patented reference number and various distinctive stamps for the gold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/fondello624118kt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="999" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/fondello624118kt.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1009" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967l.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/62398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="994" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/62398.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il movimento e' di derivazione Valjoux 13", 17 rubini.Corona di carica Oyster Twinlock 600 ref. 21 e pulsanti a pompa ref.24-p3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The movement is derived from the Valjoux 13” with 17 rubies. Oyster Twinlock 600 ref. 21 winding crown and pump buttons ref. 24-p3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/62391aserie6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="996" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/62391aserie6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/72Blatoquadrante.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/72Blatoquadrante.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/727latofondello.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1020" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/727latofondello.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/727latoquadrante.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1021" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/727latoquadrante.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1023" width="927" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967i.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="880" width="1023" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/727.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/722-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="850" width="1023" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/722-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I quadranti  nei modelli in oro sono: champagne matt e contatori neri matt a cerchi concentrici in rilievo, indici e corona applicati in oro, punti luminosi agli indici , meno che a quello ad ore 12, scala esterna dorata con divisione a 1/5 di secondo.Sfere  a bastone in oro&lt;br /&gt;luminose.Il quadrante nero ha le stesse caratteristiche ma con i colori contrapposti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dials on the gold models are: matt champagne with matt black counters in concentric raised circles, gold applied hour markers and crown, and luminous points on the hour indicators except for the one at 12 o’clock. The external scale is gold with 1/5 second dividers. Stick hands in shiny gold. The black dial has the same characteristics but with the opposite colors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="1018" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo10.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="1023" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo9.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="1020" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1015" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1020" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="993" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="1022" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="1010" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1023" width="992" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/nworo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' stato montato sugli orologi in oro con la ref. 6239, 6241, 6262, 6264.&lt;br /&gt;Da statistiche e studi posso azzardare un ipotetica valutazione degli esemplari prodotti in tutto l'arco della loro permanenza in catalogo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La ref. 6239 (1962/1972) conta circa 14000 esemplari in acciaio di cui circa 300 in oro 18kt, non mi risultano esemplari in oro 14 Kt , prodotti quasi esclusivamente  per il Mercato USA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La ref. 6241 ,(1965/1972) circa 2200 esemplari di cui circa 700 in oro 18 e 14 KT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La ref. 6262, (1969/1972) circa 3000 esemplari in acciaio di cui circa 200 in oro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La ref 6264, (1969/1972) circa 2000 esemplari  di cui circa 300 in oro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was mounted on gold watches with reference numbers 6239, 6241, 6262, 6264. &lt;br /&gt;Based on statistics and studies we can attempt a hypothetical evaluation of the number of specimens produced during their full stay in the catalogue:&lt;br /&gt;There are approximately 14000 steel specimens of the ref 6239 (1962/1972) with about 300 are 18kt gold. I could not find any 14kt gold. They were produced almost exclusively for the US market.&lt;br /&gt;Ref 6241, (1965/1972) has approximately 2200 specimens of which about 700 are 18 and 14 kt gold.&lt;br /&gt;Ref 6262, (1969/1972) has approximately 3000 steel specimens of which about 200 are gold.&lt;br /&gt;Ref 6264, (1969/1972) has approximately 2000 specimens of which about 300 are gold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6239nworo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="872" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6239nworo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6264nworo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="906" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6264nworo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="683" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quindi, riassumendo questa ipotetica ed approssimativa stima sui dati di produzione, contiamo che &lt;br /&gt;ROLEX ha prodotto come DAYTONA  in oro un totale di 1500 esemplari, cioe' circa 170 pz l'anno, un inezia nella produzione Rolex che contava nel 1963 una produzione annua di 140.000 orologi incrementata tutti gli anni per arrivare  nel 1972 a 310.000 orologi complessivi di tutti i modelli. &lt;br /&gt;Questo deve farci valutare il peso e il gradimento che aveva il DAYTONA all'epoca, cioe' quasi niente.&lt;br /&gt;Oggi ovviamente il discorso e' completamente ribaltato e se si potrebbe pensare  che il DAYTONA acciaio/Newman sia, dal punto di vista collezionistico sufficientemente importante,la versione in oro ne nobilita ed esalta ancor piu' il disegno sposandosi alla perfezione sia  con i quadranti nero/champagne che su quello con colorazione opposta.&lt;br /&gt;Tornando al discorso esemplari prodotti in oro, cioe' circa 1500 totale , la domanda e' :quanti hanno montato il quadrante Newman? Personalmente ritengo ottimisticamente una stima inferiore ai 500 esemplari totali delle referenze sopra citate.&lt;br /&gt;Il DAYTONA nella livrea NEWMAN e' senza dubbio , l'orologio da collezione  piu' conosciuto ed apprezzato dagli appassionati di tutto il mondo.&lt;br /&gt;I suoi contrasti cromatici, il fascino del quadrante realizzato con una tridimensionalita' amplificata dai diversi livelli di cui si compone e , ad oggi ,da una richiesta  ben maggiore all'offerta, creano una magia che viene sprigionata una volta indossato al polso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, summarizing this hypothetical and approximate estimate based on production dates, we count a total of 1500 specimens of the gold DAYTONA produced by ROLEX, meaning about 170 pieces per year, a trifle in the Rolex production that counted an annual production of 140,000 in 1963 and increased each year until reaching 310,000 total watches in 1972 including all models.&lt;br /&gt;This leads us to evaluate the impact and approval level that the DAYTONA had at the time; almost none. Today obviously the story is completely reversed and if one considers that the steel/Newman, from a collector’s point of view, is important enough as it is, the gold version only dignifies and enhances the design even more, moving closer to perfection with both the black/champagne dials and those of the opposite color.&lt;br /&gt;Returning to the theme of gold specimens, approximately 1500 gold models total, the question is: How many had the Newman dial? Personally, I optimistically estimate less than 500 examples of the aforementioned references.&lt;br /&gt;The DAYTONA in the NEWMAN livery is without a doubt, the collector’s watch that is best known and appreciated by collectors worldwide.&lt;br /&gt;Its color contrasts, the charm of the three-dimensional dial which is amplified by the different levels that make it and, to date, a much higher demand than supply, create a spell that is unleashed when worn on the wrist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="683" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1023" width="920" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6241-2112967d.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quando poi le condizioni dell'orologio  si avvicinano fortemente  alla definizione “ di conio” le stime degli esemplari arrivati ai giorni nostri crollano vertiginosamente  e non si puo' che non essere rapiti dalla magia del possedere  un raro ed incompreso all'epoca, pezzo di storia dell'orologeria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the condition of the watch approaches the definition of “mint”, the estimates of the number of watches that have made it to our day fall dramatically and you can’t help but be swept away by the magic of possessing a rare and misunderstood at the time, piece of watch making history.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/img937-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="735" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/img937-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/post-907328-1180690839-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="882" width="800" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/post-907328-1180690839-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/img033-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1024" width="940" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/img033-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agli inizi degli anni 70 , Rolex presenta i suoi due nuovi cronografi con le referenze 6263 e 6265.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per il panorama orologiero, il decennio 1970/1980 rappresenta l'eta' del quarzo che stravolge i canoni dal punto di vista estetico, tecnico e commerciale.&lt;br /&gt;Dopo la rivoluzione dettata dal Bulova Accutron (1960) e rimasta isolata per diversi anni,negli anni 70 ,l'industria orologiera Svizzera presenta in contemporanea 20 orologi al quarzo, ovviamente diversi nell'aspetto ma identici nel movimento (il Beta 21).&lt;br /&gt;La novita' ha un successo importante perche' tali orologi vantano una precisione inedita' ed un look vistoso ed inconfondibile, reso ncessario dalle dimensioni del movimento.&lt;br /&gt;Avevano un prezzo molto elevato, ma accettato dal pubblico perche' , a quel tempo, gli orologi piu' precisi venivano ritenuti anche i piu' cari.&lt;br /&gt;Da li' a poco quest'ultima considerazione si dimostro' sbagliata.&lt;br /&gt;Il decennio successivo possiamo definirlo "l'era dell'orologio in plastica", lo Swatch irrompe sul mercato nel 1982 stravolgendo ed imponendo il suo prodotto sul mercato. &lt;br /&gt;In questo scenario,il crono Daytona fin dalla sua presentazione,  ebbe un accoglienza molto fredda sul mercato, non era l'orologio del momento.&lt;br /&gt;Fu prodotto , nei quasi  20 anni di permanenza in catalogo , in circa 12000 esemplari in acciaio e poco piu' di 1200 in oro 18 e 14kt.&lt;br /&gt;Quindi commercializzato in poco piu' di 600 esemplari totali l'anno, un inezia per il mercato mondiale dell'orologeria.&lt;br /&gt;Come ho gia'descritto in altri articoli , molti sono i piccoli cambiamenti estetici e tecnici &lt;br /&gt;apportati a questo Daytona e , come da tradizione Rolex, ogni differenza diventa importante dal punto di vista collezionistico.&lt;br /&gt;Per le ref. 6263/6265 in acciaio esistono diverse tipologie di quadrante bicolore con scritte a contrasto: bianche o argento su fondo nero;nere su fondo argento.&lt;br /&gt;La scritta Daytona , quando presente, e' sempre stampata in rosso sopra al contatore ad ore 6 e puo' essere piu' o meno distante dal contatore ore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;t the beginning of the 1970s, Rolex introduced its newest two Chronographs with references 6263 and 6265.&lt;br /&gt;For the watch making world, the decade between 1970/1980 represented the age of quartz which turned the standards upside down from aesthetic, technical and commercial points of view.&lt;br /&gt;After the revolution introduced by the Bulova Accutorn (1960) which remained isolated for various years, in the 1970s the Swiss watch industry introduced 20 watches at the same time, obviously each had a different look, but had identical movements (the Beta 21).&lt;br /&gt;The success of the new watches was important because these watches boasted unmatched precision and a gaudy and unmistakable look, which was necessary due to the dimensions of the movement.&lt;br /&gt;They were very costly, but accepted by the public because at the time the most precise watches were also considered the most expensive.&lt;br /&gt;Soon this point of view would be shown to be mistaken.&lt;br /&gt;We can define the following decade as “the plastic watch era”, Swatch burst onto the market in 1982 twisting and forcing its way into the market. In this setting the chronograph Daytona, from the time of its introduction, received a very cold reception by the market; it wasn’t the watch of the moment.&lt;br /&gt;During its nearly 20 years of being present in the catalogue, approximately 12000 steel specimens and slightly more than 1200 18k and 14k gold were produced. Therefore only slightly more than 600 total specimens per year were sold, a trifle for the world wide watch market.&lt;br /&gt;As already discussed in previous articles, there were many small aesthetic and technical changes made to this Daytona, and following Rolex tradition, every change became important from a collectors point of view.&lt;br /&gt;For the steel ref. 6263/6265 there are various types of dual color dials with contrasting writings: white or silver on black background; black on silver background.&lt;br /&gt;The writing Daytona, when present, is always printed in red above the counter a 6 o’clock and may be spaced closer or farther away from the hour counter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265jap1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1007" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265jap1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La posizione delle scritte Rolex Oyster Cosmograph puo' variare in funzione dell'anno di produzione dell'orologio e possono essere allineate piu' o meno in alto o basso rispetto alla corona logo Rolex.&lt;br /&gt;La scritta in basso T SWISS T puo' avere , in un periodo ben catalogato da noi appassionati, il simbolo  Goute a Prior e ancora in un range piu' ristretto possiamo trovare questo simbolo insieme alla scritta DAYTONA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The position of the writing Rolex Oyster Cosmograph may vary depending on the production year of the watch and may be more aligned higher or lower compared to the Rolex logo crown.&lt;br /&gt;The writing on the bottom T SWISS T may have, in a well documented period by us as fans, the symbol Goute a Prior and in an even tighter range of specimens we can also find this symbol together with the writing DAYTONA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/sigma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="793" width="570" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/sigma.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/1223900005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1023" width="716" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/1223900005.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'esemplare  che mi piace chiamare  Black Out, era destinato al mercato Giapponese, forse per una regolamentazione Nipponica sull'emisioni radioattive del trizio o forse solo un tentativo di stile (l'uso della luminescenza veniva considerato  adatto ad orologi sportivi), non venne applicato il materiale luminescente ne al quadrante ne alle lancette.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The specimen that I like to call “Black Out” was destined for the Japanese market. Possibly due to Japanese regulations of the radioactive emissions of the tritium or maybe just as a stylish attempt (luminescence was considered suitable for a sports watch), luminescent material was applied to neither the dial nor the hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/senzatrizio11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="683" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/senzatrizio11.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/senzatrizio10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="683" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/senzatrizio10.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/senzatrizio2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="890" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/senzatrizio2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/senzatrizio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="683" width="1024" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/senzatrizio.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mentre tutto sembra decretare la fine  del Daytona, ritenuto obsoleto, nel 1989 il Cosmograph  rinasce dalle sue ceneri e mentre la nuova versione automatica  diventera' lo status symbol  degli anni '90, la " vecchia" modellistica a carica manuale iniziera' la scalata del mondo collezionistico, sopratutto le versioni che si caratteristicano per condizioni e particolarita'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While all signs pointed to the end of the Daytona, now considered obsolete, in 1989 the Cosmograph was reborn from its ashes and while the new automatic version was destined to become the status symbol of the 90’s, the old manually wound model began its climb in the collecting world, above all the versions that are characterized by specific conditions or peculiarities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 935px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian1a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo orologio incredibilmente raro racchiude una storia interessante e misteriosa ed è derivato più o meno direttamente  dal modello 23088 denominato “Groelandia”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This incredibly rare watch contains an interesting and mysterious history and is derived more or less directly from the 23088 model named the “Greenland”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/groelandia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 812px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/groelandia.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/groelandia3-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1005px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/groelandia3-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/groelandia2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 969px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/groelandia2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nel 1947, la Francia inaugurava una serie di esplorazioni, seguita subito anche da altre nazioni, dell’Artico e dell’Antartico, guidate dallo scienziato Paul-Emile Victor. Le spedizioni riunivano esperti di geologia, geodesia, meteorologia, fisici, biologi e studiosi dei ghiacci allo scopo di scoprire, studiare e comprendere il magnetismo polare nonché le sue influenze climatiche terrestri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1947 France began a series of explorations, immediately followed by other nations, of the Artic and Antarctica, guided by the scientist Paul-Emile Victor. The expeditions combined experts in geology, geodesia, meteorology, physics, biology, and ice study experts with the goal of discovering, studying and understanding the polar magnetism as well as its influence on world climates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’esplorazione di queste regioni inospitali richiedeva attrezzature e  materiali adeguati così  Paul-Emile Victor portò con sé, durante le sue prime missioni, quattro cronometri di bordo e quindici orologi da polso tutti Longines  necessari, al tempo, per determinare il punto astronomico, tra questi orologi uno dei modelli era proprio il Longines 23088 .&lt;br /&gt;Ed ora un po’ di storia per meglio comprendere il significato tecnico-scientifico di questo importante  modello così quella che sto per raccontarvi è una storia poco conosciuta ma certamente ricca di fascino, in cui realtà e leggenda si mescolano dando vita a qualcosa di davvero straordinario.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The exploration of these inhospitable regions required suitable instruments and materials so Paul-Emile Victor brought with him, during his first missions, four on-board chronometers and fifteen Longines wrist watches. At the time they were necessary to determine the astronomic point. Among these watches we find precisely the Longines 23088. And now for a bit of history to better understand the techno-scientific significance of this important model. What I am going to tell you is a little known but richly fascinating story in which reality and legend mix giving life to something truly extraordinary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quanto descritto  dovrà, pertanto e per dirla alla latina  cum grano salis  nel senso che non è possibile garantire con sicurezza che le vicende in oggetto siano tutte assolutamente autentiche ma sicuramente verosimili.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is written here should be taken, as they say in latin cum grano salis (with a grain of salt) in that it is not possible to be sure that the events discussed are all absolutely authentic, but definitely probable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quello che si può asserire di certo    è che, seppure  i viaggi e le spedizioni di cui ora parleremo sono effettivamente documentati, per il contorno non è possibile quantificarne con esattezza l’alone più o meno leggendario che ci è stato tramandato.&lt;br /&gt;La ricerca storica che verro' a raccontarvi e' tratta da un testo di  Marco Galluccio,il quale ritiene buona parte della narrazione abbastanza  autentica tenendo anche conto, e solo per esempio, degli enormi progressi tecnologico-scientifici compiuti dai nazisti  e nel giro di soli pochi anni circa i sommergibili Type XXI, le V-2 di Nordhausen o ancora i  Foo Fighters . Ad ogni modo tenteremo per quanto possibile di analizzare ciascun avvenimento, personaggio e unità in maniera critica e analitica confrontando parallelamente più fonti, per quanto le informazioni reperibili sulla Base 211 non siano così copiose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What we can be sure of is that even though the travels and expeditions that we will talk about here are actually documented, for the rest it is not possible to ascertain exactly how much of the auro of legend has been passed down. The historical research that I will raccontarvi is froma text by Marco Galluccio, who considers a large part of the narrative to be accurate enough taking into consideration for example the enormous technological-scientific advances made by the Nazis in just a few years regarding the Type XXI, V-2, Nordhausen and Foo Fighters submarines. In any case we will try as much as possible to analyze each event, character and ship in a critical and analytic manner comparing multiple sources in parallel although the information available regarding  Base 211 are quite scarse.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prima di continuare a leggere Vi invito a vedere il seguente filmato su Youtube:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before you continue to read, I would invite you to watch the following clip on Youtube:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6feES9AGKsY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sono certo,infine, che  questo documento sarà, per  il nostro lettore più o meno scettico, fonte d’ interesse per i  fatti narrati.&lt;br /&gt;Siamo negli anni immediatamente precedenti la seconda guerra mondiale, i nazisti di Adolf Hitler aspirano a diventare la prima potenza mondiale e per farlo guardano soprattutto all’estensione territoriale come  l’annessione dell’Austria col famoso Anschluss stava a dimostrare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sure in the end that this document will be, for our more or less sceptical readers, a source of interest for the facts that are shared.&lt;br /&gt;We are in the years immediately preceding the second world war, the Nazis of Adolf Hitler are aspiring to become the leading world power and to do so are looking above all to extend their territory such as the annexing of Austria with the famous Anschluss shows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hitler era infatti un convinto assertore della teoria dello «spazio vitale» necessario alla sopravvivenza stessa del Terzo Reich. Seppur molti conoscono dalle fonti storiche come t l’Europa di allora  sarebbe presto finita sotto gli artigli della svastica non molti,tuttavia, sanno che i nazisti erano supportati da parecchi governi sudamericani (come Argentina o Paraguay) né  che i tedeschi volevano impadronirsi – cosa poi avvenuta almeno in parte – dell’Antartide!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact Hitler was a firm believer in the theory of “vital space” necessary for the survival of the Third Reich. Although many know from historical sources how Europe of the time would quickly fall under the claws of the swastika, not many know that the Nazis were supported by many South American governments (such as Argentina or Paraguay) nor that the Germans wanted to take possession – which they would accomplish in part – of Antarctica!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo Continente, raggiunto per la prima volta da Ross nel 1839, era all’epoca una delle aree meno conosciute del pianeta e il fatto che la ripartizione di quei territori non fosse stata ancora stabilita da alcuna legge né convenzione internazionale, faceva sì che un’occupazione fisica degli stessi ne comportasse automaticamente il possesso. I nazisti dunque fremevano al pensiero di muoversi verso quelle terre per rivendicarne la proprietà una volta giunti sul posto. Un’azione di quel genere avrebbe ovviamente avuto una risonanza politica a livello mondiale atta a sottolineare ancora una volta in più la predominanza e la determinazione degli uomini del Führer ( a questo punto è corretto ricordare come la prima missione antartica tedesca risalga all’anno 1873).Ora, organizzare una spedizione militare in un clima di tensione come quello del momento non avrebbe fatto altro che incrinare prima del tempo i rapporti con gli anglo-americani, per cui fu decisa una spedizione “civile” per il 1938 ed  in collaborazione con la Lufthansa ovvero con una linea Area Civile e non di certo militare. Il comando fu affidato al capitano Alfred Ritscher  il quale aveva già dimostrato abilità ed esperienza durante precedenti spedizioni nell’area artica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This contintent, first reached by Ross in 1839, was at the time one of the least known areas of the planet, and the fact that the division of the territory had not yet been established by any law or international convention made it such that a physical presence would automatically determine possession. The Nazis therefore were anxious to moving in that direction in order to establish ownership once arriving. Such an action would obviously have had political repercussions of a global level underlining once again the predominance and determination of the Fuhrer’s men (at this point it is only correct to remind the reader that the first German Antarctic mission goes back to 1873). Now, to organize such a military expedition in an already tense climate like the one at that moment would have done nothing more than prematurely damage relationships with the anglo-americans, so it was decided to send a “civilian” expedition in 1938 together with Lufthansa, or rather with a civilian airline and certainly not a military one. The command was given to capitain Alfred Ritscher who had already shown hi ability and experience during previous expeditions to the Arctic area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_5.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 329px; height: 458px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_5.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una nave fu appositamente modificata nei cantieri di Amburgo per la missione, si trattava di un mercantile riconvertito per il lancio di un paio di idrovolanti ed infine il  nome dell’unità era Schwabenland (il cui significato è Svevia) e i componenti  l’ equipaggio vennero selezionati e preparati direttamente dalla Società Tedesca per la Ricerca Polare tutto,insomma, faceva presagire  una missione in grande stile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A ship was specifically modified in the dockyards of Hamburg for the mission. It was a merchant ship converted for launching a pair of hydroplanes and lastly the name of the unit was Schwabenland (which means Swabia) and the members of the crew were selected and trained directly by the German Society for Polar Research. Everything foreshadowed a mission in grand style.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 642px; height: 234px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_6.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 166px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_6.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_4.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 368px; height: 170px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_4.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il contrammiraglio Richard Byrd, grande esperto americano dei territori polari, fu invitato dai vertici tedeschi a partecipare alla spedizione ma lo statunitense, dopo aver visionato unità, equipaggio e pianificazione, decise di declinare l’offerta. Byrd all’epoca era considerato quasi un mito era,in effetti, stato il primo uomo a sorvolare il Polo Sud nel lontano 1929.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rear Admiral Richard Byrd, great American expert of the polar territories, was invited by German leaders to participate in the expedition but the American, after seeing the unit, crew and plans, decided to decline the offer. Byrd at the time was considered almost a legend, and had been, in effect, the first man to fly over the South Pole in 1929.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_3.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 555px; height: 245px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_3.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nazisti in Antartide durante&lt;br /&gt;la missione del 1938-1939.&lt;br /&gt;“La  Schwabenland  lasciò Amburgo esattamente il 17 dicembre 1938 con a bordo ingegneri, biologi, idrografi e cartografi e, dopo poco più di un mese, raggiunse la banchisa antartica il 20 gennaio seguente, nella posizione 69° 10’ S, 4° 15’ W. La nave era stata realizzata per essere in grado di imbarcare, lanciare (mediante catapulta a vapore ad una velocità di 150 km/h) e recuperare mediante sollevamento dall’acqua l’idrovolante  Wal , della ditta Dornier. Si trattava di un velivolo ad abitacolo scoperto, felicemente utilizzato in passato per il servizio postale e con un’autonomia di circa 2.200 km. Durante le settimane successive i due  Wal  (i cui nomi erano  Boreas  e  Passat ) effettuarono una quindicina di voli coprendo una superficie compresa tra i 325.000 e i 600.000 chilometri quadrati di territorio (i dati in proposito sono contrastanti) e scattando 11.000 fotografie delle aree sorvolate con le speciali fotocamere Zeiss installate a bordo.&lt;br /&gt;Una tale raccolta di dati permise, fra le altre cose, di aggiornare notevolmente le vecchie mappe.&lt;br /&gt;Come se non bastasse, furono letteralmente centinaia le bandiere naziste disseminate in volo sulle varie zone, il cui scopo altro non era che dimostrare la “paternità” delle terre.&lt;br /&gt;Le bandiere erano infatti fornite di una base pesante e appuntita che permettesse una facile penetrazione nel ghiaccio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nazis in Antarctica during the mission of 1938-1939.&lt;br /&gt;“The Schwabenland left Hamburg precisely the 17th of December 1938 with engineers, biologists, hydrographers and cartographers on board and after just over a month reached the Antarctic shelf the following January 20th at the position 69° 10’ S, 4° 15’ W. The ship had been made to permit to load, launch (using a steam powered catapult at a speed of 150 km/h) and retrieve by raising from the water the Hydroplane Wal, made by the company Dornier. It was an open cockpit plane that had been happily used in the past by the postal service with a range of approximately 2,200 km. During the following weeks the two wWal (whose names were Boreas and Passat) made about 15 flights covering an area between 325,000 and 600,000 square kilometres of the territory (the available data is contrasting) and took 11,000 photographs of the area flown over with the special Zeiss cameras installed on board.&lt;br /&gt;Such a gathering of data allowed, among other things, old maps to be greatly updated.&lt;br /&gt;If that wasn’t enough, there were literally thousands of Nazi flags scattered during the flight in the various zones whose goal was none other than to demonstrate the “paternity” of the lands. The flags were in furnished with a heavy pointed base that allowed easy penetration into the ice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 221px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’intero territorio coperto dall’esplorazione nazista fu denominato  Neu-Schwabenland  ovvero Nuova Svevia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The entire territory covered by the Nazi exploration was named New-Schwabenland or rather New Swabia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Neu_Schwaben_Map550x550.