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hello Kari
I did not know that about red. Very interesting. unfortunately for me I can not clear my ears so I never really go much further than 6 feet below the water. I use the watch as a beater, for toddler duty and very causal wear. I personally just like the contrast from black to red.
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i asked this on the rolex forum but I would love your opinions as well. What do you think of changing the bezel to carbon fiber with red numbers....
Red numbers?
Why would you? Water absorbs red color and red is not visible as red (turns into brown and not very visible) from the depth of about 4 meters. After red water absorbs next orange, then yellow and then green. Green is visible to about 76 meter, equal to 25...
hello Kari
I did not know that about red. Very interesting. unfortunately for me I can not clear my ears so I never really go much further than 6 feet below the water. I use the watch as a beater, for toddler duty and very causal wear. I personally just like the con...
I think you have
some cool ideas related to colors.After all this is "your" watch and you can do as you wish. Reading Jocke's post on changing the date wheel to red numbers looks great also. Could you tell me about the "T" logo on this rolex when you have a minute ? I hav...
I wish I could give you a better
info but as far as I know the T was for the lume on the dial which was tridum sp? This watch is pattered after a british military watch and at the time this was the type of lume they used, how ever I dont think that is the lume used on this model so its a...
Thank you I
did a little more digging and found that these were made for the Royal Navy.They asked for this "T" to indicate tritium ...along with some other modifications. Made in the 1970s with a run of 1200 watches.Seems this is a Grail if I was to venture a guess,...
you know my watch
better than I do lol. I honestly bought it as a beater because I like the way it looks.