{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "user_comment": "This feed allows you to read the posts from this site in any feed reader that supports the JSON Feed format. To add this feed to your reader, copy the following URL -- https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html/feed/json -- and add it your reader.", "home_page_url": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html", "feed_url": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html/feed/json", "language": "en-US", "title": "Comments on: Vintage Rolex 3131 Bubbleback", "items": [ { "id": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3500", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3500", "content_html": "In reply to Harry Cole.\n\nMore than likely, they would have had the Rolex emblem on their buckles. While there is no exact confirmed date for their introduction, signed Rolex buckles would have probably first started to pop up after Rolex's move to Geneve when the brand was first starting to establish itself as a manufacturer. By the time the Bubbleback Rolex models were hitting their stride in the 1930s, buckles with the Rolex emblem would have likely been more-or-less standard on most models.", "content_text": "In reply to Harry Cole.\n\nMore than likely, they would have had the Rolex emblem on their buckles. While there is no exact confirmed date for their introduction, signed Rolex buckles would have probably first started to pop up after Rolex's move to Geneve when the brand was first starting to establish itself as a manufacturer. By the time the Bubbleback Rolex models were hitting their stride in the 1930s, buckles with the Rolex emblem would have likely been more-or-less standard on most models.", "date_published": "2021-01-06T09:41:15-08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Paul Altieri", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d3e540a744096739cccba1e3bb39245b?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Paul Altieri", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d3e540a744096739cccba1e3bb39245b?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } }, { "id": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3498", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3498", "content_html": "Thanks for the great info on the Bubbleback. Did the early 3131 watchbands have the Rolex emblem on the buckle?", "content_text": "Thanks for the great info on the Bubbleback. Did the early 3131 watchbands have the Rolex emblem on the buckle?", "date_published": "2021-01-06T08:46:35-08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Harry Cole", "url": "", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ff580230b5fa5da5dba58e9160225856?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Harry Cole", "url": "", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ff580230b5fa5da5dba58e9160225856?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } }, { "id": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3475", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3475", "content_html": "In reply to Paul Altieri.\n\nThank you, Paul.\r\nI appreciate your guidance.\r\nHappy New Year,\r\n-Rob", "content_text": "In reply to Paul Altieri.\n\nThank you, Paul.\r\nI appreciate your guidance.\r\nHappy New Year,\r\n-Rob", "date_published": "2020-12-30T10:38:18-08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Rob Pecsar", "url": "", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1cb261472cef4536b7765d1cbbfc3661?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Rob Pecsar", "url": "", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1cb261472cef4536b7765d1cbbfc3661?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } }, { "id": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3196", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3196", "content_html": "In reply to Hector J Meruelo.\n\nIt can depend on the specific model and year, but some were fitted with metal bracelets (mostly Oyster style). However, it should be noted that these vintage bracelets do not have fitted end-links like later-era Oyster bracelets. Instead, they will have flat end-links (leaving a small gap between where they fit around the springbar and the side of the case of the watch.", "content_text": "In reply to Hector J Meruelo.\n\nIt can depend on the specific model and year, but some were fitted with metal bracelets (mostly Oyster style). However, it should be noted that these vintage bracelets do not have fitted end-links like later-era Oyster bracelets. Instead, they will have flat end-links (leaving a small gap between where they fit around the springbar and the side of the case of the watch.", "date_published": "2020-09-22T09:48:46-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Paul Altieri", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d3e540a744096739cccba1e3bb39245b?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Paul Altieri", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d3e540a744096739cccba1e3bb39245b?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } }, { "id": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3195", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3195", "content_html": "Hi : Where all of these early bubblebacks sold with leather straps , or did some of them use Rolex or other metal bracelets?", "content_text": "Hi : Where all of these early bubblebacks sold with leather straps , or did some of them use Rolex or other metal bracelets?", "date_published": "2020-09-22T08:02:26-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Hector J Meruelo", "url": "", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18aa033667ef3febc58dfb46aa13bb69?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Hector J Meruelo", "url": "", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18aa033667ef3febc58dfb46aa13bb69?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } }, { "id": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3194", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3194", "content_html": "In reply to Rob Pecsar.\n\nThat nylon strap was not the original strap fitted to that watch. When that vintage Rolex Bubbleback was brand-new, it would have been fitted to a leather strap. However, you can find aftermarket nylon and canvas straps available through a number of sources.", "content_text": "In reply to Rob Pecsar.\n\nThat nylon strap was not the original strap fitted to that watch. When that vintage Rolex Bubbleback was brand-new, it would have been fitted to a leather strap. However, you can find aftermarket nylon and canvas straps available through a number of sources.", "date_published": "2020-09-21T15:45:59-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Paul Altieri", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d3e540a744096739cccba1e3bb39245b?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Paul Altieri", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d3e540a744096739cccba1e3bb39245b?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } }, { "id": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3189", "url": "https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-week-rolex-bubbleback-3131.html#comment-3189", "content_html": "Thank you for sharing the of the Rolex Oyster Bubbleback. Is the woven fabric band shown in the pictures authentic for this vintage Rolex, \u201833 - \u201845? Can you please refer me to where I can purchase this style of band?\r\nThank you,\r\n-Rob", "content_text": "Thank you for sharing the of the Rolex Oyster Bubbleback. Is the woven fabric band shown in the pictures authentic for this vintage Rolex, \u201833 - \u201845? Can you please refer me to where I can purchase this style of band?\r\nThank you,\r\n-Rob", "date_published": "2020-09-21T07:39:47-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Rob Pecsar", "url": "", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1cb261472cef4536b7765d1cbbfc3661?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Rob Pecsar", "url": "", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1cb261472cef4536b7765d1cbbfc3661?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } } ] }