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 550px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Neu_Schwaben_Map550x550.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Furono scoperte con soddisfazione alcune aree relativamente libere dai ghiacci, ricche di vegetazione e di sorgenti calde sotterranee.&lt;br /&gt;Dopo un mese, a metà febbraio del 1939, il gruppo lasciò l’Antartide e iniziò il viaggio di ritorno, durante il quale Ritscher e la sua equipe pianificarono una nuova spedizione, che però non avrebbe avuto luogo a causa dello scoppio del secondo conflitto mondiale.&lt;br /&gt;Il viaggio di ritorno durò comunque il doppio di quello di andata, poiché alcuni scienziati vennero sbarcati in Sud America per pianificare con ordine e calma nuove spedizioni.&lt;br /&gt;E’ interessante osservare che almeno una parte dei territori raggiunti dai tedeschi fossero già stati scoperti dai norvegesi nel 1931: tale regione è stata poi rinominata Terra della Regina Maud nel 1957, in accordo al Trattato Antartico. &lt;br /&gt;Probabilmente però i norvegesi riuscirono ad esplorare sono una piccola area, a differenza della missione a più ampio raggio dei nazisti.”  (Marco Galluccio)&lt;br /&gt;L’interesse verso il continente antartico era comunque destinato ad aumentare in quanto solo un anno dopo, nel 1940 e dunque in piena guerra, ebbero luogo diverse spedizioni segrete verso le zone già esplorate da Ritscher, utilizzando le baie a nord-ovest delle montagne Muhlig-Hoffman come punti d’attracco.&lt;br /&gt;Sembra che, durante una delle missioni, sia stato scoperto una sorta di lungo canale sottomarino che attraversava tutto il continente antartico spingendosi addirittura fino alla Nuova Zelanda nell’estremità opposta; fra l’altro, questo tunnel, sarebbe stato perfettamente adattabile alla navigazione subacquea e fu anche per questo che gli uomini di Hitler maturarono l’idea di edificare una base segreta e superprotetta nei meandri di tale canale ovvero  la leggendaria Base 211, chiamata anche – e non a caso, dato che da essa sarebbe dovuta idealmente rinascere la grandezza del Terzo Reich – Nuova Berlino.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They were very satisfied to fine some areas that were relatively free of ice, rich in vegetation and underground hot springs.&lt;br /&gt;After a month, in mid February of 1939, the group left Antarctica and began the return voyage during which Ritscher and his crew planned a new expedition which would never happen due to the outbreak of World War II.&lt;br /&gt;The return trip however lasted twice as long as the outbound one because a few of the scientists disembarked in South America to calmly and orderly plan new expeditions.&lt;br /&gt;It is interesting to note that at least a part of the territories reached by the Germans had already been discovered by the Nords in 1931: that region was later renamed Land of Queen Maud in 1957 in agreement with the Antarctic Treaty.&lt;br /&gt;Most likely however the Nords were only able to explore a small area, as opposed to the larger scale mission of the Nazis” (Marco Galluccio)&lt;br /&gt;Interest in the Antarctic continentwas however destined to grow since only a year later, in 1940 and therefore in the middle of war time, various secret expeditions to the area already explored by Ritscher occurred using the bays northwest of the Muhlig-Hoffman mountains as their mooring point.&lt;br /&gt;It appears that, during one of these missions, a type of long underwater canal that crosses the entire continent and stretches all the way to New Zeland on the opposite end was discovered. Among other things, this channel would have been perfect for underwater navigation and because of this Hitler’s men came up with the idea to build a secret and highly protected base in the meanderings of the chanel, namely the legendary Base 211, also called – and not by chance, given that it should have ideally helped to re-establish the power of the Third Reich – New Berlin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/000h0z66.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/000h0z66.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo non solo perché  una base sotterranea sarebbe stata molto più difficile da individuare ma  anche per il fatto che, lungo il canale, si aprivano  ripetute e gigantesche grotte naturali (formatesi grazie allo scioglimento dei ghiacci provocato dall’attività geotermica della regione) eccellente e protettissimo rifugio per i sistemi bellici tedeschi.. Si dice addirittura che una delle caverne fosse estesa per 50 km al di sotto di un lago caldo.&lt;br /&gt;La costruzione dell’installazione sarebbe cominciata nel 1942 contemporaneamente alla realizzazione di un’opera analoga su un altopiano delle Ande, presumibilmente in Argentina.&lt;br /&gt;Al supporto logistico provvedevano esclusivamente gli  U-Boote(UNDERSEE-BOOTE)  i quali potevano con relativa facilità eludere la sorveglianza nemica fino ai territori del Sud America o sino addirittura all’Antartide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was not only because an underground base would have been much more difficult to find, but also for the fact that along the canal there were a number of giant natural caves (formed by the melting of the ice due to the geothermic activity of the region). Excellent and easily protected refuges for the German missile systems.. It is even said that one of the caves extended for 50 km under a warm lake.&lt;br /&gt;The construction of the installation began in 1942 at the same time as a similar work was beginning in the high plains of the Andes, presumably in Argentina.&lt;br /&gt;The logistic support was provided exclusively by U-Boote (UNDERSEE-BOOTE) which would quite easily evade the enemy surveillance as far as the South American territories or even all the way to Antarctica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/uboot.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 338px; height: 250px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/uboot.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E’ plausibile che i comandanti dei sommergibili tedeschi avessero acquisito una sufficiente esperienza durante le campagne navali all’interno del circolo polare artico (la presenza di iceberg è manifesta già a circa 200 chilometri a nord della Norvegia) o nel Mar Baltico.&lt;br /&gt;A partire dalla sconfitta subita a Stalingrado, i vertici tedeschi cominciarono a prendere sempre più in considerazione l’opzione fuga e una delle mete ideali sarebbe stata,per l'appunto,  la sicura Nuova Berlino e ciò  anche alla luce del possibile supporto che avrebbero potuto ricevere dai governi filonazisti del Sud America.&lt;br /&gt;Con l’inizio del 1944 cominciarono dunque spedizioni verso la Base 211 sovvenzionate niente di meno che dall’intera amministrazione delle SS nella persona del loro capo supremo ovvero  di Heirch Himmler.&lt;br /&gt;Un’aura di mistero circonda la natura del materiale trasportato a bordo di quegli  U-Boote  c’è,infatti, chi parla di parti di aerei militari –  rimontati una volta giunti a destinazione – mentre altri dicono che a bordo ci fossero,addirittura, elementi di strane strutture  tipo dischi volanti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is plausible that the commanders of the German submarines had gained enough experience during the naval campaigns inside the Arctic Circle (the presence of icebergs are found as close as 200 kilometers north of Norway) or in the Baltic Sea.&lt;br /&gt;Beginning with the defeat at Stalingrad, German leaders began to more seriously consider escaping; and one of the ideal locations would have been, due to its security, New Berlin also due to the possible support they could have received from the pro-Nazi governments of South America.&lt;br /&gt;With the beginning of 1944 expeditions to Base 211 began with the subsidizing of none other than the entire administration of the SS represented by their supreme leader, Heirch Himmler.&lt;br /&gt;An auora of mistery surrounds the nature of the materials transported aboard those U-Boats, in fact some speak of military airplane parts – re-assembled once reaching their destination – while others say that on board there were actually, elements of strange structures like flying saucers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/area3.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 478px; height: 307px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/area3.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/neu1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/neu1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/neu5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 199px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/neu5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_11.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 523px; height: 276px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_11.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/030602-Copia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 600px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/030602-Copia.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/nazi_13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 525px; height: 296px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/nazi_13.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/naziufozzz.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 716px; height: 530px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/naziufozzz.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I nazisti infatti furono i capostipiti dei costruttori di velivoli aerei non convenzionali ovvero a getto e non più ad elica( vedi  le famigerate V1 e V2 di tragica memoria) tanto che possediamo   prove abbastanza concrete di come già avessero progettato e costruito mezzi di tipo UFO ( Unidentified Flying Objects ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;”L’ultimo convoglio di sommergibili tedeschi lasciò la Germania alla fine dell’aprile 1945, nel tentativo di mettere in salvo quel poco che rimaneva dell’ormai sconfitto Reich. C’è addirittura chi afferma che anche Hitler si sarebbe imbarcato su quei battelli, tesi che però non ci sembra molto sostenibile in base alle analisi effettuate sui cadaveri di Adolf Hitler ed Eva Braun e anche in accordo alle numerose testimonianze rilasciate da tedeschi e sovietici ai vertici dei rispettivi governi. Comunque sia, è certo che l’ultimo gruppo partito fosse costituito da almeno due sommergibili: l’U-530 del capitano Otto Wermuth e l’U-977 del capitano Heinz Schaeffer.&lt;br /&gt;E’ poi intercorso un periodo di circa tre mesi durante il quale non si seppe più nulla dell’U-977 (l’ultimo contatto risale al 2 maggio, quando il sommergibile lasciò Kristiansand, Norvegia), dopodiché il sommergibile venne consegnato dall’equipaggio completamente  vuoto  agli ufficiali della Marina Argentina, dunque parecchio tempo dopo la resa ufficiale dei tedeschi (avvenuta l’8 maggio).&lt;br /&gt;L’ipotesi più accreditata (anche se non certa) è che i sommergibili trasportassero persone e materiali di una certa importanza, che sarebbero stati sbarcati presso la Base 211, prima venissero definitivamente consegnati agli argentini.&lt;br /&gt;Alti ufficiali della U.S. Navy raggiunsero l’Argentina per interrogare gli equipaggi nazisti e, sebbene il comandante Schaeffer abbia ripetutamente negato di aver trasportato qualcosa o qualcuno di speciale, non è da escludere che qualche membro dell’equipaggio abbia alla fine parlato.&lt;br /&gt;Sembra inoltre che l’U-530 e l’U-977 non siano stati gli unici sommergibili operanti nell’Atlantico meridionale ad aver ritardato la resa, anche se i casi documentati sono solo questi due.&lt;br /&gt;Alcune agenzie di stampa dell’epoca parlavano di sommergibili tedeschi operanti nell’area antartica anche a distanza di un anno dalla fine delle ostilità in Europa”. &lt;br /&gt;Nonostante i rapporti tedeschi non parlino  ovviamente  di sommergibili diretti in Antartide, le informazioni degli almanacchi navali ufficiali non contrastano con quanto sopra detto. Riportiamo di seguito la vita operativa delle due unità U-530 e U-977, osservando come i due sommergibili siano stati consegnati rispettivamente  due  e  tre mesi   dopo  la resa della Germania.&lt;br /&gt;Perché questo ampio ritardo?&lt;br /&gt;Fin dove possono essersi spinti i battelli nel frattempo?&lt;br /&gt;U-530, Type IX C/40&lt;br /&gt;Autonomia di 11.400 miglia a 12 nodi in superficie, operativo dal 14 ottobre 1942&lt;br /&gt;Entrò in servizio al comando di K. Lange. Nel gennaio 1945 il comando passò ad O. Wermuth.&lt;br /&gt;Effettuò 5 missioni di guerra affondando due mercantili.&lt;br /&gt;Alla cessazione delle ostilità era in missione al largo di Long Island e diresse a sud raggiungendo Mar del Plata, Argentina, il 10 luglio 1945.&lt;br /&gt;L’equipaggio fu internato e il battello fu consegnato agli Stati Uniti.&lt;br /&gt;L’U-530 fu utilizzato come unità bersaglio e affondato nel 1947.&lt;br /&gt;U-977, Type VII C&lt;br /&gt;Autonomia di 6.500 miglia a 12 nodi in superficie, operativo dal 6 maggio 1943&lt;br /&gt;Entrò in servizio al comando di H. Leilich. Nel marzo 1945 il comando passò ad H. Schaeffer. Effettuò una sola missione di guerra, peraltro infruttuosa.&lt;br /&gt;Alla cessazione delle ostilità il sommergibile era in missione al largo delle coste norvegesi. Invece di dirigere verso le coste britanniche o tedesche, come ordinatogli, mise la prora a sud e si diresse in Argentina dove arrivò nel Mar del Plata il 17 agosto 1945.&lt;br /&gt;Battello ed equipaggio furono dapprima internati in Argentina e quindi consegnati agli Stati Uniti. L’U-977 fu affondato nel 1946.&lt;br /&gt;“Più di un anno dopo la consegna dell’U-977, nel 1946, scattò l’Operazione  High Jump , la più grossa operazione militare che gli statunitensi abbiano mai effettuato in Antartide (perché mai una missione così impegnativa dopo una seconda guerra mondiale tanto terribile e dispendiosa, perché mai tanta urgenza?).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Nazis were in fact the leading constructers of non conventional aircrafts, meaning jet propulsion and no longer propeller based (see the notorious V1 and V2’s tragic memory) so much so that we have enough concrete evidence to show how they had already designed and built UFO (unidentified Flying Object) type crafts.&lt;br /&gt;The last convoy of German submarines left Germany at the end of April 1945 in the attempt to save what little was left of the now defeated Reich. There are those in fact who say that Hitler himself was on those ships, a theory that is not very sustainable based on the analysis done on the cadavers of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun and also together with the numerous testimonies given by Germans and Soviet leaders of their respective governments. Whatever the case, it is certain that the last group that left consisted of at least two submarines: the U-530 of Captain Otto Wermuth and the U-977 of Captain Heinz Schaeffer.&lt;br /&gt;Then came a period of approximately three months during which nothing more was known about the U-977 (the last contact goes back to May 2 when the submarine left Kristiansand, Norway). Later the submarine was handed over by the crew to the officials of the Argentinian Marines completely empty, and therefore quite a bit after the official surrender of the Germans (took place May 8th).&lt;br /&gt;The most credible theory (although not certain) is that the submarines transported important people and materials which would have been unloaded at Base 211 before finally being handed over to the Argentinians.&lt;br /&gt;High up officials in the U.S. Navy reached Argentina to interrogate the Nazi crew and even though Commander Schaeffer repeatedly denied having transported anything or anyone special, we cannot exclude that some member of the crew may have eventually spokem.&lt;br /&gt;It also seems that the U-530 and U-977 were not the only operating submarines in the western Atlantic to have delayed their surrender even if the only documented cases are these two.&lt;br /&gt;“Some of the press agencies of the time spoke of German submarines operating in the Antarctic area up to a year after the end of hostilities in Europe.” Even though the German reports obviously do not refer to submarines headed to Antarctica, the information from official naval almanacs do not contradict the aforementioned statement. Below we will list the operating life of the two units U-530 and U-977, observing how the two submarines were handed over respectively two and three months after the surrender of Germany.&lt;br /&gt;Why this lenthly delay?&lt;br /&gt;Where could the ships have gone in the meantime?&lt;br /&gt;U-530, Type IX C/40&lt;br /&gt;Range of 11,400 miles at 12 surface knots, operative since October 14, 1942. Was under the command of K. Lange. In January 1945 command was passed to O. Wermuth.&lt;br /&gt;Completed 5 wartime missions sinking two merchant ships.&lt;br /&gt;At the end of the hostilities t was in mission outside of Long Isand and heading south reached the Mar del Plata, Argentina July 10th 1934.&lt;br /&gt;The crew was sequestered and the ship was handed over to the United States&lt;br /&gt;The U-530 was used as a target ship and was sunk in 1947.&lt;br /&gt;U-977, Type VII C&lt;br /&gt;Range of 6,500 miles at 12 surface knots, operative since May 6th 1943&lt;br /&gt;Entered in service under the command of H. Leilich. In march 1945 the command passed to H. Schaeffer. Completed only one wartime mission, which was not fruitful. At the end of the war the submarine was in mission of the coast of Norway. Instead of heading toward the Brittish or German coasts as ordered it turned its bow south and headed to Argentina where it arrived in the Mar del Plata August 17th 1945.&lt;br /&gt;Ship and crew were first internati in Argentina and then handed over to the Unites States. The U-977 was sunk in 1946.&lt;br /&gt;“More than a year after the consignment of the U-977, in 1946, Operation High Jump was launched, the largest military operation that the United States had ever performed in Antarctica (why such an challenging mission after such a costly and terrible second world war, why such urgency?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 279px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/NUOVA_9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ufficialmente lo scopo della missione era quello di addestrare il personale e testare nuovi materiali in condizioni climatiche polari, ma quasi certamente l’obiettivo reale era un altro: togliere di mezzo una volta per tutte la colonia tedesca che si era instaurata in quell’area dimenticata dal mondo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The official scope of the mission was to train the personel and test new materials in polar climatic conditions, but almost certainly the true objective was another: remove once and for all the German colony that had been established in that forgotten area of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/north.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 210px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/north.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/hagner04-Copia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 240px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/hagner04-Copia.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/northwnd.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 221px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/northwnd.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/hagner07-Copia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 245px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/hagner07-Copia.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/hen3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 181px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/hen3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/hend.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 207px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/hend.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/hendersn.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 219px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/hendersn.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La spedizione era guidata – scherzo del fato – dal contrammiraglio Byrd, probabilmente anche perché conosceva nel dettaglio l’organizzazione nazista in Antartide (ricordiamo che Byrd era stato invitato in Germania durante i preparativi della missione di Ritscher).&lt;br /&gt;Byrd però era più che altro una guida “simbolica”, il comando prettamente militare fu affidato all’ammiraglio Richard Cruzen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The expedition was lead – in a twist of fate – by Admiral Byrd, probably because he knew the details of the Nazi organization in Antarctica (remember that Byrd had been invited to Germany during the preparation for Ritscher’s mission).&lt;br /&gt;Byrd however was more of a symbolic guide, the purely military command was given to Admiral Richard Cruzen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Più che una missione esplorativa,  High Jump  era una missione di guerra.&lt;br /&gt;Il 2 dicembre 1946 salpò da Norfolk, Virginia, una grossa flotta composta da: una portaerei (la USS  Philippine Sea ), due cacciatorpediniere (USS  Brownsen  e USS  Henderson ), due rompighiaccio (USCGC  Burton Island  e USCGC  Northwind ), quattro navi da supporto logistico (USS Yankee , USS  Merrick , USS  Canisted , USS  Capacan ), una nave per comunicazioni (USS  Mt. Olympus ), un sommergibile (USS  Sennet , classe Balao) e due navi per appoggio idrovolanti (USS  Currituck  e USS  Pine Island ); a questo si aggiungevano, imbarcati, sei elicotteri e dodici aerei (di cui la metà idrovolanti), oltre ad almeno una muta completa di cani da slitta.&lt;br /&gt;Furono imbarcate provviste per ben 18 mesi e vi presero parte almeno 4.700 soldati. A questo punto sono due le possibili versioni del prosieguo, una verosimile ma strana e l’altra fantasiosa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More than just an exploratory mission, High Jump was a war mission.&lt;br /&gt;December 2 1946, a large fleet launched from Norfolk, Virgina made up of : an aircraft carrier (the USS Philippine Sea), two torpedo hunters (USS Brownsen and USS Henderson), two ice breakers (USCGC Burton Island and USCGC Northwind), four logistical support ships (USS Yankee, USS Merrick, USS Canisted, USS Capacan), a communications ship (USS Mt. Olympus), a submarine (USS Sennet, Balao classe) and two ships for hydroplane support (USS Currituck and USS Pine Island); to these were added, loaded on board, six helicopters and twelve plains (half of which were hydroplanes) in addition to at least a full team of sled dogs.&lt;br /&gt;18 months of provisions were loaded and at least 4,700 soldiers took part in the operation. At this point there are only two possible versions of what happened, one probable but odd, and the other imaginative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La versione ufficiale afferma che gli americani abbiano sorvolato e tracciato carte aggiornate di ben 1.300.000 chilometri quadrati di territorio; poi il peggioramento delle condizioni meteo avrebbe spinto la spedizione a far ritorno in patria.&lt;br /&gt;Una mobilitazione di quasi cinquemila persone  solo  per un tale scopo ci sembra un po’ un’esagerazione.&lt;br /&gt;La seconda tesi, riportata da parecchi autori, è notevolmente più fantasiosa.&lt;br /&gt;Gli americani sarebbero sbarcati lungo le coste della Nuova Svevia e sarebbero incappati nei leggendari dischi volanti nazisti  Haunebu  (uno o più di essi).&lt;br /&gt;Il racconto continua con un epico scontro tra i dischi e le forze armate convenzionali statunitensi, che nulla poterono contro nemici tecnologicamente più avanzati.&lt;br /&gt;La storia dice anche che durante uno dei suoi voli attorno al Polo Sud, Byrd ed il suo operatore radio sarebbero stati obbligati ad atterrare da due dischi volanti.&lt;br /&gt;Una volta scesi, due uomini bassi e biondi li avrebbero scortati sottoterra, nella Base 211, dove fu loro ordinato di consegnare il seguente messaggio al loro governo: «Fermate immediatamente le esplosioni di armi nucleari altrimenti farete esperienza di tempi molto difficili in futuro».&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The official version states that the Americans flew over and surveyed updated maps for over 1,300,000 square kilometres of territory; then worsening weather conditions forced the expedition to return home.&lt;br /&gt;The mobilization of almost 5000 personel for such purpose seems to us a little exaggerated.&lt;br /&gt;The second theory, told by many authors is notably more imaginative.&lt;br /&gt;The Americans would have disembarked along the coast of New Svevia and would have run into the legendary Nazi flying saucers Haunebu (one or more of them).&lt;br /&gt;The story continues with an epic battle between the discs and the conventional United States armed forces which couldn’t do anything against their more technologically highly advanced enemy.&lt;br /&gt;The story says also that during one of his flights around the South Pole, Byrd and his radio operator were forced to land by two flying saucers.&lt;br /&gt;Once they were on the ground, two short blond men escorted them underground to base 211 where they were ordered to take the following message to their government:&lt;br /&gt;“Stop immediately the detonation of nuclear arms or you will experience very difficult times in the future.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comunque sia andata, i rapporti  ufficiali  della missione  High Jump  riportano che un aereo precipitò provocando la morte di tre uomini, un quarto uomo morì sul ghiaccio per cause non precisate e due elicotteri precipitarono senza conseguenze fatali per l’equipaggio.&lt;br /&gt;Ci sembra un po’ troppo per una missione semplicemente esplorativa… Dopo tre settimane dallo sbarco, gli americani si sarebbero reimbarcati sulla via del ritorno, raggiungendo gli Stati Uniti nel febbraio del 1947.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However things went, the official reports of mission High Jump show that an airplane went down causing the death of three men, and a fourth died on the ice due to unspecified causes and two helicopters crashed with no casualties among the crew.&lt;br /&gt;This seems to be a bit much for a simple exploratory mission... Three weeks after they landed, the Americans re-boarded for the return trip reaching the United States in February of 1947.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Byrd fu interrogato dai servizi segreti subito dopo essere stato accolto pubblicamente dal segretario della Difesa James Forrestal.&lt;br /&gt;Sembra, ma non è confermato, che il 5 marzo 1947 sul giornale “El Mercurio” di Santiago del Cile sia apparsa un’intervista a Byrd, di cui riportiamo un breve tratto: «Gli Stati Uniti sono stati costretti a difendersi da caccia nemici provenienti dalle regioni polari […] e nell’eventualità di una nuova guerra, gli USA verrebbero attaccati da caccia in grado di volare da un polo all’altro a velocità incredibile»”&lt;br /&gt;. Potremmo continuare per parecchie decine di pagine riportando altre testimonianze ed altre “leggende” ma reputiamo sia più corretto parlare soltanto dei fatti che, almeno in linea di massima, possano essere avvalorati da fatti realmente accaduti.&lt;br /&gt;La storia che abbiamo raccontato presenta collegamenti con parecchi dei misteri tuttora irrisolti della storia del ventesimo secolo ed è legata anche alle infinità di teorici della cospirazione sparsi per il mondo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Byrd was interrogated by the secret service immediately after having been publicly received by the secretary of defense James Forrestal.&lt;br /&gt;It seems, but has not been confirmed that March 5th 1947 in the newspaper “El Mercurio” from Santiago Chile appeared an interview with Byrd from which we will recite a short passage:&lt;br /&gt;“The United States were forced to defend themselves from enemy fighters that came from the polar regions [...] and if another war were to happen, the USA would be attacked by fighters able to fly from one pole to the other at incredible speeds”.&lt;br /&gt;We could continue for many, many pages sharing other testimonies and other “legends” but we believe that it would be better to speak only of facts that at least generally speaking, can be backed up by verifiable facts.&lt;br /&gt;The story that we told has ties with many mysteries of the twentieth century that have still not been resolved and tied to the infite number of conspiracy theories floating around the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Noi però siamo dei ricercatori appassionati dei vari cicli storici e proprio per questo non possiamo basare le nostre teorie su voci e ipotesi molto spesso poco attendibili.&lt;br /&gt;Ci sembrerebbe molto più probabile che quella minuscola percentuale di avvistamenti UFO  davvero  validi sia dovuta al volo di mezzi militari sperimentali a loro volta derivati, e sempre forse,  da quei fantomatici prototipi tedeschi razziati, insieme al resto, nel momento stesso in cui USA e URSS raggiunsero Berlino mettendo fine al conflitto europeo o, magari, riportati indietro proprio dalle suddette Basi Antartiche.&lt;br /&gt;D’altro canto non dimentichiamo che l’amministrazione statunitense ha recentemente confermato in maniera ufficiale e definitiva l’esistenza della celeberrima Area 51. Esistono video che mostrano oggetti volanti capaci di muoversi in maniera indubbiamente non convenzionale. Probabilmente l’Area 51 – insieme a chissà quali altre installazioni – altro non è che frutto di quanto gli americani riuscirono a depredare, in termini di tecnologia, ai nazisti.&lt;br /&gt;Non dimentichiamo  infatti che, se gli USA hanno messo piede sulla Luna molto prima dei sovietici, moltissimo lo devono al brillante ingegno dell’ingegnere tedesco Verner von Braun già padre delle V1 e delle V2 tedesche e le cui grandi capacità di esperto in missilistica furono messe al servizio d’oltreoceano.&lt;br /&gt;Ed ancora, qualunque esperto in unità subacquee non potrà negare l’enorme contributo che i Type XXI tedeschi hanno dato alla successiva evoluzione del sommergibile in tutti i suoi aspetti.&lt;br /&gt;Ritornando per l’ultima volta al tema Base 211, dopo aver raccontato una storia intrisa di realtà e fantasia, ci piace concludere il presente articolo riassumendo solo le vicende realmente accadute, lasciando tutte le conclusioni del caso al lettore che, ne siamo sicuri, le valuterà in maniera oggettiva e razionale.&lt;br /&gt;I tedeschi si sono recati numerose volte in Antartide, acquisendo notevoli dosi di conoscenze ed esperienze sul campo.&lt;br /&gt;Il 17 dicembre 1938 partì la missione che avrebbe permesso ai nazisti di fotografare e campionare una vastissima area dell’Antartide, oggi nota come Terra della Regina Maud.&lt;br /&gt;Almeno due sommergibili, ma probabilmente un numero molto maggiore, ritardarono la resa del ’45 di almeno due mesi, rimanendo in mare per ragioni ignote.&lt;br /&gt;Il 2 dicembre 1946, appena un anno dopo la fine dell’ultima colossale e dispendiosa guerra mondiale, scattò la missione statunitense High Jump alla quale presero parte, nonostante fosse ufficialmente solo una spedizione scientifica e di addestramento, una portaerei, undici navi, un sommergibile, sei elicotteri e dodici aerei: destinazione Antartide. Per cause ancora sconosciute, quattro uomini hanno perso la vita e tre velivoli sono andati perduti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli Inglesi parteciparono a questa avventura partendo dalle basi in India con l'obbiettivo fittizio di esplorare geograficamente il continente Antartico.&lt;br /&gt;La reale natura di queste missioni era puramente di spionaggio per non rimanere esclusi da un eventuale spartizioni delle terre antartiche.&lt;br /&gt;“Voci” non confermate affermerebbero che al  polso di alcuni di loro c'era il Longines 6111 2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We however are researchers who are fans of the various historical cycles and for this we cannot base our theories on rumors and hypothesis which are often very unreliable.&lt;br /&gt;It seems much more likely that those miniscule percent of real UFO sightings are due to experimental military crafts which are derived from the German phantom prototypes that were raided together with everything else, when the USA and USSR reached Berlin ending the European conflict or, possibly brought back from the previously mentioned Antarctic bases.&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand we cannot forget that the United States administration has recently officially confirmed the existence of the infamous Area 51.&lt;br /&gt;Videos exist in fact of flying objects that are capable of moving in undoubtedly unconventional ways. Probably Area 51 –  together with who knows how many other installations – is nothing more than the fruit of what the Americans were able to plunder in technology terms, from the Nazis.&lt;br /&gt;Let us not forget infact that if the USA was able to set foot on the moon before the Soviets they owe much of it to the brilliant intelligence of the German engineer Verner von Braun, father of the German V1 and V2 and whose great abilities as a missile expert were put to use across the ocean.&lt;br /&gt;And again, any expert in submarines cannot deny the enormous contribution that the German Type XXI had given the subsequent evolution of the submarine in all its aspects.&lt;br /&gt;Going back for the last time to the Base 211 theme, after telling a story full of fantasy and reality, we would like to conclude this article summarizing only the events that actually occurred, leaving all the conclusions to the reader who we are sure will evaluate them in an objective and rational manner.&lt;br /&gt;The Germans returned many times to Antarctica, gaining significant amounts of field knowledge and experience.&lt;br /&gt;December 17, 1931 the mission that would permit the Nazis to photograph and sample a vast area of Antarctica, known today as Queen Maud Land.&lt;br /&gt;At least two submarines, but most likely more, delayed the yield of 1945 by at least two months by remaining at sea for unknown reasons.