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This community is tight.When asked to compare the 8171 to its smaller, Oyster-cased brother, the 6062, Sobel says the “8171 is stronger, with no integrated bracelet – it’s huge and raw.” When asked to comment on the cohesiveness of both top replica Rolex watches, he notes that “the 6062 is more put together – far more elegant – and it’s wonderful, but that’s what makes the 8171 so special – just how strange it is.” Indeed, the 8171 feels almost as if it’s an unfinished project, or perhaps an idea that Rolex conceived before the outbreak of World War II and shelved until the globe settled itself again.

What makes the 8171 even more interesting relative to the 6062 is that the latter has a smattering of halo pieces – would-be cover lots, if such a thing existed anymore – that elevate the value of all its brethren. There is the incredible yellow gold “Dark Star,” a 6062 with a flawless cream dial and a beautifully oxidized case that sold for $1.57 million at Christie’s in December 2018. The almighty Rolex moonphase is the 6062 with black dial and diamond indices that once belonged to Emperor Bao Dai of Vietnam. This is a replica watches uk that sold for an astonishing $5 million at Phillips in May of 2017. The price for any good-quality steel 6062? $700,000 and above.

The 8171 doesn’t have a Bao Dai – though there is tell of a black, diamond dial in a steel case somewhere out there – and this reference’s production is a bit more consistent than the 6062, which seemed to be the platform for the occasional very special piece. Still, the 8171 is larger, stranger, and ultimately rarer. According to current scholarship, no more than 1,200 pieces of the 8171 were made from 1949 to 1952, while the 6062 saw 1,400 pieces produced from 1950 to 1952. Having said that, the majority of 6062s were yellow gold – almost 1,000 units – while the most commonly seen 8171 is stainless steel, with about 600 pieces produced. The price of the steel 8171 when new was $90; in gold it was $234. It’s best not to think about that.

The steel iteration of the 8171 is the most commonly seen, and that’s just fine by Sobel.“Steel 8171s are special because they are seen a little more often than [those in] other metals,” he says, “but still so much more infrequently than any Rolex made after 1953 – they also happen to have the absolute best wrist presence – and you can actually collect them.” That’s the thing with hyper-rare fake rolex replica watches shop – if they are too rare, the market doesn’t know how to value them. The steel 8171 is seen at the perfect frequency to guarantee a fair market value, but still keep them special and dear to collectors. Also, while 600 8171s may have been made in steel some 70 years ago, the very nature of its case, with its anything-but-water-tight snap back, makes them more susceptible to moisture damage, so many have been lost to the ages.