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I agree Nicolas
even if sometimes we see that some "unfinished" dials are sought by some collectors.
Singer especially use to dump defective dials somewhere through specific channel and/or persons ....... sometimes those "dumped" ones surfaced somewhere.
The photo below is an example of a (test ?) dial "resurfaced" that I used to wear for a couple of weeks ............ the problem was that after some days I didn't understand what type of 1680 it was and I returned it to the dealer.
As Bill use to say: "Every Rolex vintage tells a story", and I agree.
If "Vintage" is history of a watch through the past of the previous owners, those watches have no history at all, and without history there's no feeling (or charme) of the past.
But this is not the only case, sometimes minutes track has been removed manually (brushed away ?) and in this case some "ghost" markers are still visible surfacing from the black.
IMHO ;-)
This message has been edited by Peppo on 2012-06-05 15:39:50
"ghost" no-minute track dials
Ciao amici a friend of mine, bought this wonderful piece: as you can it's a beautiful "patinato" 1675 MK1 Long E, with a special featuring: minute tracks does not exist. this is not the first I see, for ex: 1665 MK2 Rail a 16570 polar and also a couple of...
This is only speculation
I agree that it is unlikely that these are prototypes or unfinished dials. My only speculation would be that the minute track where expressly removed. The plan may have been to repaint the minute tack and this never occurred. Only speculation. Bill
As I told you, I really don't know.
I don't think these are proto dials... Because we all know the definitive dials, and they are not " minute index less ". Were they produced in a very small batch ,just because it was a mistake? The curious thing is that a Chronmeter demands an accurate mo...
I agree Nicolas
even if sometimes we see that some "unfinished" dials are sought by some collectors. Singer especially use to dump defective dials somewhere through specific channel and/or persons ....... sometimes those "dumped" ones surfaced somewhere. The photo below ...
There is always some mystery..
" If "Vintage" is history of a watch through the past of the previous owners, those watches have no history at all, and without history there's no feeling (or charme) of the past.". I love that phrase of yours. And I woulkd stay very prudent, here, in fro...
They have started to pop up
There is a submariner which claimed prototype status but the number of these dials seem high. Still have reservations and questions. Bill
An intersting thread Chris...
I have no knowledge on this topic, but I think it works very well on the GMT-Master! - not sure for the others. A very interesting thread, thanks for sharing it with us - the responces that are coming in are very good. Cheers tony
Interesting read, thanks Chris............
I have never seen this happen before. The lack of the minute track on the Polar is very noticeable. Love both the GMT & SD Regards Tony
never knew such dials existed for these Rolex models. first for me. one of the many
mystery of Rolex vintage world.
I don´ t really know the explanation to these no minute track...
... dials, though I like them from the visual effect point of view, specially in the GMT and Sub. Anyway, if you allow for a bit of speculation, I personally feel that they were NOT prototype dials. This because I firmly believe that in those years, Rolex...