&lt;br /&gt;December 2, 1946, barely two years after the end of the last colossal and costly world war, the United States High Jump mission began which included, even though it was officially only a science and training mission, an aircraft carrier, eleven ships, a submarine, six helicopters and twelve airplanes: destination Antarctica. For still unknown causes, four men lost their lives and three aircrafts were lost.&lt;br /&gt;The English participated in this adventure taking off from bases in India with the fictitious objective of geographically exploring the Antarctic continent. The true nature of these missions was purely espionage in order to not be excluded from eventual dividing up of Antarctic lands&lt;br /&gt;Unconfirmed “rumors” argue that on the wrist of some of them were the Longines 61111 2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/bigindian14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 732px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/bigindian14.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/bigindian13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 858px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/bigindian13.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/bigindian15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 590px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/bigindian15.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 907px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'orologio e' stato consegnato in UK ma destinato ad Avadi che è una città Tamil dove esiste una grossa parte dell'industria bellica indiana sede di squadroni della &lt;br /&gt;RAF e la IAF .&lt;br /&gt;Orologio prodotto in meno di 100 esemplari in acciaio con fondello a vite , diametro 44mm, usato per la navigazione astronomica, cassa impermeabile con fondello a vite marcato con la Broad Arrow e il numero di assegnazione, anse fisse e copri movimento in ferro dolce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The watch was delivered in the UK but was destined for Avadi which is a city in Tamil where a large portion of the Indian defense industry and the squads RAF and IAF are based.&lt;br /&gt;Less than 100 specimens were produced in steel with a screw back, 44mm diameter, used for astronomical navigation, waterproof case with the screw back marked with the Broad Arrow and the assignment number, fixed lugs and movement cover in soft iron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1022px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 727px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian12.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 742px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quadrante nero marcato Longines , “Broad arrow, che indica la propieta' del governo Britannico e swiss made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doppia scala degli indici: da 1 a 12 in bianco e in rosso da 13 a 24.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Black dial marked Longines, “Broad Arrow”, which indicates the property of the Brittish government and swiss made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian7.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 632px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1001px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 935px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il movimento e' marcato con la scritta  Longines e con la freccia  Broad arrow, il calibro e' il  1468N .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The movement is marked with the writing Longines and the Broad Arrow, the calibre is the 1468N.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Orologio rarissimo, importante al polso, che probabilmente e' stato protagonista di una storia mai raccontata .&lt;br /&gt;An extremely rare, and important watch around the wrist, that most likely was a participant of a never told story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/bigindian6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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                                  Soldier of the Sky&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questa volta la nostra attenzione si è appuntata su  uno tra i segnatempo più celebri nella storia dell’orologeria del XX° secolo  la cui meritatissima fama va ricercata soprattutto per il suo robusto contributo nella disciplina del volo che , fin dagli albori del secolo scorso, si affacciava prepotentemente alla ribalta della civiltà.&lt;br /&gt;Stiamo parlando del Longines Weems ovvero di un orologio con particolari funzioni  ideate nel lontano Luglio del 1929 e brevettate negli U.S.A. il 23 Luglio 1935 con N° di brevetto 2008734  da un ufficiale della Marina degli Stati Uniti ,il comandante Philippe Vanhorn Weemes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time we turn our attention to one of the most celebrated time pieces in the history of 20th century watch making, whose well-earned fame is sought after above all for its significant contribution to aviation, a discipline which has, since the dawn of the last century forced its way to the forefront of civilization.&lt;br /&gt;We are talking about the Longines Weems, or rather a watch with unique functions designed in long ago 1929 and patented in the U.S.A. the 23rd of July 1935 with patent number 2008734 by an officer of the United States Marine Corp, Commander Philippe Vanhorn Weemes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/weems-photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 251px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/weems-photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Era questi professore ed istruttore  di navigazione aerea all’Accademia Navale di Annapolis, massimo esperto dell’epoca nel settore della misurazione del tempo  e che ebbe, come in seguito avremo modo di appurare,  allievo il primo e  celeberrimo trasvolatore dell’Atlantico in tappa unica Charles Lindbergh.&lt;br /&gt;Il comandante Weems, verso la fine degli anni ’20 dello scorso secolo , fu il primo a rendersi conto di quanto la velocità di un aereo potesse fortemente influenzarne eventuali  sue deviazioni di rotta  da cui, senza precisi punti di riferimento, potevano risultare disastrosi ed esiziali  errori durante la navigazione medesima.&lt;br /&gt;Si pensi , a tal proposito, che un aereo con velocità costante di circa 300 miglia orarie copre circa 1 Km in soli dodici secondi  per cui potrebbe avere, in seguito ad un errore cronometrico di un solo minuto, una variazione di rotta di ben 5 Km che rappresentano una enorme distanza riguardo ad una precisa meta o punto di riferimento terrestre  da raggiungere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weems, dunque, comprese quanto fosse importante trovare una maniera tanto semplice quanto rapida e risolutiva per risolvere il problema e sopperire all’ errore .&lt;br /&gt; Così,dopo approfonditi studi ed assidui esperimenti,arrivò alla conclusione di  come, nella questione, fosse fondamentale   per i piloti avere la possibilità di sincronizzare al secondo il proprio orologio di bordo in base ad un altrettanto preciso segnale orario captato via radio.&lt;br /&gt;Per raggiungere lo scopo ,Weems, studiò d’inserire nel centro del quadrante di un orologio un secondo quadrantino girevole e graduato per i secondi rapidamente ed agevolmente azionabile tramite  una corona di grosse dimensioni posta sulla carrure ad ore 4 e fissata a vite nonché  facilmente usabile pure con i grossi guanti termici di volo, il tutto  in modo da poter stabilire, ripetiamo al secondo, l’ora esatta e dunque il preciso punto di longitudine rispetto al meridiano di Greenwich di riferimento, la scelta cadde perlappunto  su un orologio  di marca Longines/Wittenauer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was this professor and flight instructor at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, the leading expert of the time in the area of time measuring who, as we will see later, trained the first and most famous non-stop transatlantic flier, Charles Lindbergh.&lt;br /&gt;Commander Weems, towards the end of the 1920’s, was the first to realize how much the speed of an airplane could drastically influence possible deviations from a flight plan which, without very precise point of references, could lead to disastrous and lethal errors during the navigation.&lt;br /&gt;Imagine that a flight with a constant speed of circa 300 mph covers 1km in just twelve seconds. This means that a timing error of only one minute would result in a 5km variation from the flight plan, an enormous distance from a precise goal or reference point on the ground to reach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weems therefore understood just how important it was to find a method that was as simple as it was quick and decisive to resolve the problem and compensate for the error.&lt;br /&gt;So, after in depth studies and clever experiments, he came to the conclusion for how important it was for pilots to have the possibility to synchronize, to the second, their watches on board with a precise time signal received via radio. To achieve this goal, Weems studied how to insert a second adjustable and seconds graduated dial in the center of the watches face. This dial needed to be quickly and easily set, even while wearing large insulated flight gloves, via a large crown placed on the case at 4 o’clock using screws. All this was to be able to establish, to the second, the exact time and subsequently the precise longitudinal point with respect to the Greenwich meridian. The choice fell upon a watch by the brand Longines/Wittenauer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/LonginesJapan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/LonginesJapan.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il sistema del comandante Weems risultò molto più pratico e sicuro rispetto a quello usato in precedenza dove si proponeva, sempre riguardo alla sincronia, il fermo del bilanciere e della conseguente sfera dei secondi in quanto, in tal modo, i fabbricanti temevano ed a ragione  che, a lungo andare,il continuo stop and go dei ruotismi del movimento stesso  potesse seriamente danneggiare questi ultimi inficiando così  la precisione meccanica dell’orologio medesimo.&lt;br /&gt;La sorprendente quanto relativamente semplice intuizione di Weems fu immediatamente recepita ed applicata  su molti crono da aviatore sia nella versione originale sia in una versione più semplice ed economica ovvero con una semplice lunetta esterna girevole bidirezionale bloccata da una vite sempre sulla carrure dell’orologio stesso.&lt;br /&gt;Un ulteriore sviluppo di questa semplice  quanto risolutiva idea fu  fornito dal grande trasvolatore Lindbergh,brillante allievo di Weems come già dianzi citato, fondamentale per la  sua mitica e felice traversata sull’Oceano Atlantico a bordo del  pur modesto monoplano  Ryan monomotore da 200 HP denominato per l’occasione  “Spirit of St.Louis” in onore di alcuni ricchi investitori di St. Louis che avevano creduto fin da subito nella straordinarietà dell’impresa  e con cui, senza scalo, volò il 20 Maggio 1927  da New York a Parigi  sul cui aeroporto di “le Bourget” atterrò felicemente dopo ben  33 ore e 30 minuti di volo ininterrotto sul mare coprendo la distanza di ben 5860 Km ed aggiudicandosi il premio di 25.000$ nonché la promozione al grado di colonnello insieme a gloria e fama mondiali  imperituri possibili  prodromi, tralaltro e come sovente accade,  di conseguenti tragedie quali , purtroppo, quelle accorse alla famiglia Lindbergh ma questa è un’altra storia.&lt;br /&gt;Tornado all’idea di Lindbergh  accenneremo,sebbene in modo brevissimo,succinto e senza addentrarci in difficoltose e tecniche spiegazioni di Astronomia Sferica in cui è richiesta una robusta cultura astrofisica tanto da  aver ben chiari concetti come la  parallasse, declinazione terrestre, effemeridi nonchè il punto substrale  tutte cose di cui malamente disponiamo se non , addirittura, che ignoriamo in toto ci limiteremo,pertanto,ad accennare al concetto di Angolo Orario che, per definizione, è”L’angolo fra il semicircolo orario passante per una stella  ed il semicircolo meridiano del luogo di osservazione contenente il punto Sud,misurato, quest’angolo verso Ovest e variabile da 0° a 360°, o in tempo,da 0 a 24 ore.”&lt;br /&gt;Tramite questa ulteriore e complessa modifica ideata sull’orologio  dal capitano Lindbergh  gli fu possibile portare felicemente a termine la sua clamorosa impresa senza errori ed incidenti di rotta.&lt;br /&gt;Possiamo, a questo punto, tranquillamente asserire che i due orologi, il Weems ed il Lindberg, sono il primo l’intuizione ed il secondo il perfezionamento di questa, in modo da compendiarsi a vicenda infatti  lo Weems permise ai piloti di sincronizzare con esattezza il proprio orologio con un segnale radio-orario in modo da fare un punto di posizione per brevi distanze mentre il Lindbergh permise la medesima precisione su distanze assolutamente maggiori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commander Weems’ system was found to be much more practical and secure compared to the previous one which entailed, still concerning the synchronization, stopping the counterbalance and therefore the seconds wheel, which the manufacturers were concerned, and rightly so, that over time, the continual stopping and starting of the movements gears could seriously damage them and thereby invalidating the mechanical precision of the watch. The surprisingly simple idea of Weems was immediately implemented and applied to many aviator watches both in the original versions as well as the more simple and economical versions with a simple external bidirectional rotating wheel held in place with screws on the watch case.&lt;br /&gt;Another development of this simple and decisive idea was provided by the great transatlantic pilot Lindbergh, a brilliant student of Weems as we previously mentioned. It was fundamental for his legendary and happy crossing of the Atlantic Ocean aboard the small Ryan single engine 200 HP motor monoplane, named for the occasion “Spirit of St. Louis” in honor of some of the rich investors from St. Louis that had believed in the extraordinary undertaking from the beginning. The non-stop flight started May 20th, 1927 from New York to Paris where he landed happily at the “le Bourget” airport after a full 33 hours and 30 minutes of uninterrupted flight over the ocean covering a distance of 5860 Km and winning a $25,000 prize as well as the promotion to colonel, not to mention the world-wide fame and glory which unfortunately also brought with them, as often happens, subsequent tragedies which unfortunately befell the Lindbergh family. But that is another story.&lt;br /&gt;Returning to the idea of Lindbergh, we will explain very briefly and without going into difficult Spherical Astronomy technical explanations which require a strong astrophysics background in order to clearly understand concepts like parallax, earth declination, ephemeris as well as the subastral point; all things which we could only poorly describe if not completely ignore them. We will therefore limit ourselves to hinting at the concepts of Hour Angle which, by definition is “the angle between an observer’s meridian (a great circle passing over his head and through the celestial poles) and the hour circle (any other great circle passing through the poles) containing the measured Southern point, this angle going West is variable from 0° to 360°, or in time, from 0 to 24 hours.”&lt;br /&gt;Through this additional and complex modification to the watch of Captain Lindbergh he was able to happily complete his resounding feat error free and without routing incidents.&lt;br /&gt;We can, at this point, calmly assert that the two watches, the Weems and the Lindbergh, are in the first instance intuition and the second the perfection of the first, in such a way to complement each other. In fact the Weems allowed pilots to precisely synchronize their watches with a hour-radio signal in such a way to be able to position themselves for short distances while the Lindbergh allowed the same precision for much longer distances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Veniamo  adesso a parlare più nello specifico dell’orologio oggetto del nostro articolo ovvero di un rarissimo  Longines/Wittenauer  Weems militare appartenuto, più precisamente,  ad un navigatore o ad un pilota dell’Aviazione Imperiale  Giapponese durante il secondo conflitto mondiale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now let us discuss the specifics of the watch that is the object of our article, or rather an extremely rare military Longiness/Wittenauer Weems, which belonged more specifically to a navigator or a pilot of the Japanese Imperial Aviation during the Second World War. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanV.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanV.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’orologio si presenta in ottimo  stato di conservazione nonostante i 70 e più anni trascorsi dalla sua fabbricazione ( epoca 1941);&lt;br /&gt;ha cassa in acciaio di grosse dimensioni ( diametro di 47 mm.) con fondello e controfondello a cerniera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The watch is in excellent shape despite the more than 70 years which have passed since its creation (1941 period);&lt;br /&gt;It has a large steel case (47 mm diameter) with a hinged back and counter back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/LonginesJapanB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 970px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/LonginesJapanB.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il quadrante è in smalto bianco con numeri a font Paris in smalto nero e suddivisione a binario dei minuti/secondi sempre in smalto nero.&lt;br /&gt;Ad ore 12 il quadrante è marcato Wittenauer in quanto questa  era la Ditta che rappresentava la Longines negli U.S.A mentre, ad ore 6, riporta la scritta “Longines Patent U.S.A” in quanto il brevetto Weemes era stato, come noto, ratificato  in U.S.A. (Patent).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dial is white enamel with Paris font numbers in black enamel and track divided minute/seconds indicators also in black enamel.&lt;br /&gt;At 12 o’clock the dial is branded Wittenauer since this was the company that represented Longines in the U.S.A. while at 6 o’clock it bears the writing “Longines Patent U.S.A” since the Weems patent had been, as mentioned earlier, ratified in the U.S.A. (Patent).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanP.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanP.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanO.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanO.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanH.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanH.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/LonginesJapanA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1022px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/LonginesJapanA.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le sfere ore/minuti molto lunghe, in acciaio brunito e di tipo moderno/pontiff mentre la trotteuse dei secondi, anch’essa nera e brunita, è di tipo più semplice e lineare.&lt;br /&gt;L’orologio presenta, inoltre, un disco centrale  in metallo argentato, bidirezionale/girevole tramite la corona  a vite posta sulla carrure ad ore 4 e suddiviso, infine, da spaziature da  1 a 60 sempre in smalto nero necessarie alla sincronizzazione della lancetta dei secondi con il segnale radio (sistema Weems).&lt;br /&gt;L’esterno del fondello è marcato con caratteri ideogrammatici “Kanji” dove si può leggere, nella colonna sinistra , il numero di affidamento o di matricola.. mentre in quella destra la specifica di “Soldato del cielo” (Aviatore).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The hour/minute hands are very long in burnished steel and are a modern/pontiff style while the second hand, also burnished black, is a more simple and linear style.&lt;br /&gt;The watch also has a bidirectional/revolving central silver metal disk which is controlled through a screw crown placed on the case at 4 o’clock and which is subdivided with spacings from 1 to 60, once again in black enamel, which is necessary to sincronize the seconds dial with the radio signal (Weems system).&lt;br /&gt;The external part of the back is marked with ideographic “Kanji’ characters where one can read in the left column the serial number, while on the right the specification “Sky soldier” (Aviator)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanQ.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanQ.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanR.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 351px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanR.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanG.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/LonginesJapanC.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1007px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/LonginesJapanC.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’interno del primo fondello è marcato Acier Inox Staybrite che è una lega d’acciaio inossidabile, Longines con il suo numero di referenza,&lt;br /&gt;mentre il controfondello o fondello interno riporta gli stessi numeri oltre alla medesima scritta Acier Inox etc.etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The internal part of the first back is marked Acier Inox Staybrite which is an stainless steel alloy, Longines with its reference number while the counter back or internal back bears the same numbers in addition to the same writing Acier Inox etc, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanL.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 748px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanL.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanI.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanI.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il movimento, infine, è marcato Longines  calibro Longines 37.9.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lastly, the movement is marked Longines calibre Longines 37.9.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 682px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanE.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanN.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 959px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanN.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanM.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 942px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanM.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesjapanD.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesjapanD.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un brevissimo cenno storico è d’obbligo per ricordare che , prima dell’entrata in guerra del Giappone in quel fatidico 7 Dicembre  1941 a Pearl Harbor quando l’Aereonautica Imperiale Giapponese attaccò proditoriamente, bombardando  e distruggendo quasi totalmente, la flotta U.S.A. alla fonda nella Baia medesima ebbene, prima di questa data, gli orologi in dotazione alle Forze Imperiali giapponesi  potevano essere prodotti anche in U.S.A. come questo in articolo mentre, dopo l’entrata in guerra, gli orologi forniti per i medesimi scopi bellici erano esclusivamente made in Japan ed erano gli altrettanto famosi Seiko con movimento “Seikosha” questo  per ben evidenti ragioni di incompatibilità con il nemico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Altra considerazione d’obbligo circa il modello Weems riguarda le diverse dimensioni di cassa ed il differente materiale con cui l’orologio medesimo fu costriuito nei vari anni.&lt;br /&gt;Esistono, infatti, modelli di ben più ridotte dimensioni (34 mm) pur con le stesse specifiche tecniche del Weems che venivano, spesso, dati in dotazione al personale di terra negli aeroporti militari e non, esistono altresì modelli con cassa totalmente in argento, modelli a bassa caratura d’oro (10 K) e modelli laminati in oro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Per concludere questo sommario excursus e tornare in tema all’orologio in esame dobbiamo anzitutto umilmente ammettere, scusandocene, come un pezzo simile  meriterebbe ben altri spazi e considerazioni tecniche  stante  la sua assoluta ricercatezza e  rarità in quanto trattasi  di un particolarissimo orologio militare affidato  a uomini ad alto rischio quali sono i militari in generale che,soprattutto in tempi di guerra, spesso cadono in azione come, e solo per accenno, era destino per i  celebri  ed al contempo famigerati aviatori del “Vento Divino” o Kamikaze di cui, quel che resta, giace insieme ai loro strumenti di volo sul fondo del Pacifico;&lt;br /&gt; per cui, come accennavamo, l’esigua se non nulla disponibilità sul mercato  di questi segnatempo è prova paradigmatica   della loro estrema rarità e preziosità.&lt;br /&gt;Ma ciò non è e non può essere il solo aspetto dell’importanza di questo Weems  che, seppur malauguratamente e suo malgrado, ha reso possibili, con la sua innovativa ed originale tecnica,   azioni belliche di somma precisione ed esiziale efficienza tanto da meritarsi, ed  incontestabilmente, un posto di primissimo piano nella storia dell’orologeria del XX° secolo associato, di conseguenza, al merito di  calamitare la massima attenzione  da parte di tutti quei collezionisti di finissimo palato che amano oggetti rari, particolari e densi di storia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A quick historical nod is necessary to remember that, before Japan entered the War that fateful December 7th 1941 at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese Imperial Air Force predatorily attacked, bombing and almost completely destroying the U.S. Naval fleet anchored in the harbour, before this date it was possible for the watches given to the Japanese Imperial Forces to have been made in the U.S.A., like the one mentioned in this article, while after their entry in the war, the watches provided for military purposes were exclusively made in Japan and were the equally famous Seiko with the “Seikosha” movement. This was due to obvious reasons of incompatibility with the enemy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another thing we must take into consideration about the Weems model regards the differing case sizes and different materials with which the same watch was made over the years. In fact much smaller models (34mm) exist while maintaining the same technical specifications as the Weems, which were often given to military and non-military airport ground personnel. There also exist models with solid silver cases, models with low carat gold (10K) and gold plated models.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To conclude this excursus summary and getting back to our theme of the watch under consideration we need to firstly humbly admit, apologizing because such a piece is worthy of much more space and technical attention due to its absolute refinement and rarity since we are talking about an extremely unique military watch given to men who constantly put their lives at risk, such as military personnel generally do, especially in times of war and who often died in action, which was also the destiny for the celebrated and at the same time notorious aviators of the “Divine Wind” or Kamikaze who lie together with their flight instruments at the bottom of the Pacific. Therefore the very small if not non-existent availability on the market of these time pieces is paradigmatic proof of their extreme rarity and value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But this cannot be the only important aspect of the Weems, that unfortunately and in spite of itself, made it possible with its innovative and original technique, very precise and deadly effective acts of war, which earned it an incontestable place in the forefront of the history of 20th century watches. So much so that it is worthy of its magnetism that draws the maximum attention from those collectors with an extremely refined palate who adore rare, unique and history filled objects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanS.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanS.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanT.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 534px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanT.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanU.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 557px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/longinesJapanU.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stefano Mazzariol &amp; Silvio Tarabella&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/801628089007252925-5264441730178804867?l=stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/feeds/5264441730178804867/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2011/09/longines-weems-soldier-of-sky.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/5264441730178804867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/5264441730178804867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2011/09/longines-weems-soldier-of-sky.html' title='Longines Weems Soldier of the Sky'/><author><name>Stefano Mazzariol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02756044170785446333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lQ4p1SoVLFM/SZj82yRCtfI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Gl0ARd9aMhA/S220/io.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Longines/th_weems-photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801628089007252925.post-149125588778146055</id><published>2011-08-01T07:18:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T08:17:29.876+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rolex Daytona ref. 6263/6265'/><title type='text'>Rolex Daytona ref. 6263/6265</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/DSCN0054.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 974px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265primaserie.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 766px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/62658.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 978px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/62658.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/DaytonaMIO.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/DaytonaMIO.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263brown.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 915px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263brown.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265architrave.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 831px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265architrave.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265foffi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 694px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265foffi.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/15-01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 904px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/15-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263architrave.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 753px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263architrave.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6240cor62.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 874px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6240cor62.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265rf.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 750px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265rf.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/Daytona6265a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 981px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/Daytona6265a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265brown-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6265brown-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263Martin1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 730px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263Martin1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ROLEX DAYTONA ref. 6263/625&lt;br /&gt;Articolo tratto dal libro "ROLEX DAYTONA DALLA NASCITA AL MITO" di Pergola, Mazzariol, Dosso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All'inizio degli anni '70, e fino al 1987 circa, Rolex presenta i due nuovi cronografi ref. 6263 e 6265.&lt;br /&gt;Nella continua ricerca per il miglioramento dell'impermeabilità, Rolex introduce alcune modifiche rispetto alle precedenti ref. 6262 - 6264, ripristinando l'utilizzo dei pulsanti a vite e di una corona di dimensioni maggiori, già sperimentati sulla precedente ref. 6240.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entrambe le referenze sono disponibili in acciaio, oro 14 kt e oro 18 kt, con quadrante standard bicolore, caratterizzato dalla presenza della scritta OYSTER a garanzia di impermeabilità. Modelli con quadrante Newman vengono prodotti soltanto nei primi anni. La scritta DAYTONA, introdotta solo sui modelli in acciaio a partire dalla metà degli anni '70 circa, viene sempre stampata in rosso e posizionata lungo la curvatura del contatore ore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anche le ref. 6263 - 6265 differiscono tra loro per la tipologia della ghiera: con inserto in plastica nera e scala tachimetrica stampata in bianco per la ref. 6263; in metallo con scala tachimetrica incisa per la ref. 6265.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con l'inserimento sul quadrante della dicitura SUPERLATIVE CHROMOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED Rolex evidenzia la certificazione ufficiale di cronometro per il movimento calibro 727 destinato ai modelli in oro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caratteristiche principali:&lt;br /&gt;cassa OYSTER&lt;br /&gt;pulsanti a vite&lt;br /&gt;corona OYSTER TWINLOCK 700 (prime produzioni)&lt;br /&gt;corone OYSTER TRIPLOCK serie 700&lt;br /&gt;ghiera graduata in metallo con inserto in plastica nera e scala tachimetrica stampata in bianco (ref. 6263)&lt;br /&gt;ghiera graduata in metallo (ref. 6265)&lt;br /&gt;vetro plexi bombato (fino al 1980 c.a.)&lt;br /&gt;vetro plexi standard (1980 c.a. - fine produzione)&lt;br /&gt;contrasto cromatico tra quadrante e contatori&lt;br /&gt;scritte sul quadrante:&lt;br /&gt;- ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH&lt;br /&gt;- DAYTONA in rosso sopra il contatore ore (solo su modelli in acciaio dalla metà degli anni '70 c.a. )&lt;br /&gt;- SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED (solo per modelli in oro, non sempre presente)&lt;br /&gt;impermeabilità dichiarata:&lt;br /&gt;- 50 mt (165 piedi) fino ai primi anni '80 c.a.