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Ah, now I know who you mean. Well, our common friend is not up to date it seems. Here is for instance the caseback of the 5218-209 made by Coro. No /A at the end. Same with the 5218-210 made by Coro. Blue print of the 5218-218, no /A either. Compare this to the actual casebacks of the fakes. The Cor

Not a single one of these was ever produced. All the known pieces are fake, made by Luciano Rinaldi with Coro parts he got his hands on after the company went bankrupt. All the known watches have lug screws on both sides and the casebacks are marked 5218-218/A instead of 5218-218 ('/A' was dropped w

This one has an anonymous Kampfschwimmer dial with fake Radiomir Panerai engravings, probably done by Rinaldi who got his hands on dozens of anonymous Kampfschwimmer dials found at the old Arturo Junghans watch factory in Venice in the early 1990s. Cheers Jose

There is zero info about diving in the Rolex patents because they didn't want to tip off anyone about what they were working on. It's game over my friend but of course, you and all the Blancpain fans are free to believe whatever you want.

Grasping for straws much?

There is a common misconception that the Rolex Turn-o-Graph preceded the Submariner and was presented in 1953. In reality, the Submainer was produced before the Turn-o-Graph (2.53 vs. ). The first batches of both models have case numbers in the 949,xxx range but the Turn-o-Graph's are slightly later

Speaking of historical footprints, in an interview with Europa Star in 1964, Rolex director and passionate diver René-Paul Jeanneret stated the following: “La première montre Rolex “Submariner” fut créée en 1951. Je fus d’ailleurs le premier à l’expérimenter en plongée en descendant jusqu’a 50 mètre

"This letter proves that Lieutenant Riffaud received his watch around February 1954." No, it doesn't! The letter states the watches were in use since one year which probably includes the testing phase. While I think it's possible that Maloubier and Riffaud designed the watch in late 1953 after seein

Even early 1970s No Rad FFs had bezels that could be turned both ways. Cheers Jose