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Message:: [QUOTE="jsales0, post: 1955, member: 138"]Bev, Let me preface that I'm no watch or jewelry expert by any means but I have owned 4 Rolex watches and have worn them continuously since 1974 and have the current one on my wrist as I type. I don't see how your watch could possibly be genuine and if that has already been said, forgive me as I might have missed that. For starters, and I could be wrong on this, I know of no period (70s or otherwise) when Rolex used Japanese parts but that aside, you may not understand that "perpetual" is the Rolex terminology for "self-winding" and "quartz" means that a watch is run by battery so the two terms are in direct conflict. Rolex has made both but a watch cannot be both perpetual and quartz. As far as the band goes, as others have said, it could be gold. Testing will tell you in a few seconds. My guess would be that it isn't but a close friend's mother has the classic Bulgari gold snake watch, or so I thought. She is an extremely wealthy woman and could easily afford the real deal-wealthy as in having had her house published in Architectural Digest-need I say anymore? Anyway, one time when I drooled over the watch she told me it was a reproduction-it was real gold but she had bought it in Hong Kong so yes, replicas can be made of gold. Please post back what you find out, I'm curious.[/QUOTE]