&lt;br /&gt;- 100 mt. (330 piedi) fino a termine produzione&lt;br /&gt;movimento Valjoux: calibro 727&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the beginning of the 1970s, and until approximately the end of 1987, Rolex presents the two new chronographs refs. 6263 - 6265. In the continuous search to improve the waterproofing, Rolex introduces various modifications differing from refs. 6262 - 6264, reintroducing the use of screw-down push buttons an a larger winding crown, as used on ref. 6240.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both the references are available in stainless steel, 14 kt and 18 kt gold, with standard two-toned dial, characterized by the presence of the OYSTER signature guaranteeing waterproofing. Models with Newman dial are produced only in early years. The DAYTONA signature, introduced only on models in stainless steel from the second half of 1970s, is always printed in red and positioned along the curve of the hour totalizer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also the refs. 6263 - 6265 differ from each other in the type of bezel: with black plastic insert and tachymeter printed in white for ref. 6263; in metal with engraved tachymeter for ref. 6265.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adding on dial the SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED designation, Rolex underlines the official certification of chronometer for the caliber 727 meant for gold models.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Main characteristics:&lt;br /&gt;OYSTER case&lt;br /&gt;screw-down push buttons&lt;br /&gt;OYSTER TWINLOCK 700 winding crown (earlier production)&lt;br /&gt;OYSTER TRIPLOCK 700 series winding crowns&lt;br /&gt;calibrated metal bezel with black insert and tachymeter printed in white (ref. 6263)&lt;br /&gt;calibrated metal bezel (ref. 6265)&lt;br /&gt;domed plexglas crystal (until approx. 1980)&lt;br /&gt;standard plexiglas crystal (from approx. 1980 to the end of production)&lt;br /&gt;color contrast between dial and registers&lt;br /&gt;printing on dial:&lt;br /&gt;- ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH&lt;br /&gt;- DAYTONA in red above hour totalizer (only on stainless steel models from the half of 1970s on)&lt;br /&gt;- SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED&lt;br /&gt;(only on gold models, not always present) declared waterproofing:&lt;br /&gt;- 50 mt (165 ft) approx. until the beginning of 1980s&lt;br /&gt;- 100 mt (330 ft) until end of production&lt;br /&gt;VALJOUX movement: caliber 727 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/post-907328-1180514876.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 863px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/post-907328-1180514876.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per le ref. 6263 - 6265 in acciaio esistono diverse tipologie di quadrante bicolore con scritte a contrasto: bianche o argento su fondo nero; nere su fondo argento. La scritta DAYTONA, quando presente, è sempre stampata in rosso sul contatore a ore 6. La posizione del testo può variare da modello a modello: le scritte ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH possono essere allineate più in alto o più in basso rispetto alla corona; la scritta DAYTONA può essere più o meno staccata dal contatore ore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For refs. 6263 – 6265 in stainless steel different versions of two-toned dial exist with graphics in contrasting color: white or silver text on black background; black text on silver background. The DAYTONA signature, when present, is always printed in red along the hour totalizer at 6 o’clock. The position of the text can vary between models: ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH signatures can be situated higher or lower in respect to the crown; the DAYTONA signature can be closer to or further from the hour totalizer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La versione definitiva del quadrante, generalmente montata dalla fine degli anni '70 al 1987 circa, propone l'allineamento delle scritte ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH più in alto verso la corona e la scritta DAYTONA più staccata dal contatore ore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last version of the dial generally used from the end of the 1970s to approximately 1987 had to print ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH signatures higher towards the crown and the DAYTONA signature further removed from the hour totalizer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/48.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1022px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/marrone.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/bigeyes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1023px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/bigeyes.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/17-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/17-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/18.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/16-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/16-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/15.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/31.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/31.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/36.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/36.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SCRITTE ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH&lt;br /&gt;Allineate centralmente sotto il logo Rolex, stampate con carattere graziato sempre in tinta a contrasto con lo sfondo. La disposizione delle scritte può variare: nelle prime produzioni la distanza dalla corona è maggiore; nella versione definitiva vengono spostate più in alto, verso la corona.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH SIGNATURES&lt;br /&gt;Centered under the Rolex logo, printed with serif font and always in contrasting color to background. Position of the text may vary: in earlier production it is located further from the crown; in latest model it is located higher, towards the crown. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/img278.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 737px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/img278.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SCRITTA DAYTONA&lt;br /&gt;Sempre stampata in rosso lungo la curvatura del contatore ore, direttamente sul quadrante o su base bianca con effetto "rilievo". Nelle prime produzioni&lt;br /&gt;posizionata più vicino al contatore (1); maggiormente distanziata, nella versione definitiva (2).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DAYTONA SIGNATURE&lt;br /&gt;Always printed in red along the curve of the hour totalizer, directly on dial or on white base with raised effect. In earlier production it is positioned closer to register (1); in latest versions it is further away (2). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/3-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 800px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/3-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SCRITTA T SWISS T&lt;br /&gt;Stampata sotto il contatore ore, sempre in tinta a contrasto con il quadrante: nero su fondo argento, bianco o argento su fondo nero. Solo sui primi modelli agli estremi sono presenti le lettere greche "sigma". Soprannominate "Goute A Prior", rappresentano l'unione delle tre case produttrici di quadranti per Rolex: Singer, Stern e Beyeler. Successivamente utilizzate anche per indicare indici e lancette in oro bianco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;T SWISS T SIGNATURE&lt;br /&gt;Printed under hour totalizer always in contrasting color to dial: black on silver background, white or silver on black background. Only on early models the the greek "sigma" letters elements are located at the ends. Nicknamed “Goute A Prior”, they represent the union of the three producers of Rolex dials: Singer, Stern e Beyeler. In a second time they will be also used to indicate indexes and hands in white gold. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/4-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 800px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/4-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTATORI&lt;br /&gt;A cerchi concentrici in rilievo, leggermente incassati rispetto al piano del quadrante. Lancette in metallo brunito per il modello con contatori chiari; verniciate in bianco per il modello con contatori neri. Gli indici, stampati sulla pendenza generata dal dislivello tra quadrante e contatore, si interrompono in corrispondenza del bordo. Indici e numeri sempre stampati con il classico carattere graziato nero su fondo bianco, bianco o argento su fondo nero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REGISTERS&lt;br /&gt;Raised concentric circular ridges slightly sunken in respect to level of dial. Hands in burnished metal for models with light registers; painted in white for models with black registers. The indexes are printed on the level between dial and register, ending at the border. Indexes and numbers are always printed with classic serif font in black on white background, in white or silver on black background.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/contatori2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 682px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/contatori2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/contatori3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 682px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/contatori3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/contatori1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 682px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/contatori1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/contatori.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/contatori.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/post-907328-1180433250.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 812px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/post-907328-1180433250.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QUADRANTI POST-PRODUZIONE&lt;br /&gt;In questa immagine due quadranti di fornitura post-produzione a confronto:  produzione Singer, a destra un quadrante Rolex nero con scritte bianche. La grafica dei contatori e della scritta DAYTONA cambia rispetto ai quadranti di produzione, caratterizzata da una linea più squadrata e dall'assenza di elementi graziati. La scritta DAYTONA sempre stampata in rosso sopra il contatore ore, è più piccola e stretta rispetto ai quadranti precedenti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;POST-PRODUCTION DIALS&lt;br /&gt;On this picture two post-production dials are compared: on the right, a silver dial made in Singer, on the left, a black dial with white graphics made in Rolex. In comparison to the production dials the graphics of registers and the DAYTONA signature change, appearing more squared and without "serifs". The DAYTONA signature is always printed in red above the hour register, but it's smailer and narrower in comparision to the previous dials. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/post-907328-1180434355.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 808px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/post-907328-1180434355.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/difscritte.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/difscritte.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GHIERA (O LUNETTA)&lt;br /&gt;In metallo, con inserto in plastica nero e scala tachimetrica stampata in bianco (ref.6263). In metallo con scala tachimetrica incisa (ref.6265). Velocità fino a 200 unità per ora (UPH) e misurazione a intervalli di 1 unità fino a 100. La grafica dei numeri cambia leggermente a seconda del periodo di produzione, come evidenziato nelle immagini, disposte in ordine cronologico dalla ghiera della prima serie (1) alla ghiera di fornitura post-produzione (4).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BEZEL&lt;br /&gt;In metal with black plastic insert and tachymeter printed in white. In metal with engraved tachymeter (ref.6265). Scale up to 200 units per hour (UPH) measured at intervals of 1 unit to 100 (ref. 6263). Graphics of numbers change slightly according to the period of production, as shown in the images, viewed in chronological order from the first series bezel (1) to the post-production bezel (4).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/lunette.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 1017px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/lunette.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/ghiera1serieoro.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1023px; height: 1006px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/ghiera1serieoro.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/6263g.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1004px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/6263g.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/6263g1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1016px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/6263g1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/6263g2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1012px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/6263g2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/6263g4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1005px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/6263g4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/ghiera626341.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1021px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/ghiera626341.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/ghiera62652.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1013px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Daytona%20bezel%20ghiere/ghiera62652.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/6263interno.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 355px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/6263interno.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/vetri21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 235px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/vetri21.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; CASSA: PROFILI DESTRO E SINISTRO&lt;br /&gt;Pulsanti a vite, corona di carica e regolazione tipo OYSTER TWINLOCK serie 700 (solo sui primissimi modelli); tipo OYSTER TRIPLOCK serie 700, caratterizzata dai tre puntini in rilievo sotto la corona Rolex, sulla restante produzione. Vetro plexi modello TROPIC 21: prima serie bombato, fino al 1980 circa; standard, dai primi anni '80 a fine produzione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CASE: RIGHT AND LEFT PROFILES&lt;br /&gt;Screw-down push buttons, OYSTER TWINLOCK 700 series winding and setting crown (fitted only on earliest models). OYSTER TRIPLOCK 700 series crown, characterized by three raised dots under Rolex crown, fitted on last production. Plexiglas crystal, model TROPIC 21: first series domed crystal fitted until approximately 1980; standard crystal fitted from early 1980s to end of production. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CASSA: PROFILI SUPERIORE E INFERIORE&lt;br /&gt;Nei primi anni '80, Rolex sostituisce l'incisione REGISTERED DESIGN con la dicitura ORIGINAL ROLEX DESIGN, posizionata sopra la referenza tra le anse superiori. Scritta STAINLESS STEEL (quando presente) e matricola, incise tra le anse inferiori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CASE: UPPER AND LOWER PROFILES&lt;br /&gt;At the beginning of the 1980s Rolex substitutes the REGISTER DESIGN incision with ORIGINAL ROLEX DESIGN designation, positioned above the reference number between upper lugs. The STAINLESS STEEL incision (when included) and the serial number are engraved between lower lugs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CASSA&lt;br /&gt;In metallo con fondello esterno lucido. Profilo ovalizzato in corrispondenza della corona di carica, con alloggio pulsanti scavato. La profondità dell'alloggio pulsanti può essere più o meno accentuata a seconda del periodo di produzione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CASE&lt;br /&gt;In metal with polished case back. Oval-shaped profile in relation to the winding crown with sunken pushers holders. Depth of pushers holder may vary according to the period of production. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180452340.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 928px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180452340.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180453406.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 952px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180453406.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FONDELLO&lt;br /&gt;Satinatura circolare interna con punzonatura di marchio, brevetto Rolex, materiale e referenza (1). Verso la fine degli anni '70, la punzonatura del brevetto viene cancellata da Rolex (2) ed eliminata completamente a partire dai primi anni '80 (3). Talvolta la referenza nel fondello non corrisponde all'effettiva referenza, incisa tra le anse superiori della cassa. Nelle produzioni con scritta PATENTED può mancare la punzonatura della referenza. I fondelli senza punzonature PATENTED e referenza sono di fornitura post-produzione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CASE BACK&lt;br /&gt;Internal circular satin with Rolex name stamp, Rolex patent, material, and reference number (1). Towards the end of the 1970s the official Rolex patent stamp is cancelled by Rolex (2) and completely eliminated from the start of the 1980s (3). Occasionally, the reference number may vary from the actual reference number engraved between upper lugs of the case. Production with PATENTED signature can be found without the reference stamp. Case backs without PATENTED and reference stamp are post-production.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180516346.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 774px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180516346.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263-5orosr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 979px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263-5orosr.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263crs3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1021px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263crs3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/62638.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1018px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/62638.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263-5crs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1007px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263-5crs.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/62638r.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1020px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/62638r.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263crs2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 983px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263crs2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263crsfornitura.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 918px; height: 912px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263crsfornitura.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/626414kt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1017px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/626414kt.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263crsfornituraoro.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1006px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6263crsfornituraoro.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/CRS.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1021px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/CRS.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6265.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 975px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/caseback/6265.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CORONA E PULSANTI&lt;br /&gt;I primi modelli ref. 6263 - 6265 montano corona OYSTER TWINLOCK 700 e pulsanti a vite "prototipo" (1) della ref. 6240 (pag. 88). Nei primi anni '70, Rolex dichiara l'impermeabilità della cassa fino a 50 mt (165 ft), utilizzando pulsanti a vite cod. 24-P301 e corona OYSTER TRIPLOCK 701 (2). Nella seconda metà degli anni '70, Rolex sostituisce i pulsanti con il modello scanalato cod. 24-P302 (3) e la corona con la TRIPLOCK 702. Dal 1982 circa la corona viene nuovamente sostituita con la TRIPLOCK 703. Dal 1984 Rolex dichiara impermeabilità fino a 100 mt (330 ft).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CROWN AND PUSHERS&lt;br /&gt;Early models refs. 6263 – 6265 have OYSTER TWINLOCK 700 winding crown and “prototype” screw-down push buttons (1) from ref. 6240 (page 88). In the early 1970s Rolex declares waterproofing of case to 50 meters (165 feet), using screw-down push buttons 24-P301 and OYSTER TRIPLOCK 701 (2). In the second half of the 1970s, Rolex substitutes the pushers with the wider ridge model 24-P302 (3) and the crown with the TRIPLOCK 702. From about 1982 the crown is substituted with the TRIPLOCK 703. From 1984 Rolex declares waterproofing to 100 meters (330 feet).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/PK0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 918px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/PK0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/PKOa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 769px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/PKOa.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/post-907328-1180622692.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 748px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/post-907328-1180622692.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/p01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 677px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/p01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/p301.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 966px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/p301.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/p0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/p0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/p03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 948px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/p03.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/p04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 631px; height: 633px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/p04.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/700.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 991px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/700.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/700a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 850px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/700a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BRACCIALI&lt;br /&gt;Dettagli del bracciale ref. 7835, a maglie ripiegate, con terminali N° 271 - 371 da 19 mm (montato fino al 1974 circa) e ref. 78350, a maglie piene, con terminali N° 571 da 19 mm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BRACELETS&lt;br /&gt;Details of bended links bracelet ref. 7835 with 19 mm curved fitting N° 371 (used until approx. 1974) and the solid links bracelet ref. 78350 with 19 mm curved fitting N° 571.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/71.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 935px; height: 654px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/71.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263bracciale71.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 380px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263bracciale71.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/post-907328-1180624861-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 654px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/post-907328-1180624861-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/271-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 496px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/271-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/571-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 719px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/571-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CALIBRO 727&lt;br /&gt;Montato su entrambe le ref. 6263 - 6265. A partire dai primi anni '80 sul ponte del ruotismo non viene più incisa alcuna scritta. Sui modelli in oro viene incisa la numerazione del movimento nel nocciolo del bilanciere, in relazione alla certificazione ufficiale di cronometro dell'Ufficio Svizzero di Controllo dei Cronometri (C.O.S.C.), Dal 1983 in poi è possibile trovare la numerazione incisa anche sul movimento di alcuni modelli in acciaio, anche se non certificati ufficialmente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CALIBER 727&lt;br /&gt;Used on both refs. 6263 - 6265. From early 1980s the train wheel bridge is not engraved with any text. On gold models the movement number is engraved on the hub sinking of the balance wheel, in relation to the official certification of chronometer of the Swiss Office of Chronometers Control (C.O.S.C.). From 1983 on it’s possible to find movement number engraved also on some stainless steel models, even if not officially certified. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263movprofilo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 942px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263movprofilo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263movlatoa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1017px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263movlatoa.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263cal727.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 972px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263cal727.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263movlatob.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6263movlatob.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/cal727.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 744px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/cal727.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/3972616a2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 763px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/3972616a2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/6263movlatocorona.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 326px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/6263movlatocorona.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MANUALI DI ISTRUZIONE&lt;br /&gt;Fino alla metà degli anni '70, sui manuali si parla solo di ROLEX COSMOGRAPH. In seguito viene aggiunta la scritta DAYTONA solo in copertina. Contenuti e immagini sono gli stessi, e viene dichiarata l'impermeabilità fino a 50 mt (165 ft). I modelli in oro riprodotti non riportano la certificazione ufficiale del C.O.S.C.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INSTRUCTION MANUALS&lt;br /&gt;Until the half of the 1970s, manuals refer only to ROLEX COSMOGRAPH. The DAYTONA signature is added later only on the cover. Contents and images are the same, and waterproofing is declared to 50 mt (165 ft). Gold models are reproduced without the official C.O.S.C. certification. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MANUALI DI ISTRUZIONE&lt;br /&gt;Intorno al 1980, Rolex cambia grafica e contenuti dei libretti di istruzione del ROLEX COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA. I modelli in acciaio riportano la scritta DAYTONA in rosso, i modelli in oro hanno la certificazione del C.O.S.C. L'impermeabilità dichiarata è fino a 50 mt (165 ft).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INSTRUCTION MANUALS&lt;br /&gt;Around the 1980s, Rolex changes graphics and contents of ROLEX COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA instruction booklets. Stainless steel models display DAYTONA in red. Gold models have the C.O.S.C. certification. Waterproofing is declared to 50 mt (165 ft). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MANUALI DI ISTRUZIONE&lt;br /&gt;Nel 1984 Rolex aggiorna nuovamente i libretti di istruzione del ROLEX COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA. L'impermeabilità dichiarata è fino a 100 mt (330 ft) anche se le immagini ritraggono ancora modelli presentati nel precedente libretto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INSTRUCTION MANUALS&lt;br /&gt;In 1984 Rolex updates the instruction booklets of the ROLEX COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA. Waterproofing is declared to 100 mt (330 ft) even if images include models which were present in previous booklet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180690839.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 961px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180690839.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180690189.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 886px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180690189.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180689661.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 882px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/post-907328-1180689661.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/catalogogiapponese1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 384px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/catalogogiapponese1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grazie a tutti per l'attenzione, da Carlo Stefano e Gianni&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/1a-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 444px; height: 584px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Midas_Adv.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alla fine degli anni 60 ,Rolex affido' il progetto di realizzare un orologio gioiello da uomo innovativo ed  importante a Mr.Gerald Genta che ispirandosi all'antica Grecia e alle sue mitologie scelse il nome di  Re Mida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the end of the 1960’s, Rolex entrusted a project to create an innovative and important jewellery watch to Mr Gerald Genta who, taking inspiration from ancient Greece and it’s mythology, chose the name of King Midas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/img974.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 715px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/img974.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/img812.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 744px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/img812.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/197218.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 709px; height: 917px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/197218.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/img822.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 756px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/img822.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mida  (in greco Μίδας,), figlio adottivo di Gordio e di Cibele, era Re della Frigia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La mitologia racconta che Mida ottenne da Dioniso il potere di trasformare in oro tutto ciò che toccava. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuttavia il Re si accorse presto però che in tal modo non poteva neppure sfamarsi, in quanto tutti i cibi che toccava diventavano istantaneamente d'oro. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Resosi conto che la sua cupidigia di denaro lo avrebbe portato alla morte, implorò Dioniso di togliergli tale potere, che impietosito dal pentimento del Re, esaudì la richiesta.&lt;br /&gt;Nell'immaginario collettivo , Re Mida rimane indelebilmente collegato all'oro massiccio e proprio per questo Rolex decise di dedicargli  il modello piu' costoso del suo catalogo dell'epoca King Midas referenza 9630. &lt;br /&gt;Per avere un termine di paragone nel 1975 ,un Rolex Day Date, che era il modello di punta e rappresentava un vero e proprio status symbol di casa Rolex , costava $3300, un King Midas $5500.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Midas (in Greek Μίδας,), adopted son of Gordian and Cybele, was king of Phrygia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mythology says that Midas received the power to transform everything he touched into gold from Dionysus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However he quickly realized that this way he wouldn’t even be able to eat since all the food he touched instantly turned to gold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Realizing that his lust of money would have ended with his death, he begged Dionysus to take away the power, who, taking compassion on the king after seeing his penitent state, granted his wish. King Midas is always connected to solid gold, and for this reason Rolex decided to dedicate the most costly model in their catalogue at the time to him, the epic King Midas reference 9630.&lt;br /&gt;By way of comparison, in 1975 a Rolex Day Date, which was the top model at the time and represented a true Rolex status symbol, cost $3300, whereas a King Midas sold for $5500.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9335.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 725px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9335.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9347.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 781px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9347.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9348.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 637px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9348.