authenticity of rivited rlx bracelet
Hello,
first of all I'm sorry for writing in English instead of German but I feel I can express myself better in English and I hope you don't mind..
I would like to ask for your advice. A few years ago I bought a very nice 1675 from 1976 which had a very good quality rivited bracelet. The jeweler mentioned how rare this was since most bracelets from that time have a lot of play. A fellow collector that I met a few weeks ago noticed the bracelet and told me it was a replica (!) bracelet because it had screws on the links for size adjustments and he told me that original rlx bracelets never had screws... As you can imagine this shocked me.. I immediatly contacted the jeweler and althouhg he was friendly and helpfull he told me there was no way of telling for sure if rolex used screws or not in those days and it was also meaningless to contact rolex because they would not answer to such questions..
are there any experts who can please help me with advice? The jeweler told me that he wanted to compensate me if I felt bad about the bracelet but I would like to know for sure if it might be a replica bracelet before I take him up on his offer..
any advice is highly appreciated!
many thanks,
Sander
die Niederlande
RE: authenticity of rivited rlx bracelet
Yes, it is a replica.
Screws are only found in later 'heavy' bracelets. Adjustment of rivet and folded link bracelets is by opening the link by bending the inner metal portion and then removing or adding links.
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Ja, is het een replica. De schroeven worden slechts gevonden in later ' zware ' armbanden. De aanpassing van klinknagel en gevouwen verbindingsarmbanden is door de verbinding te openen door het binnenmetaalgedeelte te buigen en dan verwijderend of verbindingen toe te voegen.
(Von Babelfish)
