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Offline h.chang

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Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« on: October 12, 2011, 01:26:36 PM »
 Dunklings Rolex , Silver&Steel Rolex movement
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Offline h.chang

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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2011, 01:50:42 PM »
Movement & back
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2011, 01:53:34 PM »
Another Dunklings with Rolex movements
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2011, 01:55:52 PM »
Lady Dunklings Rolex
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2011, 01:59:46 PM »
Dunklings with Rolex Movement
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Offline takashi78

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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2011, 03:04:43 PM »
Really nice!

Can you tell us more about Dunklings?

Seems interesting.
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2011, 04:08:54 PM »
In 1905 Hans Wilsdorf and brother in law Davis founded Wisdorf & Davis (W&D), producing watch cases and retailing watches in London. They coined "Rolex" in 1908. It was quite common to have the retailers' names on the dial and even on the movenments. Their movements are sourced from Aegler in Bienne , Switzerland.
Dunklings has been the major renowned jeweler in Australia and they still exist today. The case has the logo W & D.
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2011, 05:05:51 PM »
I bought them in Melbourne 16 years ago , when the Aus 1 = RM2 .
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Offline TheHobbit

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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2011, 06:46:46 PM »
h.chang,

Nice Dunklings. Keep them well as they are pretty collectable and is fetching good price. I remember some going for about USD 4,000 in auction houses.

Just a note, there are Dunklings not 'made' by Rolex.
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2011, 11:58:32 AM »
The squsre Dunklngs has a  Rolex movement. Rolex movements also bear the following names: X/L, W/D,Unicorn, Genex, Rolco, Oyster & Tudor.
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2011, 02:43:36 PM »
+10  :thumbsup: thanks for sharing.  :Cheers:
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2011, 03:46:20 PM »
Interesting history on the Dunklings, h.chang.
Thank you for sharing with us.  :thumbsup:

TheHobbit is Right. Dunklings was one of the early resellers of Rolex and these are quite collectable. And like other retailers who sold ROLEX in the early days, almost ALL of the Dunklings watches have some modicum of collectability to them these days, even their watches with other ebauches, apart from the ones made by Rolex.

Cheers.
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2011, 09:24:25 PM »
I fully agree that not all Dunklings are Dunklings Rolexes. They are just Dunklings and they could have used other movements made by other companies. The square Dunklings have a round movement.
The steel watch has no markings of the brand name on the dial but the movement is made by Rolex , and strictly it is not a Dunklings Rolex,
The Dunklings Rolex Silver watch has a Dunklings Rolex movement. The smaller ladies' 9 k gold  watch has the markings of Dunklings Rolex on the dial. Will post a picture of the movement of the steel watch soon.
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2011, 09:51:36 PM »

Rolex movement of steel watch
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2011, 09:55:54 PM »
This small ladies 3 piece hinged 9 k gold watch has a 15 jeweled Rolex movement.
« Last Edit: October 13, 2011, 10:01:19 PM by h.chang »
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Re: Dunklings Rolex , Australia
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2011, 10:04:28 AM »
This little ladies 3 piece hinged 9 k gold watch has a 15 jewels Rolex movement. ( Picture above )
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