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La ref 9630 e' rimasta in produzione dal 1961 al 1972 e prodotta in pochissimi esemplari, circa  600  in oro giallo, 150 in oro bianco e si presume circa  una decina in oro giallo con il bracciale bianco e giallo alternato .&lt;br /&gt; E' conosciuto  un esemplare  realizzato per Bucherer con cassa sempre in oro giallo ed il bracciale con maglie alternate  in oro giallo, rosa e bianco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reference 9630 remained in production from 1961 through 1972 with only a very few specimens, approximately 600 in yellow gold, 150 in white gold, and it is estimated only ten or so in white gold with an alternating white and yellow gold bracelet.&lt;br /&gt;A known specimen made for Bucherer has a yellow gold case with alternating yellow, pink and white gold bracelet links.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/bucherer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 458px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/bucherer.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/KGrHqMOKm4E3cCnS1HbBN-SmNHS6_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 446px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/KGrHqMOKm4E3cCnS1HbBN-SmNHS6_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il numero di  matricola  dedicato a questa serie speciale va  da 7331**(1961) a 3.119.***(1972). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The serial numbers dedicated to this special series go from 7331**(1961) to 3.119.***(1972).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9330.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 848px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9330.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9345.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 814px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9345.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il Rolex King Midas veniva interamente prodotto a mano, scolpito da un lingotto d'oro giallo o bianco a 18k con un peso che si aggirava attorno ai 300 grammi a seconda del modello e del metallo utilizzato.&lt;br /&gt;Le sue dimensioni sono di 27,5mm di larghezza e una lunghezza totale di 103,3 per un altezza di soli 5 mm, .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rolex King Midas was constructed completely by hand, carved from an 18 carat yellow or gold ingot and weighed approximately 300 grams depending on the model and metal used.&lt;br /&gt;The dimensions of the watch are 27.5mm in width, a total length of 103.3mm with a thickness of only 5 mm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9371.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 857px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9371.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9330c.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 816px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9330c.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cassa carre' di forma asimmetrica e con finitura satinata, la corona di carica esclusiva antiscivolo a filo di cassa ispirata al sole, , bracciale  anche esso esclusivo integrato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carre’ case with an asymmetrical shape and satin finish, the exclusive sun inspired non-slip winding crown was flush with the case. The integrated bracelet is also an exclusive. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9373.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 454px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9373.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9363.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9363.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9364.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 756px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9364.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9366.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 612px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9366.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9331.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 882px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9331.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anche sul lato esterno della cassa veniva “bulinato” rigorosamente a mano il nome KING MIDAS così come veniva affidato alle sapienti mani dell’incisore il numero di serie progressivo sotto l’orologio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, on the outside of the case the name KING MIDAS was “engraved” by hand, just as the progressive serial number on the underside of the watch was trusted to the knowing hands of the engraver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9366.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 612px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9366.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9374.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 321px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9374.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il King Midas  è stato infatti uno delle tre sole referenze in serie limitata prodotte da Rolex nella sua intera storia assieme al 4467  e 5100.&lt;br /&gt;Particolare anche il fondello che in luogo della usuale apertura Rolex con chiave zigrinata presenta quattro fori che necessitano di uno speciale inserto Rolex per il serraggio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The King Midas was in fact one of only three limited series references, together with the 4467 and 5100, produced by Rolex in its entire history together.&lt;br /&gt;The back is unique also because usually the Rolex is opened with a knurled wrench, this model has four holes which require a special Rolex insert to tighten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9330a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 966px; height: 620px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9330a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' stato il primo Rolex a montare un vetro zaffiro di forma quadrata prodotto dalla ditta SEITZ.&lt;br /&gt;Il bracciale, senza viti, ha una inusuale chiusura simmetrica in tre parti con regolazione interna da ambo il lati con inciso nella parte interna della lamina centrale  “KING MIDAS BY ROLEX OF GENEVA” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was the first Rolex to bear a square shaped sapphire crystal produced by the SEITZ company.&lt;br /&gt;The screwless bracelet has an unusual asymmetrical three piece closure with an internal size regulator on both sides and has the words “KING MIDAS BY ROLEX OF GENEVA” engraved on the inside of the central slat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9336.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 485px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9336.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9339.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 572px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9339.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9330b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 588px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9330b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9340.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9340.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9372.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9372.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il movimento è un sofisticatissimo calibro 650 rodiato, 18 rubini, spirale piana autocompensata, bilanciere monometallico, aggiustato in 5 posizioni, indicazione di ore e minuti con uno spessore di solo 1.5mm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The movement is an extremely sophisticated 650 radiated 18 ruby, auto-compensating flat hairspring with a monometallic counterbalance, 5 position adjusted calibre with hour and minute indicators with a thickness of only 1.5mm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/cal650.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 744px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/cal650.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/cal650a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 744px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/cal650a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il quadrante e' realizzato in oro massiccio, generalmente grigio per l'oro bianco e champagne per l'oro giallo dove solo nella prima serie prodotta campeggia la scritta MIDAS in carattere Greco che venne successivamente sostituita nelle serie successive con la dicitura Cellini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dial is made of solid gold and is generally grey for white gold watches and champagne colored for the yellow gold models and where for the first series only we find the writing MIDAS in Greek characters which were subsequently substituted in later series with the Cellini font.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9338.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1010px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_9338.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un orologio costruito interamente a mano proprio come un vero e proprio gioiello “pezzo unico” tanto che ogni fondello riporta un numero di riferimento che corrisponde al medesimo numero riportato all’interno cassa così da permetterne l’accoppiamento. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La sua prima referenza è una 9630 in edizione limitata e numerata, seguita poi da una referenza 3580 anch'essa in edizione limitata ma non numerata.&lt;br /&gt;Molto bella e particolare l’imponente scatola a forma di anfora  con motivi ispirati alla mitologia Greca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A watch that is constructed completely by hand like a true “one of a kind” jewel with so much detail that every back bears a reference number that matches to the same number on the internal of the case so that they can be matched up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first reference is a limited numbered edition 9630, followed by reference 3580 which was also a limited edition but was not numbered.&lt;br /&gt;The imposing amphora shaped box is very peculiar and beautiful and has Greek mythology inspired patterns. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Midas-Touch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 870px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Midas-Touch.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/dfs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 372px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/dfs.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/MidasBox.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 366px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/MidasBox.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il glamour e l'importanza di questo orologio di manifattura trova spazio anche al polso di personaggi famosi della politica e dello spettacolo dell'epoca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The glamour and importance of this handmade watch found its way onto the wrists of famous political and entertainment celebrities of the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Elvis-nixon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1023px; height: 800px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Elvis-nixon.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Nixon-admires-Elvis-cufflinks.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 900px; height: 604px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Nixon-admires-Elvis-cufflinks.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il King Midas è stato indossato da Christopher Lee nel ruolo di “Scaramanga” in “James Bond "l'uomo dalla pistola d'oro" (1974)” e da Elvis Presley a cui venne donato per aver fatto il tutto esaurito a tutti i 6 concerti al Huston Livestock Show and Rodeo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The King Midas was worn by Christopher Lee in his role as “Scaramanga” in James Bond’s “Man with the Golden Gun” (1974) and by Elvis Presley to whom it was presented after selling out all 6 concerts at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foto Courtesy Jake's blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Elvis-Rolex-King-Midas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 837px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Elvis-Rolex-King-Midas.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/DSC_8063a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 574px; height: 800px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/DSC_8063a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/KingsKing.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 635px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/KingsKing.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Elvis-Presley-Rolex-King-Midas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 532px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Elvis-Presley-Rolex-King-Midas.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/cl006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 725px; height: 406px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/cl006.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un orologio particolare dal design e gusto eccentrico , ma senza dubbio con fascino da vendere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A uniquely designed watch for eccentric tastes, but which has without a doubt an abundance of charm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La garanzia:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px; height: 488px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/RolexKingMidasB.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/RolexKingMidasA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px; height: 488px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/RolexKingMidasA.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/RolexKingMidas9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px; height: 488px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/RolexKingMidas9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/801628089007252925-8455312022399688263?l=stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/feeds/8455312022399688263/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2011/06/rolex-king-midas.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/8455312022399688263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/8455312022399688263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2011/06/rolex-king-midas.html' title='Rolex King Midas'/><author><name>Stefano Mazzariol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02756044170785446333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lQ4p1SoVLFM/SZj82yRCtfI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Gl0ARd9aMhA/S220/io.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801628089007252925.post-2130420030338638063</id><published>2011-04-19T13:38:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-20T13:45:15.704+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rolex Catalogo 1957'/><title type='text'>Rolex  catalogo 1957</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0001-6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 705px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0001-6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0002-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 710px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0002-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0003-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 713px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0003-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0004-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 711px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0004-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0005-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 716px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0005-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0006-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 710px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0006-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0007-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 700px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0007-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0008-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 718px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0008-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0009-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 696px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0009-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0010-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 712px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0010-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0012-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 711px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0012-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0013-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 717px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0013-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0014-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 718px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0014-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0015-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1023px; height: 714px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0015-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0016-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 714px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0016-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0018-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 717px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0018-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0019-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 718px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0019-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0020-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 721px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0020-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0021-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 710px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0021-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0022-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 723px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0022-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0023-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 710px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/IMG_0023-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buona Pasqua !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stefano Mazzariol&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/801628089007252925-2130420030338638063?l=stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/feeds/2130420030338638063/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2011/04/rolex-catalogo-1957.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/2130420030338638063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/2130420030338638063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2011/04/rolex-catalogo-1957.html' title='Rolex  catalogo 1957'/><author><name>Stefano Mazzariol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02756044170785446333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lQ4p1SoVLFM/SZj82yRCtfI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Gl0ARd9aMhA/S220/io.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/ADV/th_IMG_0001-6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801628089007252925.post-5295691893636061181</id><published>2011-03-24T07:44:00.013Z</published><updated>2011-04-06T07:13:17.118+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daytona Zenith...lunette'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quadranti'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bracciali e movimenti'/><title type='text'>Daytona Zenith...lunette , quadranti ,bracciali e movimenti</title><content type='html'>Daytona Zenith... bezels, dials, bracelets and movements&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1987, viene presentato il primo Daytona ref. 16520, nelle versioni acciaio, acciaio ed oro ( 16523) ed oro 16528. &lt;br /&gt;Rimane nel listino Rolex per 13 anni .&lt;br /&gt; Le matricole sono raggruppate , per la produzione totale di tutti gli orologi Rolex ,con le seguenti numerazioni:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1987, the first Daytona ref.16520 is presented in the steel, steel and gold (16523) and gold 16528 versions. It will remain on the Rolex production list for 13 years.&lt;br /&gt;The registration numbers are grouped in the overall production of all Rolex watches with the following numerations:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1987: R 200.000 a R 644.***&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;1988 :da R644*** a R 999***, L 200.000 a L 213.000 &lt;br /&gt;1989: L213*** a L 826***&lt;br /&gt; 1990:L826. *** a L999.***,E 100.000 a E 465.*** &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1991:E 465.*** a E999.*** ,X 100.000 a X163.*** ,N 100.000 a N 119.***&lt;br /&gt; 1992 :N &lt;br /&gt;1993 : X&lt;br /&gt; 1994: N/S &lt;br /&gt;1995 :S/W &lt;br /&gt;1996: W/T &lt;br /&gt;1997: T/U &lt;br /&gt;1998: U &lt;br /&gt;1999: A &lt;br /&gt;2000: P &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'amico Pino ha catalogato e studiato molto questa referenza e, in comune accordo, ho il piacere di presentare le sue ricerche sul mio Blog.&lt;br /&gt; Ovviamente in una produzione cosi' ampia e diluita nel tempo, ci possono essere delle eccezioni.&lt;br /&gt; Parliamo di un prodotto realizzato da un azienda , che come tale ha un magazzino al quale attingere e ,sicuramente, non con le regole che noi collezionisti ed appasionati ci prefiggiamo.&lt;br /&gt; Il seguente articolo va' letto ed interpretato con elasticita' e buon senso.&lt;br /&gt; Buona lettura&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; Stefano Mazzariol &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My friend Pino has catalogued and studied this reference in depth and by mutual agreement, I have the pleasure to present his research on my Blog.&lt;br /&gt;Obviously in such a large production which has been diluted over time there may be exceptions.&lt;br /&gt;We are talking about a product created by a company which as such has a warehouse to draw from, and surely does not follow the strict rules that we as collectors and fans establish.&lt;br /&gt;The following article should be read and interpreted with good sense and an open mind.&lt;br /&gt;Good reading.&lt;br /&gt;Stefano Mazzariol &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Questo è un Topic che riepiloga i miei precedenti aventi a tema il Daytona Zenith Ref 1652X . Ho apportato delle varianti , ho raggruppato in un unico stesso MK tutte le Lunette ed i Quadranti delle tre referenze ( quelli in foto sono relativi a Referenza 16520 ma sono simili per tutti ). Ho isolato in uno spazio a parte e senza Classificazione i Quadranti Speciali aventi Indici con Brillanti Coevi solo con Referenze Oro ed Acciaio ed Oro . Non ho tenuto conto dei quadranti con variazioni di colore , dei tridimensionali etcc. Intendo ringraziare Stefano Mazzariol e Luciano aka Cortez Ramon dai quali in vari modi ho attinto parte del materiale fotografico che mi ha permesso di rifare quasi ex novo questo Topic . E' possibile salvare il Topic in formato PDF www.mediafire.com/?cenljgbk2ffmu4q Tutti i dati presenti in questo Topic altri non sono che .... una mia personale catalogazione alla quale ognuno darà o non darà il credito che merita. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“This is a topic that summarizes my previous themes regarding the Daytona Zenith Ref 1652X. I have made some variations and grouped together in a single MK group all the Bezels and Dials from the three references (those in the pictures are from the Reference 16520 but are similar for all). I separated in a separate section and with no Classification the Special Dials with Contemporaneous diamond Indices referring to them only with Gold, and Steel and Gold. I did not take into consideration dials with variations of color, three-dimensional, etc. I would like to thank Stefano Mazzariol and Luciano aka Cortez Ramon from whom I have drawn part of the photographic material which permitted me to completely redo this Topic. It is possible to save the Topic in PDF format www.mediafire.com/?cenljgbk2ffmu4q. All the data presented in this Topic is nothing more than… my personal cataloging to which each person may or may not give due credit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/1-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 802px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/1-5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First and also only Bezel with scale up to 200 produced for the Reference 1652X&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/2-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 801px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/2-4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/3-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 791px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/3-3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; La successiva lunetta e' stata presentata per la prima volta dal forumista Marco ,aka Ghinghetto, e catalogata dopo che ho potuto riscontrarla in 5 esemplari.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following Bezel was presented for the first time by forum member Marco, aka Ghinghetto, and cataloged after I had been able to find it in 5 specimens. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/4-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 713px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/4-3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/5-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 781px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/5-3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 800px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/7-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 799px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/7-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Quadranti per Referenze 1652X &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/8-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 500px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/8-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/9-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 500px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/9-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/10-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 500px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/10-3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/11-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 500px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/11-3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/12-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 500px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/12-5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/13-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 475px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/13-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Abbinamento Lunette e Quadranti per Referenze 1652X &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/14-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 802px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/14-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/15-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 802px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/15-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 802px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/17-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 802px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/17-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/18-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 801px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/18-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/19-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 801px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/19-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/20-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 801px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/20-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/21-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 801px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/21-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/22-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 791px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/22-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/23-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 791px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/23-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/24-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 730px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/24-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/25-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 781px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/25-3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/26-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 781px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/26-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/27-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 781px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/27-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/28-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 800px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/28-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/29-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 800px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/29-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/30-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 800px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/30-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/31-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 799px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/31-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/32-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 799px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/32-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Abbinamento lunette e quadranti ref 16518 &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/33-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 730px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/33-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Lunette e quadranti ref. 16519 &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/34-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 421px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/34-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Bracciali prima serie&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/35-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 809px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 790px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/35-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/37-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 1000px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/37-5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/39-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 546px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 1024px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/39-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Bracciali seconda serie:nel caso del 78398 e' l'ultimo prodotto per la ref. 16528 &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/40-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 700px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/40-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/41-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 512px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 1024px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/41-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/44-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 546px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 1024px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/44-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Bracciali terza ed ultima serie &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/45.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 600px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/45.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/46-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 800px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/46-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Quadranti speciali con indici in diamanti montati principalmente sulle matricole R e L, raramente oltre. &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/48-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 810px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/48-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/47.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 821px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/47.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/48-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 810px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/48-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/49.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 795px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/49.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Quadranti indici in diamanti per le ref. 16518, 16528, 16528 montati dal seriale L a fine produzione. &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/50.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 793px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/50.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/51.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 813px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/51.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/52.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 805px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/52.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/53.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 761px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/53.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Quadrante indici diamanti &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/54.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 808px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/54.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/55.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 758px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 1023px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/55.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/56.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 730px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/56.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/57.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 421px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/57.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/58-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 630px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 1024px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/58-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/59.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 800px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 800px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/59.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Grazie Pino, ottimo lavoro &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/801628089007252925-5295691893636061181?l=stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/feeds/5295691893636061181/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2011/03/daytona-zenithlunette-quadranti.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/5295691893636061181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/5295691893636061181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2011/03/daytona-zenithlunette-quadranti.html' title='Daytona Zenith...lunette , quadranti ,bracciali e movimenti'/><author><name>Stefano Mazzariol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02756044170785446333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lQ4p1SoVLFM/SZj82yRCtfI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Gl0ARd9aMhA/S220/io.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/th_1-5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801628089007252925.post-3143378771095035546</id><published>2011-02-15T11:55:00.007Z</published><updated>2011-02-21T06:04:08.642Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rolex Daytona 16528 blu dial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the  ROLEX chairman watch.'/><title type='text'>Rolex Daytona 16528 blu dial, the  ROLEX chairman watch.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1012px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Rolex e'  stata fondata  a Londra nel  1905 da Hans Wilsdorf e si trasferi' a Ginevra nel 1919.&lt;br /&gt;Succedette a Wildsorf  ,nel 1962, Andre J. Heiniger, secondo presidente della storia Rolex , entrato in azienda nel 1948 e nel 1962 e' salito a capo dell'esecutivo.&lt;br /&gt;Un uomo di convinzione, André Heiniger, aveva lo stesso senso di anticipazione del  suo predecessore. &lt;br /&gt;Negli anni settanta Rolex,  alla guida di Heiniger, ha partecipato attivamente allo sviluppo del primo movimento al quarzo svizzero, ma, con sorpresa di tutti, decise di restare fedele all'orologio meccanico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rolex was founded in London in 1905 by Hans Wilsdorf and relocated to Geneva in 1919.&lt;br /&gt;In 1962 Andre J. Heiniger succeeded Wildsorf as the second president in the history of Rolex having joined the company in 1948 and rising to head executive in 1962.&lt;br /&gt;As a man of convictions, Andre Heiniger had the same foresight as his predecessor.&lt;br /&gt;In the 1970’s Rolex, under the direction of Heiniger actively participated in the development of the first swiss quartz movement, but to everyone’s surprise decided to remain faithful to the mechanical watch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Questa decisione ha mostrato come  Heiniger e' stato uno dei grandi anticipatori dell'orologeria contemporanea e consentito  a Rolex  di salvare l'intero comparto dell'industria orologiera  meccanica svizzera. &lt;br /&gt;André Heiniger era impegnato  anche ad aumentare la visibilità del brand.&lt;br /&gt;Negli anni sessanta e settanta ha suscitato partenariati tra Rolex, eventi sportivi e personalità , come pure con  artisti di fama mondiale.&lt;br /&gt; Queste associazioni hanno contribuito all'emergere come immagine nell'immaginario collettivo come  negli eventi  culturali e sportivi e nelle  sponsorizzazioni nel  mondo del lusso. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This decision demonstrated how Heiniger was one of the great visionaries of the contemporary watch world and allowed Rolex to save an entire section of the Swiss mechanical watch industry.&lt;br /&gt;Andre Heiniger was also actively engaged in increasing the visibility of the brand.&lt;br /&gt;In the 1960’s and 70’s he created partnerships between Rolex, sporting events and personalities, as well as with world renowned artists.&lt;br /&gt;These partnerships contributed to bringing Rolex to the forefront of everyone’s minds, as a symbol of luxury.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nel 1976, per celebrare il cinquantesimo anniversario dell'orologio OYSTER, André Heiniger  ha creato i premi "Rolex per Enterprise". &lt;br /&gt;Questi premi forniscono supporto finanziario alle persone che cercano nuovi modi per aumentare le conoscenze  e migliorare la qualità della vita sul nostro pianeta. &lt;br /&gt;Nel 1992 Patrick Heiniger, figlio di Andre', diventa il terzo presidente della Rolex.&lt;br /&gt;Sotto il suo impulso alla metà degli anni novanta, Rolex ha fatto una scelta strategica fondamentale e punto' sull'integrazione  totale dei suoi mezzi di produzione. &lt;br /&gt;Questa iniziativa è stata destinata a garantire il controllo sulla fabbricazione di componenti essenziali di orologi del marchio e garantire così la sua autonomia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1976, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the OYSTER watch, Andre Heiniger created the award “Rolex for Enterprise”.&lt;br /&gt;These prizes provided financial support to people that looked for new ways to increase knowledge and better the quality of life on our planet.&lt;br /&gt;In 1992 Patrick Heiniger, Andre’s son, became Rolex’s third President.&lt;br /&gt;Following his drive in the middle of the 1990’s, Rolex made a strategic and fundamental choice to fully integrate all production phases.&lt;br /&gt;This initiative was destined to guarantee control over the production of its essential watch components and therefore Rolex’s autonomy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; In questo contesto, Rolex SA, la nuova entità aziendale della società fin dal 2002, diventa  nel 2004 un industria di manifattura e fabbricazione : Montres Rolex SA.&lt;br /&gt; Il gruppo Rolex non è quotato in Borsa, è controllato dalla Fondazione Wilsdorf. &lt;br /&gt;Rolex non rende noti i dati sulle sue attività, ma secondo analisti del settore il fatturato del gruppo è compreso tra i 2 e i 3 miliardi di franchi svizzeri. &lt;br /&gt;L'insieme di questi fattori hanno fatto si che Rolex  non e' semplicemente un azienda produttrice di orologi ma uno status.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this context, Rolex SA, the new corporate entity as of 2002, in 2004 became a manufacturing company: Montres Rolex SA.&lt;br /&gt;The Rolex group is not publicly traded but rather is controlled by the Wilsdorf Foundation.&lt;br /&gt;Rolex does not make it’s books public, but according to analysts in the sector, the group’s turnover is between 2 and 3 billion Swiss Francs.&lt;br /&gt;The combination of these factors have made it so that Rolex is no longer simply a watch producer, but is now a status symbol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'orologio che per antonomasia rappresenta , nell'immaginario collettivo uno status e senza ombra di smentita il  Rolex Daytona che grazie ad una riuscita politica commerciale  e caratteristiche tecniche indovinate fa' si che il Daytona ,fin dalla sua introduzione , sia un modello di grande successo, diventando molto ambito dai collezionisti nonostante sia un orologio di concezione moderna. &lt;br /&gt;Nel 1993, Patrick Heiniger decise di donare ai piu' importanti dirigenti Rolex , un Daytona nella sua configurazione nel metallo  piu' prezioso ,con un quadrante  esclusivo blu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The watch that best represents status in the minds of collectors, is without a doubt the Rolex Daytona. Thanks to a successful commercial policy and correctly guessing which technical characteristics would be popular, have made the Daytona has been a very successful model since its introduction as well as becoming extremely sought after by collectors despite its modern conception.&lt;br /&gt;In 1993, Patrick Heiniger decided to give the highest ranking Rolex directors a Daytona combining the most precious metal and an exclusive blue dial. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/16528champagne-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/16528champagne-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/16528bianco.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1014px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/16528bianco.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/16528nero-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1014px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/16528nero-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/16528neroa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1023px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/16528neroa.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il fatto che questo orologio abbia un quadrante unico o comunque prodotto in pochissime unita'aggiunge per se stesso valore sia concettuale che economico.&lt;br /&gt;Ognuno di questi aspetti, ma specialmente quelli legati al collezionismo ed al valore, vivono basilarmente poggiando sul pilastro di: unicità ed esclusività.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fact that this watch has a thoroughly unique dial or at least very rare, in and of itself adds both conceptual and economic value to it.&lt;br /&gt;Each of these aspects, but especially those tied to collecting and value are based on the pillars of: uniqueness and exclusivity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 769px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 885px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 974px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 744px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman12.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo quadrante  prodotto da Singer , ha le stesse  caratteristiche grafiche dei modelli contemporanei  dell'epoca,  ma realizzato in blu galvanico con rifinitura soleil e "6 rovesciato".&lt;br /&gt;Le scritte sono color oro .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This dial was produced by Singer and has the same graphic characteristics of other models of the time, but was made in galvanized blue with soleil details and an “upside down 6”.&lt;br /&gt;The writings are all gold color.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 502px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman7.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 940px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528chairman4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il risultato e' un insieme di sportivita' ed eleganza con un "pizzico" di esclusivita' risevato solo ai Chairman Rolex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The result is a combination of sportiness and elegance with a ‘dash’ of exclusivity reserved only to Rolex Chairmen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stefano Mazzariol&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/801628089007252925-3143378771095035546?l=stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/feeds/3143378771095035546/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2011/02/rolex-daytona-16528-blu-dial-rolex.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/3143378771095035546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/3143378771095035546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2011/02/rolex-daytona-16528-blu-dial-rolex.html' title='Rolex Daytona 16528 blu dial, the  ROLEX chairman watch.'/><author><name>Stefano Mazzariol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02756044170785446333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lQ4p1SoVLFM/SZj82yRCtfI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Gl0ARd9aMhA/S220/io.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/th_16528chairman0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801628089007252925.post-4127298380419192273</id><published>2010-12-27T16:21:00.008Z</published><updated>2011-01-18T15:51:22.134Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rolex Cosmograph Daytona dial/quadranti'/><title type='text'>Rolex Cosmograph Daytona dial/quadranti</title><content type='html'>Ciao a tutti,&lt;br /&gt;in questa pagina troverete un elenco di fotografie dei quadranti Rolex per i Rolex Daytona.&lt;br /&gt;Aggiornero' periodicamente appena dispongo di nuovo materiale.&lt;br /&gt;Queste fotografie, con anche il retro , sono incluse  omaggio , nel capitolo dedicato del libro:&lt;br /&gt;"Rolex Daytona dalla nascita al mito"&lt;br /&gt;disponibile in Apple Store al seguente link:&lt;br /&gt;http://itunes.apple.com/it/app/idaytona/id380496550?mt=8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello everyone, &lt;br /&gt;This page contains a list of photographs of the dials for Rolex Daytona Rolex. &lt;br /&gt;Update 'soon have new material periodically. &lt;br /&gt;These photographs, including the back, are included free, in the chapter of the book: &lt;br /&gt;"Rolex Daytona from birth to the myth" &lt;br /&gt;available in the Apple Store at the following link: &lt;br /&gt;http://itunes.apple.com/it/app/idaytona/id380496550?mt=8 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/dials/1-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 840px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/cat_88_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/cat_88_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 613px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/cat_88_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il Rolex Daytona e' l'unico crono  in catalogo di casa Rolex .&lt;br /&gt;Per cronografo si intende  l'orologio che oltre alle normali indicazioni (ore,minuti e secondi) e' in grado di misurare intervalli di tempo a comando.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I crono hanno generalmente  due pulsanti, uno circa ad ore 2 ed uno circa ad ore 4 , a cavallo della corona di carica e regolazione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il primo pulsante ha il compito di avviare e arrestare la funzione cronografica,il secondo di azzerarla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sul quadrante troviamo 3 contatori : secondi continui, minuti cronografici, ore crongrafiche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sulla ghiera troviamo la scala tachimetrica,utile per conoscere la velocita' media al km.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I crono Rolex antecedenti al 1988 montavano tutti il movimento carica manuale derivato dal calibro 72 Valjoux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rolex Daytona is the only chronograph in the Rolex catalog. By chronograph we mean a watch that in addition to the normal indicators (hours, minutes and seconds) is able to measure time intervals on command.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chronographs generally have two buttons, one at approximately 2 o’clock and one at 4, on either side of the winding and regulating crown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first button starts and stops the chronograph function, the second resets it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the dial we find 3 counters: continuous second, chronographic minutes and chronographic hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the bezel we find the tachometric scale, useful for knowing the average speed per kilometer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Rolex chronographs before 1988 used the manual winding movement taken from the 72 Valjoux caliber. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/72Blatoquadrante.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/72Blatoquadrante.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/72Blatofondello.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1020px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/72Blatofondello.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il movimento Valjoux era il piu' diffuso e affidabile movimento cronografico industriale del periodo e come accade anche oggi veniva prodotto con diversi livelli di rifiniture (di solito 5).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nei crono Rolex veniva montato movimento con il livello piu' alto di rifiniture, &lt;br /&gt;come per altre case come Longines ,Universal ec...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; I crono Rolex dalla ref. 6239 alla ref. 6263 erano considerati  orologi un po' fuori moda(o troppo avanti :-)) per il  periodo di produzione e snobbati dal mercato.&lt;br /&gt;Negli anni '60 l'orologio  del desiderio  era  di forma classica , extrapiatto e a carica automatica, negli anni 70  l'orologio di tendenza  era al quarzo o a diodi luminosi, multifunzione, mentre negli anni 90 l'orologio doveva essere  di generose dimensioni, automatico,resistente e possibilmente di un marchio importante.&lt;br /&gt;Rolex questa volta aveva l'orologio giusto al momento giusto, nel 1988 venne  presentata ,in primavera, durante il Salone di Basilea la ref. 16520.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Valjoux movement was the most widely used and reliable industrial chronographic movement of the time and like today was produced with various finishing levels (usually 5).&lt;br /&gt;In Rolex chronographs the most refined movements were mounted, as was done for other watch houses like Longines, Universal, etc.&lt;br /&gt;Rolex chronographs from ref. 6239 to ref. 6263 were considered watches that were a bit out of style (or too far advanced ) for the period of production and were snubbed by the market.&lt;br /&gt;In the 1960’s the most sought after watches had a classic form, extra flat and automatic winding. In the 1970’s the tendency was toward quartz or with luminescent diodes, and multifunctional, while in the 1990’s a watch needed to be quite large, automatic, resistant and if possible from an important brand.&lt;br /&gt;This time Rolex had the right watch at the right time, in 1993 the ref. 16520 was presented in the spring during the Basel Exhibition. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/garR.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 920px; height: 790px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/garR.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Con il nuovo  DAYTONA, Rolex presenta il suo primo crono automatico con un movimento denominato 4030 che era una sofisticata elaborazione del miglior movimento industriale del momento ,lo  Zenith 400 El Primero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the new DAYTONA, Rolex presented it’s first automatic chronograph with the 4030 denominated movement which was a sophisticated enhancement of the best industrial movement of the moment, the Zenith 400 El Primero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 676px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0005.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0001-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 782px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0001-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0002-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 764px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0002-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rolex  dovette elaborare profondamente iol calibro base Zenith El Primero, tant'è che necessitarono 200 modifiche affinchè potesse essere equiparato ai propri standard qualitativi.&lt;br /&gt;I primi necessari interventi vennero eseguiti per ridurre il numero di alternanze ( da 36000 a 28000 )  e la  diminuzione della frequenza da 5 a 4 HZ&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; Montarono sul movimento un bilanciere piu' grande che oscillava ad una frequenza piu' bassa comune a tutti i calibri Rolex del momento. &lt;br /&gt;Rolex  cosi'ha semplificato e migliorato l'affidabilita'di tale movimento.&lt;br /&gt;Il bilanciere Rolex  ha quattro razze in glucydur  con spirale Breguet  e sistema di regolazione a microstella.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I lubrificanti usati per il 4030 erano quelli fluidi tradizionali, mentre  la Zenith per  l'El Primero doveva usare uno speciale lubrificante a secco a base di Bisolfuro di Molibdeno applicato mediante un procedimento di vaporizazione che richiederva attrezzature specifiche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tali modifiche consentano a Rolex di consigliare  una revisione ogni 4 anni, tempo quasi doppio  rispetto al calibro d'origine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rolex had to make significant enhancements to the base Zenith El Primero caliber, so much so that they needed to make 200 modifications so that it could meet their quality standards.&lt;br /&gt;The first modifications necessary were done to reduce the number of vibrations (from 36000 to 28000) and the reduction of the frequency from 5 to 4 HZ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They mounted a larger counterweight on the movement that oscillated at a lower frequency which was common to all of the Rolex calibers at the time.&lt;br /&gt;In this way Rolex simplified and improved the reliability of the movement.&lt;br /&gt;The Rolex balance wheel has four glucydur spokes and Breguet overcoil and a microstella adjusting system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lubricants used for the 4030 were traditional fluids, while the Zenith for the El Primero had to use a special dry molybdenum disulfide based lubricant which was applied through a vaporization process that required special equipment.&lt;br /&gt;These modifications allowed Rolex to suggest servicing every 4 years, almost double the time compared to the original caliber. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r18.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r20.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r20.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; I movimenti 4030 montati sui Daytona prima serie seriale R ref.16520/3/8 hanno una numerazione compresa tra 10000 e 20000(numerazione random che tiene conto anche del seriale successivo L).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 4030 movements mounted on the first series Daytona serial R ref.16520/3/8 are numbered between 10000 and 20000 (random numbering that takes into consideration the later serial L).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/rr18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 990px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/rr18.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il nuovo Daytona viene prodotto in acciaio, oro e per la prima volta in acciaio e oro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new Daytona was produced in steel, gold and for the first time in both steel and gold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r23.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 986px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r23.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 676px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r29.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 873px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r24.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528porcellana.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16528porcellana.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16520Ra.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/16520Ra.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r30.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 882px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r30.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; L'orologio monta un vetro zaffiro, e'  impermeabile a 100 metri ed ha  generose dimensioni , tutte queste caratteristiche unite  alla scarsa produzione ad alla conseguente  difficoltà di reperirlo sul  mercato lo trasformarono immediatamente in un vero e proprio  oggetto del desiderio. &lt;br /&gt;Un fenomeno commerciale, che si traduce in lunghissime liste di attesa presso i concessionari , oppure  acquistabile "parallelamente" ad  un prezzo  di gran lunga superiore a quello di listino.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da notare come alcuni dei primi Daytona presentassero un numero seriale assimilabile alla produzione del 1987, questo perché le casse, per far arrivare l’orologio nelle concessionarie immediatamente dopo il salone, furono necessariamente realizzate l’anno precedente alla presentazione ufficiale dello stesso.&lt;br /&gt; Si consideri, a questo riguardo, che negli anni ’80 il tempo medio per lo sviluppo ,PROGETTAZIONE E TEST di un modello così ‘radicalmente’ nuovo (cassa e movimento), non erano inferiore ai quattro anni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; I primi modelli avevano la lunetta incisa a 200, e il quadrante stampato bianco , nero o champagne, con 5 scritte "staccate".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The watch has a sapphire crystal, is waterproof up to 100 meters and is a generous size. All these characteristics together with the small number produces and the consequent difficulty to find it on the market transformed the Daytona immediately into a true object of desire.&lt;br /&gt;A commercial phenomenon that translated into very long waiting lists at dealers, or the possibility to purchase them “alternatively” at prices much higher than the list price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is important to note that some of the first Daytonas carry a serial number similar to the 1987 production, this is because the cases, in order to make sure the watches arrived to the dealers immediately after the expo had to be made the year prior to the official unveiling.&lt;br /&gt;You have to consider that in the 1980’s, the average time for development, planning and testing of a radically new model like this (case and movement) were no less than four years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first models had the bezel engraved at 200, and the dial printed in white, black or champagne, with 5 ‘separated’ writings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 768px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r15.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r28.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1018px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r28.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/retro200.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1023px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/retro200.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r31.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1021px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r31.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r32.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1015px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r32.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Nel 1987 Rolex raggiunge quasi i 10 milioni di  numero di seriale ,numerazione che inizio'  dal 1954 (epoca della prima rinumerazione) al 1987 (epoca della seconda rinumerazione.)&lt;br /&gt; La Maison decide quindi di anteporre al numero seriale una lettera, la scelta cadde sulle lettere della parola Rolex, tranne che per la O che era troppo simile ad uno zero.&lt;br /&gt;Quindi, tutta la produzione che comprendeva anche i primi Rolex Daytona ref. 16520 avevano, come buon auspicio, il seriale  con   la  R di Rolex, successivamente L, E, X.&lt;br /&gt;La prima numerazione con la lettera R era R 200.000.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Come da tradizione Rolex rinnovava ma senza stravolgere ,&lt;br /&gt;quindi troviamo ancora in questo modello delle caratteristiche comuni alla serie precedente , mi riferisco alla ghiera con scala a 200.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Propio in riferimento a ques'ultima, ho avuto il piacere di conoscere a Ginevra ,in occasione del Grand prix de'Horologerie uno dei progettisti del 16520.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1987 Rolex reached almost 10 million serial numbers, a numbering system that started from 1954 (first numbering time) to 1987 (second numbering time). The house decided therefore to precede the number with a letter. The choice was made to use the letters of the word Rolex, except for the O because it was too similar to a zero.&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, the full production that also includes the first Rolex Daytona ref. 16520 had, for good luck, the serial number with the R of Rolex, later L, E, X.&lt;br /&gt;The first numbering with the letter R was R 200,000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following tradition, Rolex enhanced without completely changing, so we find some of the characteristics in common with the previous series, I’m referring to the bezel with the 200 scale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regarding this, I had the pleasure to meet in Geneva, during the Grand Prix de’Horologerie, one of the designers of the 16520. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/Iginevra_0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 636px; height: 892px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/Iginevra_0001.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/Iginevra_0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 875px; height: 620px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/Iginevra_0002.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; E proprio parlando con lui  delle varie evoluzioni di questa referenza  sono venuto a conoscenza di un fatto curioso: spesso recandosi a Parigi con un treno ad alta velocità passava il tempo divertendosi a misurare la velocita' con il suo Daytona 16520 (divertente il fatto che  il suo essendo uno  dei prototipi non aveva il seriale e montava quadranti  di prova).&lt;br /&gt; Il treno viaggiava molto di piu' di 200km/h quindi si rese conto che per il mondo moderno, un misuratore con scala a 200 era insufficente e propose qiundi di ridisegnare la scala con un limite piu' alto(400 uph la prima venne realizzata   con intermedio a 225).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking with him about the various evolutions of this reference I found out a curious fact: he often travelled to Paris with a high speed train and would pass the time measuring the speed with his Daytona 16520 (interesting to note that because it was a prototype it did not have a serial number and used a trial dial).&lt;br /&gt;The train travelled much faster than 200km/h so he realized that for the modern world, a gauge with a 200 scale was not sufficient and therefore proposed to redesign the scale with a higher limit (400 uph but the first was made with an intermediate 225).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 948px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0006.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/225.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1011px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/225.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo fa' si che la ghiera a 200 usci' di produzione  dopo poco piu' di un anno dalla presentazione e divenne un particolare raro  e inprescindibile della prima serie 16520.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Un'altra interessante caratteristica e' il quadrante.&lt;br /&gt;Oltre ai classici colori bianco, nero e champagne il &lt;br /&gt; Daytona 16520 R e' caratterizzato da un quadrante con la scritta "cosmograph" staccata , detta" floatting", rispetto al resto delle scritte. &lt;br /&gt;Per alcuni DAYTONA  seriale R ( e per pochi della serie successiva) e' stato montato un quadrante particolarissimo  ribattezzato dai collezionisti porcelain dial.&lt;br /&gt;Un quadrante bianco perlato spettacolare, dove le scritte  sembravano galleggiare nel vuoto.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This made the 200 bezel went out of production after just more than a year after the presentation and became a rare and indispensable detail of the first series 16520.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another interesting characteristic is the dial. Besides the classic colors white, black and champagne, the Daytona 16520 R is characterized by a dial with the writing “cosmograph” detached from the others, called “floating’.&lt;br /&gt;For some of the DAYTONA series R (and for a few of the following series) a very peculiar dial was mounted, renamed by collectors as the porcelain dial.&lt;br /&gt;A spectacular white pearled dial, where the writings seem to float on air.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanatopart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 537px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanatopart.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanatooro.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanatooro.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanato3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanato3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanatoacc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanatoacc.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanato1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1019px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanato1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanato.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1022px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/porcellanato.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/ceramica.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 888px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/ceramica.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/rnero1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1020px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/rnero1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/4scrittenero.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 821px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/4scrittenero.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/rbrilli.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 768px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/rbrilli.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/rchampagne.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 792px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/rchampagne.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/rnero.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1005px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/rnero.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sino al 1990 tutte le scritte  sono realizzate con una grafica molto graziata. Questa particolarita' e' dovuta al fatto che  i cliche', usati per stampare i quadranti, venivano realizzati a mano e che il bulino usato  per incidere le scritte sul cliche' stesso, terminava  con l'estremità stondata.&lt;br /&gt;Per evitare che il terminale avesse forma stondata veniva usato un successivo bulino di dimenzioni ridotte ed di forma appuntita affinchè venisse  eliminata la rotondità finale delle lettere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo spiega perche' molti quadranti presentano "graziature" piu'  evidenti rispetto ad  altre: i cliche' venivano  realizzati a mano. &lt;br /&gt;I quadranti erano prodotti per Rolex da SINGER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Up until 1990 all the writings were made with a very graceful style. This detail is due to the fact that the cliché used to print the dials were made by hand and the burin used to inscribe the writings on the cliché ended with a rounded point.&lt;br /&gt;In order to prevent the endings from being rounded, a second smaller pointed burin was used to eliminate the rounded endings of the letters.&lt;br /&gt;This explains why many dials have more evident lines compared to others: the cliché were made by hand.&lt;br /&gt;The dials were produced for Rolex by SINGER. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/cliche1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 942px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/cliche1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/cliche.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 843px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/cliche.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 682px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r10.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/R8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/R8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r14.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r13.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r12.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oggi purtroppo le scritte vengono realizzate  con il laser, lavoro di &lt;br /&gt;perfetta finitura  e di facile realizzazione, ma senza più quel fascino che contraddistingue da sempre il lavoro artigianale da quello industriale.  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il bracciale e' l'evoluzione di quello della serie precedente.&lt;br /&gt;E' un Oyster da 20 mm ref.78360  interamente satinato, con finali nominati 503, realizzati per alloggiare in una cassa senza fori delle anse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately today the writings are made with a laser. A method that makes perfect detail and is easy to reproduce, but lacks the charm that always distinguishes artisan work from industrial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bracelet is an evolution of the one from the previous series. It is a 20 mm satin finish Oyster ref. 78360 with endings numbered 503, made to be housed in a case without lug holes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 502px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r21.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il Daytona seriale R e' senza dubbio il 16520 di riferimento per il collezionista Rolex . &lt;br /&gt;E' quello che ha lanciato il mito Daytona nel mondo; grazie a lui sono state riscoperte e rivalutate le altre referenze Daytona e ha creato e lanciato una nuova era di  collezionismo.&lt;br /&gt;E' il primo che e' stato desiderato talmente tanto da essere pagato abbondantemente sopra il listino.&lt;br /&gt;Insomma veramente una leggenda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Daytona series R is without a doubt the reference 16520 for Rolex collectors.&lt;br /&gt;It is the one which launched the legendary Daytona into the world; thanks to him the other Daytona references were rediscovered and revalued and launched a new era of collecting.&lt;br /&gt;It was the first that was so sought that many were willing to pay much more than the list price.&lt;br /&gt;In short, truly a legend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r1-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 486px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r16.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/retr2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/retr2008.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/R7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/R7.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r25.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 654px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/r25.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.Buon Natale e  tanta felicita' .&lt;br /&gt;Merry Christmas and much happiness.&lt;br /&gt;Stefano Mazzariol&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/801628089007252925-7097853653736558269?l=stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/feeds/7097853653736558269/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2010/12/rolex-daytona-ref-16520-seriale-r.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/7097853653736558269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/7097853653736558269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2010/12/rolex-daytona-ref-16520-seriale-r.html' title='Rolex Daytona ref .16520 seriale R'/><author><name>Stefano Mazzariol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02756044170785446333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lQ4p1SoVLFM/SZj82yRCtfI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Gl0ARd9aMhA/S220/io.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/th_cat_88_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801628089007252925.post-8217839987412343593</id><published>2010-10-28T08:12:00.016+01:00</published><updated>2011-01-24T10:42:56.758Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rolex British Milsub ref 5513/5517'/><title type='text'>Rolex British Milsub ref .5513/5517</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/milsubmk2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1016px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/milsubmk2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/milsubmk2retro.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1022px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/milsubmk2retro.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/mk.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 918px; height: 922px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/mk.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/mka.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 922px; height: 926px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/mka.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di Stefano Mazzariol &amp; Marcello Pisani.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ma1-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ma1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uno dei più rari ed interessanti esempi di “ forniture speciali “ mai prodotte e distribuite dalla Rolex è certamente il Submariner ad anse fisse creato per le forze armate di Sua Maestà Britannica , comunemente chiamato “milsub“ fra i collezionisti di lingua inglese.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the most rare and interesting example of “special distribution” ever produces and distributed by Rolex is certainly the fixed lug Submariner created for the armed forces of Her Brittish Royal Majesty, commonly known as the “milsub” among English speaking collectors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/sbs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 394px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/sbs.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il Milsub, negli anni '80 , non era al centro dell'attenzione dei collezionisti.&lt;br /&gt; In quel tempo si tendeva ad aggiornare l'orologio per assomigliare ai nuovi modelli.&lt;br /&gt; Il 5513 piu' venduto era il modello con quadrante bicchierini.&lt;br /&gt;Sempre in quegli anni , mi ricordo che se un 5513 bicchierini poteva valere da 800 a 1.000.000 delle vecchie lire , un Milsub veniva scambiato per 500/600.000 Lire.&lt;br /&gt;Questo perche' aveva il quadrante pallettoni e non poteva , se non intervenendo, montare un bracciale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Milsub, in the 1980’s was not the center of attention for collectors. At that time the tendency was to update the watch to appear like the newer models.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 5513 that sold best was the model with bubble dials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In those years I remember that if a 5513 was worth between 800,000 and 1,000,000 italian lira, a milsub could be traded for 500/600,000 it/lire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is because it had the pallettoni dial and a bracelet could not be mounted on it unless it was modified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 950px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 530px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 665px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 610px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Molti di questi orologi sono stati spernati, privati del quadrante e delle lancette gladio, lucidati i fondelli , insomma in qualche modo "congedati " dal mondo militare .&lt;br /&gt;Spesso si trovavano con fondelli non corrispondenti alla cassa,sostituiti o scambiati sovente in fase di revisione, questo ad ulteriore dimostrazione di quanto poco venissero considerati ed apprezzati.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of these watches were dismantled, deprived of their dials and sword shaped hands, polishing the back, basically in a way they were “discharged” from the military world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Often we find backs that do not correspond to the case, substituted or often replaced while being serviced. This is another example of how little they were appreciated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m2-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 993px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m21.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/punto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 699px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/punto.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tutte questi passaggi hanno fatto si che  pochissimi esemplari, in buone condizioni e con tutte le caratteristiche che lo distinguevano ,sono giunti ai giorni nostri &lt;br /&gt;Da un punto di vista temporale la fornitura si sviluppa per circa 10 anni a partire dai primi anni 70 per un totale approssimativo di 1.200 esemplari ed è di poco successiva a quella degli Omega Seamaster 300 ref. 165.024.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of this resulted in very few specimens in good condition and with the original characteristics that distinguished them being found today.&lt;br /&gt;From a temporal point of view, the production occurred for approximately 10 years beginning in the early 1970s for a total of 1,200 specimens and closely followed the Omega Seamaster 300 ref. 165.024.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Omega/omm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 781px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Omega/omm.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Omega/omm1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 929px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/Omega/omm1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Courtesy Jatuka.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A differenza degli Omega nei quali le anse fisse venivano saldate dai tecnici del ministero della difesa Inglese, nei milsub l’orologio arrivava già con tutte le specifiche militari richieste dal contratto , per cui il “quartiermastro” si limitava ad incidere esternamente al fondello il codice di assegnazione dell’orologio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come vedremo nel seguito questi orologi sono stati assegnati a tutte le forze armate Inglesi , vale a dire :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--1) Royal Marines ( che fanno parte della Royal Navy non essendo un’arma autonoma come negli Usa ) ;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--2) Royal Air Force ( ad esempio unità “airborne” eliportate ) ;&lt;br /&gt;--3) British Army ( che non ha il termine “royal” ) quali ad esempio il famoso “SAS”,&lt;br /&gt;lo “Special Air Service” creato durante la seconda guerra mondiale ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visto il largo uso di “Task forces” ( unità miste ) fatto dagli Inglesi fin dagli anni 60 non deve stupire il fatto che un orologio assegnato alla Royal Navy sia stato invece usato da unità dell’esercito ( ad esempio la SAS ) o che un orologio assegnato “army” sia stato invece portato in guerra dai Marines o da unità speciali dell’esercito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Milsub differed from the Omega in that the fixed lugs on the Omega were welded by technicians from the English ministry of defense, while on the milsub, the watch arrived already containing all the military specifications according to the contract, so the quartermaster only had to engrave the assignment code on the outside of the back.&lt;br /&gt;As we will see later, these watches were assigned to all branches of the English armed forces, meaning:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 – Royal Marines (which are part of the Royal Navy, not being an independent branch like in the US)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 – Royal Air Force (for example the ‘airborne’ heliport unit)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 – British Army (which doesn’t have the term “Royal”, for example the famous “SAS”, the “Special Air Service” created during World War II.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to the widespread use of “Task Forces” (mixed units) by the English until the en of the 1960s, it is not surprising that a watch assigned to the Royal Navy was used instead by army forces (for example the SAS) or that a watch designated as “army” was instead carried into war by the Marines or a special unit of the Army.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Based on the military specifications requested (the same seen previously during the second half of the 1960s for the Seamaster 300) milsubs were presented to the English military men in this way:&lt;br /&gt;a – Pressed fixed lugs (the case was then lightly polished so they wouldn’t protrude)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In base alle specifiche militari richieste ( le stesse già previste nella seconda metà degli anni 60 per i Seamaster 300 ) i milsubs venivano consegnati ai militari Inglesi in questo modo :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--a) anse fisse incastrate a pressione ( con cassa che veniva poi leggermente lucidata per non farle sporgere  ) ;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 892px; height: 829px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m12.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 599px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m14.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 934px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 956px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--b) quadrante al quale era aggiunta una grande “T” per indicare la presenza di una&lt;br /&gt;miscela luminescente contenente trizio , quindi con emissione radioattiva molto inferiore a quella dei vecchi orologi militari che usavano radio per indici e lancette ;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b – Dials that had a large “T” added to indicate the presence of a luminescent mix that contained Tritium, therefore with radioactive emissions far below those of old military watches that used radium for the indices and hands;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 770px; height: 767px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m17.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1008px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m10.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m6-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1012px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m6-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ma10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ma10.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foto sopra lancette OMEGA /hands &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 493px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m24.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--c) lancette speciali sovradimensionate per facilitare la lettura in condizioni di luce non ottimali dette Gladio ;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;c – Special oversized hands to make it easier to read in less than optimal lighting called Swords;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 629px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Ma.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m03.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m23.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 785px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m23.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/mo2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 832px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/mo2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 557px; height: 295px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/mil18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 810px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/mil18.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--d) inserto con minuteria continua , cioè con indicazione dei minuti fino a 60 anzichè fino a 15 come nei normali inserti Rolex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;d – Continuous minute insert, i.e. with minute indicators that went up to 60 instead of up to 15 like normal Rolex inserts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 467px; height: 348px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 286px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 333px; height: 243px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 362px; height: 310px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 514px; height: 257px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 367px; height: 290px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px; height: 639px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/ghiere-%20bezel/navy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/mil17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1012px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/mil17.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A questo proposito facciamo notare che esistono due scuole di pensiero ,la prima  parla dei primi modelli Milsub  che non montassero la ghiera con divisione continua, la seconda,a nostro parere  piu' convincente, che i milsubs sono sempre usciti dalla Rolex con la lunetta continua , dato che già i Seamaster 300 militari la utilizzavano fin dagli anni 60  e che la specifica militare che compare anche all’esterno dei fondelli è sempre la stessa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We would like to note that two school of thoughts exist regarding this, the first states that the early Milsub models did not use the continuous division bezel, the other, which we feel is more convincing, is that milsubs always left Rolex with the continuous Bezel given that the Seamaster 300 used them until the end of the 1960s and the military specifications that appear on the outside of the backs are the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Le assegnazioni all’esterno dei fondelli ( eseguite a pantografo ) sono di due tipi diversi e sono precedute da un codice numerico del ministero della difesa inglese che indica la forza armata a cui veniva assegnato l’orologio , vale a dire &lt; 0552  &gt; ( per la marina ) o  &lt; W10 &gt; ( per l’esercito ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The assignment on the outside of the back (made using a pantograph) are of two different types and are preceded by a numeric code from the English Ministry of Defense which indicates the armed forces branch to which the watch was assigned, i.e. &lt;0552&gt; (for the navy) or &lt;W10&gt; (for the army).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/0552.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1022px; height: 419px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/0552.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/w10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 196px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/w10.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nel primo caso il numero è seguito dal codice &lt; 923-7697 &gt; che sta ad indicare nella&lt;br /&gt;classificazione militare Inglese un orologio da polso “per divers” ( cioè con elevata impermeabilità ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the first case the number is followed by the code &lt;923-7697&gt; which stands for the English military classification for wrist watches made “for divers” (therefore with a higher waterproof rating)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/923.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 251px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/923.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nel secondo caso ( ass. esercito ) il codice W10 è seguito da un NATO stock number. cioè da un codice numerico a 13 caratteri che indica le caratteristiche dell’ orologio secondo la classificazione in ambito NATO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the second case (assigned to the army), the W10 code was followed by a NATO stock number, a 13 digit number that indicated the watch characteristics according to the NATO classification.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abbiamo quindi :&lt;br /&gt;--il codice di specie &lt; 6645 &gt; che indica in ambito NATO la tipologia a cui appartiene l’oggetto ( in questo caso un orologio da polso  ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore we have:&lt;br /&gt;- The series code &lt;6645&gt; which indicates the type it belongs to ( in this case a wrist watch)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/6645.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 213px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/6645.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--il codice &lt; 99 &gt; che indica il paese che ha assegnato il Nato Stock Number relativo&lt;br /&gt;all’oggetto ( cioè all’orologio ) , che non è necessariamente quello che lo ha prodotto ; in questo caso abbiamo &lt; 99 &gt; che indica ovviamente il Regno Unito .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- - The code &lt;99&gt; that indicates the country that has the NATO Stock Number assigned to it, which is not necessarily the one that produced it, in this case we have &lt;99&gt; which obviously indicates the United Kingdom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/99.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 195px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/99.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--il codice che identifica il particolare oggetto ( che in questo caso è lo stesso usato dagli Inglesi per indicare un orologio da polso per sommozzatori ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- The code that identifies this particular object (that in this case is the same used by the English to indicate a wrist watch for divers)&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/923-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 552px; height: 229px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/923-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entrambe le assegnazioni contengono poi la “ broad arrow ” ( una punta di freccia che indica come l’orologio sia di proprietà della Corona ) che ha caratteristiche di=&lt;br /&gt;verse a seconda dell’anno di assegnazione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both assignments contain the “broad arrow” that indicates the watch is property of the Crown which differs depending on the year of assignment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m22.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 724px; height: 684px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m22.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 804px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nella parte più bassa del fondello troviamo infine anno e numero progressivo di assegnazione , senza distinzione fra esercito e marina ; questo vuol dire che non c’erano due diverse sequenze di assegnazione ( come nei Seamaster 300 ) ma una so=&lt;br /&gt;la ( che ovviamente ad ogni nuovo lotto di fornitura ripartiva dal più basso numero &lt;br /&gt;lasciato libero , e cioè non utilizzato nel lotto precedente ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Per   quanto riguarda le referenze utlizzate, Rolex ha dapprima fornito orologi con la referenza “standard” ( 5513 ) nella prima metà degli anni ’70 , seguite poi da alcuni lotti con “doppia referenza” ( 5513 nella carrure e 5517 sotto un’ ansa ) e infine nella seconda metà della decade lotti marcati con una referenza speciale usata solo per le forze armate del Regno Unito ( 5517 ) , al pari di quanto fatto per la Comex(5514)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; On the lower part of the back we find lastly the year and progressive assignment number, with no distinction between the army and navy; this means that there were not two different assignment sequences (like the Seamaster 300) but rather only one (which started with each new lot from the lowest number available, or rather that had not been used by the previous lot).&lt;br /&gt;As far as the reference number used, Rolex had already supplied watches with the “standard” reference (5513) during the first part of the 1970s, followed by a few lots with “double reference” (5513 in the case and 5517 below a lug) and lastly during the second half of the decade, lots marked with a special reference used only for the United Kingdom armed forces (5517), matching what was done for the Comex (5514)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m7.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m19.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1016px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m19.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m20.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1010px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m20.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questi orologi erano utilizzati in condizioni veramente “heavy duty” ed anche nelle&lt;br /&gt;riparazioni ( spesso effettuate nelle facilities militari ) non si andava molto per il sottile , per cui molte volte alcune parti venivano sostituite con quanto era al momento disponibile ,  come gia' detto precedentemente con sostituzione di fondelli da un orologio ad un altro o cambiando gli inserti , i quadranti ed i fondelli “militari” con altri “standard” , cioè non specifici e&lt;br /&gt;privi delle caratteristiche originali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These watches were used in truly “heavy duty” conditions and even the repairs (often done in military facilities) weren’t treated very lightly, so many times some of the parts were replaced with what was available at the time, as we mentioned before often replacing the back with that of another watch, or changing the inserts, the dials and the “military” backs with other “standard” ones, meaning non specific and not having the original characteristics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Rolex 5513/5517 Milsub hanno avuto  un passato militare , ma hanno subito  pure delle  " torture civili", i pochi "veterani" sopravvisuti finalmente riescono a godersi un presente ed un futuro di valutazone e gloria. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rolex 5513/5517 Milsub have had to endure not only a military past, but also “civilian tortures”. The few “veterans” that survived are only now finally able to enjoy a present and glorious future of being highly valued.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy2-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 531px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy2-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 872px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy2-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 995px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 687px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 545px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 581px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/navy5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m1a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 585px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m1a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m1-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 820px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m1b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 539px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m1b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m1c.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 593px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/m1c.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un'"aggresione" comune a molti militari, i segni di un tentativo di togliere le anse&lt;br /&gt;fisse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ciao&lt;br /&gt;Stefano &amp; Marcello&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iranian Milsub&lt;br /&gt;&lt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/milsubiran.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 607px; height: 864px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0002-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0001-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 585px; height: 835px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0001-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1955, Rolex presenta il nuovo cronografo, la ref 6234.&lt;br /&gt;Come detto precedentemente, in quegli anni , il mercato dell'orologeria , era condizionato dalla politica proibizionistica dettata  dal governo USA a protezione dei fabbricanti di orologi Americani  ,che inaspriva le tasse doganali  del 50% degli orologi con movimenti con piu' di 17 rubini destinati a quel mercato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Le industrie Svizzere cercarono di aggirare questa norma inviando versioni grezze di movimenti, i quali venivano rifiniti nelle filiali Americane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo stratagemma duro' poco, il Ministero del Tesoro Americano estese questa tassa anche alle versioni grezze.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le esportazioni Svizzere verso questo importantissimo mercato calarono in un anno  di oltre il 20 %.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nonostante cio'la domanda di orologi  e' sempre piu' crescente,la clientela vuole dimenticare il recente passato di guerra e stenti, la gente  e' tornata a lavorare , guadagnare e a trovare piacere nello spendere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Rolex nel 1955  produce 100.000 orologi  e con le matricole da 50.000&lt;br /&gt;a 150.000 .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da  personali ricerche svolte posso stimare una produzione totale per la referenza 6234, nei 6 anni di presenza nei cataloghi , di circa 2300 cronografi in acciaio, 100 in oro 14kt e circa 40 in oro 18kt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le matricole riferite a questa referenza sono approssimativamente da 130.00 a 807.000&lt;br /&gt;ma non e' raro trovare questa referenza con una matricola piu' alta rispetto alla data prevista dai cataloghi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1955, Rolex presents the new chronograph ref. 6234. As mentioned in previous articles, during those years the watch market was conditioned by the prohibitionist politics dictated by the US government to protect American watchmakers. The import taxes were raised to 50% on watches destined for the US market that had movements with more than 17 rubies.&lt;br /&gt;Swiss industries tried to get around this rule by sending crude versions of the movements which were then finished by the American branches.&lt;br /&gt;This strategy didn’t last long because the US Treasury Department extended the tax to the crude versions as well.&lt;br /&gt;Swiss exports towards this extremely important market fell by more than 20% in one year.&lt;br /&gt;Regardless of this problem, the demand for watches continued to grow. Clients wanted to forget the recent past full of war and hardship. People wanted to return to working, earning and finding pleasure in spending.&lt;br /&gt;In 1955 Rolex produced 100,000 watches with registration numbers from 50,000 to 150,000.&lt;br /&gt;Based on my personal research, I estimate that the total production for ref 6234, during the 6 years it was present in the catalogs, was approximately 2300 steel chronographs, 100 14kt gold ones, and about 40 18kt gold.&lt;br /&gt;The registration numbers which apply to this ref. are approximately between 130.000 to 807.000, but it is not uncommon to find this ref. with a higher registration number that the data provided by the catalogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 364px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 557px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani10.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ref1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 499px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ref1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ref.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 658px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ref.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234matr1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 527px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234matr1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234matr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 627px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234matr.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 591px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La referenza 6234 e' l'evoluzione della referenza 6232 crono 2 contatori, una delle referenze piu' rare  in assoluto tra i cronografi del periodo, da cui eredita la cassa in tre parti che conferisce all'orologio un profilo piu' importante rispetto ai predecessori con cassa in 2 parti. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reference 6234 is the evolution of the reference 6232 chrono with 2 counters, one of the rarest references among the chronographs of the period. It inherited the three part case which gives the watch a more important profile than the 2 part case predecessors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 662px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234profilo1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 809px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234profilo1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234profilo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 810px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234profilo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La meccanica e' realizzata su base Valijoux 72 a carica manuale , oppurtunamente modificato da Rolex e rinominato cal. 72 A.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The movement was built off the Valijoux 72 manual winding base, suitably modified by Rolex and renamed cal. 72 A.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0001-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 777px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0001-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0002-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 733px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0002-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 723px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/IMG_0003.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 872px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani12.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il fondello realizzato nello stesso materiale della cassa, con chiusura a vite ed all'interno le punzonature identificative di Rolex e della referenza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The back was made from the same material as the case, with a screw type closure and the identifying Rolex and reference stamps punched on the inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1012px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani13.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234fondello.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1008px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234fondello.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La grande varieta' di quadranti dedicati alla referenza 6234 ha lo scopo di testare il mercato e dare al cliente la scelta di come "sentire"l'orologio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La principale  grafica dei quadranti dedicati alla referenza 6234 hanno un disegno di grande impatto, con una grafica che si fonde e si accavalla tra le varie scale ed indicazioni.&lt;br /&gt; Alcuni esemplari  mantengano la caratteristiche dei contatori crono di piccole dimensioni viste sui crono di produzione precedente ref. 6034.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wide variety of dials dedicated to the reference 6234 was in order to test the market and give the customer the choice of how to ‘feel’ the watch.&lt;br /&gt;The main graphics of the dials dedicated to the reference 6234 have a high impact design which merges and overlaps between the various scales and indicators. Some specimens maintain the characteristics of the small chronograph counters seen on the previously produced ref 6034 chrono.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234piccolicont.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 696px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234piccolicont.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Divertente la scelta delle scritte sul quadrante che potevano essere in Inglese oppure in Francese. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An amusing choice of having the writing on the dial in either English or French.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234-25325a2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1001px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234-25325a2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234mio4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1021px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234mio4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234und.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1020px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234und.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234contpiccolipart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1015px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234contpiccolipart.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234mioa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1006px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234mioa.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Molto bella  e di sicuro effetto la scelta delle lancette cronografiche e dei contatori in acciaio azzurrato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The choice to have the hands of the chronograph and counters in blued steel creates a very beautiful and definitely impressive effect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234mio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234mio.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234mio3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 942px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234mio3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non mancano gli esemplari con quadrante nero con fondo lucido, realizzato galvanicamente, il quale  gli conferisce un fascino unico  e come spesso accade in orologeria e' la versione con le maggiori doti di esclusivita' .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course black dials with a glossy base are never missing. They were created galvanically which gives them a unique charm and, as often happens with watch making, it is the version with the most exclusive features. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani1-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 897px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 936px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234-25325a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1021px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234-25325a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234davide.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 837px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234davide.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani7.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 678px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 681px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234ciani3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Negli ultimi anni di produzione sono stati presentati  anche dei quadranti di stile"moderno" , scompaiano le scale ed i mille numeri sul quadrante, solo indici, contatori e  la minuteria .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the last years of production some “modern” style dials were present as well. The scales and thousands numbers disappear from the dial, leaving only the indicators, counters and the minute ring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234-25325.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 830px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234-25325.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234davide1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1007px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234davide1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  .&lt;br /&gt;Questo straordinario orologio rappresenta un passo importante nell'evoluzione&lt;br /&gt;del cronografo e  oggi,  dove molte case cercano ispirazione per nuovi modelli,&lt;br /&gt; gli stilisti farebbero bene a confrontarsi con i modelli del passato , traendone &lt;br /&gt;le dovute e tutto sommato scontate riflessioni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This extraordinary watch represents an important step in the evolution of the chronograph and today, where many watch houses are looking for inspiration for new models, stylists would do well to compare themselves with the models from the past, drawing the necessary and quite simply forgone conclusions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234bigeye.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1005px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234bigeye.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234brown.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 920px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/6234brown.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ringrazio per la collaborazione Hora Milano e Alessandro Ciani Roma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Special thanks to Hora Milano and Alessandro Ciani Roma for their collaboration.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/801628089007252925-4576510013099578619?l=stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/feeds/4576510013099578619/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2010/10/rolex-cosmograph-ref6234.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/4576510013099578619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/4576510013099578619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2010/10/rolex-cosmograph-ref6234.html' title='Rolex Cosmograph ref.6234'/><author><name>Stefano Mazzariol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02756044170785446333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lQ4p1SoVLFM/SZj82yRCtfI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Gl0ARd9aMhA/S220/io.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/daytona/th_IMG_0002-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801628089007252925.post-3068566088584494237</id><published>2010-09-10T14:43:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-15T07:00:39.657+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rolex GMT-Master ref. 1675/8 Logo OMAN'/><title type='text'>Rolex GMT-Master ref. 1675/8 Logo OMAN</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Rolex GMT-Master ref. 1675/8 Logo OMAN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il GMT -MASTER ref. 1675/8 , evoluzione della ref. 6542 di cui abbiamo gia' ampiamente parlato, e' entrato in produzione nel 1959 in contemporanea con il modello in acciaio.&lt;br /&gt;Le differenze tra i due GMT pero' sono molte, la piu' evidente e' che per alcuni anni la versione oro e' stata prodotta senza le spallette di protezione della corona di  carica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Verso la seconda meta' degli anni 60 entro' definitivamente in produzione la versione in oro con le spallette di protezione della corona, uniformandosi con le caratteristiche del modello in acciaio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La versione oro e'  solo in  18kt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The GMT –MASTER ref. 1675/8, evolution of the ref. 6542 which we have already discussed previously entered into production in 1959 together with a steel model.&lt;br /&gt;There are many differences between the two GMT’s however; the most evident is that for a few years the gold version was produced without the winding crown protectors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Around the second half of the 1960’s the gold version with the crown protectors began to be produced conforming to the characteristics of the steel model.&lt;br /&gt;The gold version is only available in 18kt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 739px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0001.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 762px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0007.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1008px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0002.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 877px; height: 862px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0003.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 718px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0009.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 717px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0008.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una pubblicita' Rolex affermava che  occorreva un anno di lavoro   per realizzare un Rolex GMT-Master ;dichiarava letteralmente:"...I Rolex sono fabbricati con cura e pazienza dagli artigiani piu' esperti del mondo. Essi ci mettono oltre 12 mesi per fabbricarne uno... i nostri artigiani compiono 162 operazioni per trasformare un pezzo di metallo nella piu' robusta cassa d'orologio che esista. Poi eseguono altre 38 operazioni per adattarvi la corona Rolex a doppia tenuta, che e' avvitata alla cassa come il portello di un sommergibile" .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Rolex ad stated that it took a full working year to make a Rolex GMT-Master; it literally said: “ Rolex watches are made with care and patience by the most expert craftsmen in the world. It takes them more than 12 months to make one… our craftsmen perform more than 162 operations to transform a piece of metal into the most robust watch case that exists. Then it takes another 38 operations to fit the double sealed Rolex crown which is screwed onto the case like the door of a submarine”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 741px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0010.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il GMT Master ref. 1675/8 e' dichiarato impermeabile fino a 50 mt, monta il movimento cal. 1565GMT(sul ponte marchiato 1560 o 1570) derivato dal cal. 1530 con un diametro di 28,5 mm, altezza 6,47 mm e 18000 alternanze ora.&lt;br /&gt;Il fondello  e' in oro massiccio filettato per una chiusura a vite  con la cassa con  punzoni identificativi all'interno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The GMT-Master ref. 1675/8 is listed as waterproof up to 50 meters. The caliber that is mounted is the cal. 1565GMT (stamped 1560 or 1570 on the bridge) derived from the cal. 1530 with a 28.5 diameter, 6.47mm height and 18000 vibrations per hour.&lt;br /&gt;The back is in threaded heavy gold for a screw-type closure with the case and has the identifying punches on the inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1012px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La corona di carica e' una Twinlock del diametro di 5,3 mm fabbricata  con una speciale lega di zinco, rame e nichel rivestita in oro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winding crown is a 5.3mm diameter Twinlock made with special gold plated copper and nickel alloy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman10.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 725px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman12.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 768px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman7.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 707px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il GMT-MASTER era commercializzato sia con 2 cinturini in pelle ed una fibbia in oro, che nella versione braccialata oro. Questa aveva un prezzo di listino pari al doppio rispetto all'altro.&lt;br /&gt;Poteva montare i bracciali ref.6636/8 Oyster estendibile o 7206/8 Oyster&lt;br /&gt;e successivamente il  6311/8 Jubilee'o 7836/8 Oyster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The GMT-MASTER was sold with either 2 leather bands with a gold clasp, or in a version with a gold bracelet for double the price. It had either the Oyster extendible bracelet ref. 6636/8 or the Oyster 7206/8 and later with the Jubilee’ 6311/8 or Oyster 7836/8. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 718px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0005.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 719px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0006.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1021px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/IMG_0004.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nel 1977 il numero di  seriale assegnato agli orologi Rolex seguì una doppia numerazione , da 4.259.0** a 4.275.9**e da 5.0845** a 5.431.6** .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La  matricola 5.127.1** fu' assegnata al GMT-MASTER ref 1675 con il logo spade, chiamate  Kanjir, simbolo dell'Oman.&lt;br /&gt;Questo orologio  e' inedito, non e' mai apparso in nessuna pubblicazione o asta a dimostrazione della sua estrema rarita'. Voci non confermate affermano una produzione di soli 17 esemplari.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1977 the serial number assigned to Rolex watches followed a double numeration, from 4.259.0** to 4,275.9** and from 5.0845** to 5.431.6**.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The serial number 5.127.1** was given to the GMT-MASTER ref 1675 with the sword logo, called Kanjir, symbol of Oman.&lt;br /&gt;This watch is unpublished, and never appeared in any publication or auction, demonstrating just how rare it is. Unconfirmed sources say that only 17 specimens were produced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 452px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman17.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 385px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman18.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 993px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/omana.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 765px; height: 1023px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/omana.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman3-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 873px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman3-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' tradizione del regnante dell'Oman ,Sultano QABUS Ibn Sa'id, donare qualcosa ad ospiti o persone importanti e per qualche ragione gli orologi Rolex erano uno dei regali preferiti.&lt;br /&gt;Il livello di rispetto dimostrato verso una persona viene giudicato dal valore del regalo offerto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il quadrante marrone mat con indici applicati e' sopranominato dai collezionisti&lt;br /&gt;"occhio di Tigre" per il caldo color marrone somigliante al colore degli occhi del grande felino. Il quadrante personalizzato con le spade e' stato prodotto da Beyeler di Ginevra , uno dei fornitori ufficiali di quadranti di Rolex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is tradition for the reigning leader of Oman, Sultan QABUS Ibn Sa’id, to give something to guests or important people, and for some reason Rolex watches were his favorite gift.&lt;br /&gt;The level of respect shown to a person was judged by the value of the gift offered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The brown matt dial with applied indices is nicknamed by collectors “Tiger eye” due to its warm brown color which is similar to the eye color of the great feline. This personalized dial with the swords was produced by Beyeler of Geneva, on of the official Rolex dial suppliers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman1-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 1017px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman2-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 995px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman13.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 538px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman16.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 938px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman14.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 683px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/gmtoman15.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le spade rosse stampate al 6 al posto della consueta scritta GMT-MASTER  e della certificazione di cronometro, fanno si che il Gmt comunemente chiamato "occhio di tigre " possa essere ribattezzato con il sopranome "La tigre dell'Oman".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The red stamped swords at 6 o’clock in place of the usual writing GMT-MASTER and chronometer certification, allow the commonly known “Tiger eye” to be renamed with the nickname “The tiger of Oman”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/tigreoman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1024px; height: 768px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/submariner/Oman/tigreoman.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stefano Mazzariol&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/801628089007252925-3068566088584494237?l=stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/feeds/3068566088584494237/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2010/09/rolex-gmt-master-ref.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/3068566088584494237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/801628089007252925/posts/default/3068566088584494237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/2010/09/rolex-gmt-master-ref.html' title='Rolex GMT-Master ref. 1675/8 Logo OMAN'/><author><name>Stefano Mazzariol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02756044170785446333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lQ4p1SoVLFM/SZj82yRCtfI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Gl0ARd9aMhA/S220/io.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801628089007252925.post-8703565716064700312</id><published>2010-07-22T08:09:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-27T14:39:01.042+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rolex advertising  1958'/><title type='text'>Rolex advertising  1958</title><content type='html'>Un catalogo di oltre 50 anni fa' tramite cui è piacevolmente possibile fare un tuffo nel passato alla scoperta di mode,  usi e  costumi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A catalog from more than 50 years ago which gives us the possibility to take a dive into the past to discover styles, uses and customs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La carta patinata, lo stile tanto  grafico che fotografico mi suggestionano molto   sopratutto pensando  ad un’ era dove le persone  si emozionavano creando cose belle ed al contempo  esaltandone il valore.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The coated paper and both the graphic and photographic style impress me very much especially considering that it was an era when people got excited creating beautiful things while enhancing the value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; In seguito a questa  semplice quanto precisa riflessione  mi rammarico, al contempo, nel pensare  a come, tra 50 anni o più, i nostri figli  osserveranno e, di conseguenza,giudicheranno i manufatti odierni quasi  tutti  similmente banali  che stiamo lasciando loro in eredità quale  testimonianza della nostra scarsa inventiva e gusto.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following on with this simple but precise reflection, I am disappointed at the same time at the thought that our children in 50 years or so will observe and consequently judge the artifacts of today, nearly all comparatively trivial, which we are leaving them as their inheritance and as a testimony of our lack of inventiveness and taste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una volta anche il mestiere del commerciante possedeva una sua grazia ed eleganza tanto da venire svolto con  semplicità ma, soprattutto,  con molto  garbo  qualità, oggigiorno, assai  rare e latitanti   in ogni settore del commercio  ove l’imperativo categorico è uno soltanto: il guadagno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once upon a time the merchant profession had its own grace and elegance as it was performed in its simplicity, but above all with plenty of politeness, a quality that is extremely rare and disappearing in every sector of commerce where there is only one categorical imperative: profit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un tempo, invece, aveva  sacra importanza  la scelta di cose belle e particolari necessarie a rendere esatte le esigenze anche dei palati più raffinati  e sofisticati cercando,in effetti, di trattare il cliente come  una persona preziosa e di riguardo a cui  rivolgersi direttamente se non, anche e  persino, per via epistolare cercando, in tal maniera, di offrirgli non solo un prodotto particolare ma  sopratutto un servizio personale e, dunque, personalizzato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At one time however, the choice of beautiful things and the necessary details which accurately met the needs of those with even the most refined and sophisticated palettes was almost sacred. The goal was to treat the client as a precious and important person to communicate with directly or even via letter trying in that way to offer them not only a singular product, but above all personal service and therefore a personalized product.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una tale strategia, pur commerciale, riusciva assolutamente ad avvicinare garbatamente  il cliente ad un marchio ed a fidelizzarvelo ma, contemporaneamente , a renderlo&lt;br /&gt; partecipe se non, addirittura,  protagonista di una scelta con la convinzione, magari tramite un incisione di suo gusto, di come un oggetto fosse stato creato appositamente per lui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This type of strategy, although commercial, was able to completely but politely draw in clients to a brand and make them become faithful to it while at the same time making them participants, if not the main character, of a choice made with conviction, possibly using a tasteful inscription showing how the object was created especially for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/incisione.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 549px; height: 695px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/incisione.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il  marchio  Rolex nacque e si sviluppò in Inghilterra per poi,ma solo in un secondo tempo, trasferirsi  in Svizzera da dove, causa il suo rapido quanto robusto consenso mondiale con conseguente  sua enorme diffusione,fu costretto  ad adattarsi alle difformi e molteplici esigenze delle normative internazionali del mercato tra cui, e solo per esempio,al numero dei rubini richiesto dal  mercato U.S.A, alle differenti carature  dell’oro tipiche dei vari Paesi in cui il prodotto veniva esportato per non parlare delle molteplici    tasse  d’importazione,tutti quanti obblighi   che costringevano la Rolex a servirsi di produttori locali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rolex brand was born and developed in England to then in a later phase transfer to Switzerland where due to its rapid and strong worldwide appeal and enormous consequent diffusion, it was forced to adapt to the many different requirements of the international regulations among which, and just for example, the number of rubies requested by the US market, to the different karat values typical in different countries to which the products were exported, not to mention the multiple import taxes and obligations that forced Rolex to use local producers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per quanto finora  esposto la lettura di questo catalogo, destinato ad un rivenditore Rolex, ci aiuta così a meglio comprendere le strategie commerciali nonché le caratteristiche dei vari prodotti reclamizzati   all'epoca.&lt;br /&gt;La lettura stessa delle  lettere di presentazione dei vari prodotti destinate  alla clientela in generale, ci informano in maniera esauriente circa le possibilità offerte, all’epoca, di possibili ed eventuali  personalizzazioni come, per puro esempio,   incisioni sul fondello direttamente eseguite dalla Rolex medesima  con  caratteri dal font  anche molto particolare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following what we have said so far, reading this catalog, intended for Rolex retailers, helps us to better understand the commercial strategies as well as the characteristics of the various products advertized at the time. Reading the letters presenting the various products destined to the general public, we gain an exhaustive view of the possible offers of the time, any customizations available, for example inscriptions on the back made directly by Rolex with font characters that are also very unique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per proseguire con la descrizione  delle bellissime ed altrettanto rare immagini dei bracciali davvero desueti e prodotti,credo, solo per il mercato Inglese interno che ci mostrano,inoltre, la quantità di  varianti allora possibili da parte di una produzione  destinata  ai differenti paesi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To continue, the description of the beautiful and rare images of the bracelets that are obsolete and were produced I believe only for the internal English market that also shows us the number of possible variations available from a production destined to different countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il Bracciale "Foldova ", solo per esempio,era  disponibile sia in acciaio che in oro ma, gia' nel 1958, poteva abbinare  un cinturino in pelle ad una bouckle deployante proprio come alcuni modelli della produzione odierna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bracelet “Foldova”, for example, was available in both steel and gold, but already in 1958 could be combined with a leather band and a deployante clasp just like some models produced today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/foldova.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 803px; height: 159px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/foldova.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/foldova1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 209px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/foldova1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Di estremo interesse,infine,  l’elenco  delle spedizioni scientifiche , esplorative o sportive  sponsorizzate da Rolex nel periodo compreso tra il 1927 ed il 1958(ben 41!) e tutto questo a testimonianza di quanto Rolex  fosse interessata alla partecipazione in  qualsiasi evento  di risonanza mediatica indice, tralaltro, di differenti strade di ricerca per meglio comprendere le emozionanti storie che vedono l’uomo ed il suo Rolex  come protagonisti. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lastly, of extreme interest, the list of scientific or exploratory expeditions, or sporting events sponsored by Rolex in the time between 1927 and 1958 (41 total), a testimony to how much Rolex was interested in participating in any event followed by mass media indicates the different research roads they went down to better understand the exciting stories that saw a man and his Rolex as the main characters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Troviamo, infine,in appendice a questo particolare  catalogo  il  relativo prezzario  in Sterline  valido per la produzione dell’ aprile 1958,infine ed  a chiosa di quanto finora esposto mi sia consentita  un’ultima seppur modesta ed assolutamente personale considerazione ove mi rendo conto di  quanto potesse essere  piacevole, in quell’epoca magica, fare acquisti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the end we find as an appendix to this particular catalog the relative price list in Sterling Pounds that was valid for the production of April 1958.  To tie together what we have shown here, please allow me a final modest and completely personal observation where I realize just how pleasing it must have been in that magical era to go shopping. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_0001-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 739px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_0001-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 737px; height: 1024px;" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_0002.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/stefanomazzariol/IMG_0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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