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People have a concept of gilt being gold colored letterings, But they are white letterings from the 1960s onward.
Original gilt is silver colored the Rhodium layer under the colors which shine trough the white sometimes they turn brass colored and appears gold colored.
Now they used Rhodium on the dial untill the mid 1970s ( as mk 4 dials of seadwellers still turned tropical due to Rhodium )
One of the most fake dials is the red seadweller .
Next time what you really want to look for is the rhodiun shining through the red .
I also want to add about Rhodium (RH)
Rhodium is ever present in Rolex lume be it with Radium or tritium . Rhodium gives a positive read out Hence much lower on the Geiger meter . Also in the build up the vintage dias untill 1970 s the used Rhodium . P Rhodium is a common denominator which ca...
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I recently discovered that not only they used Radium as lume But also strontium 90 as lume on the dials. Switserland used to export strontium 90 for Medicinal use and for lume . In the late 1950 simport and use of strontium was forbidden in the USA. Actua...
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Dials for the USA market would need underlines and dot. Sometimes they where checked in the USA so you get the double underline . . Also Rolex technicians locally would relume and restore dials ( called repositioning ) they would change the contaminated l...
It is always fascinating to hear stories from Rolex technicians.
The details you have given lend a lot to understanding the use of the underline and dots. So us it safe to say all dits and underlines relate to watches for the us market modified by Rolex usa. Thank you.
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The dial and lume restorer showed me a lot One of the things he showed me we all look at shape and form of lume but lume can be different per dial especially when relumed by Rolex. you have too look at the build up how the dial is colored by applied elect...
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People have a concept of gilt being gold colored letterings, But they are white letterings from the 1960s onward. Original gilt is silver colored the Rhodium layer under the colors which shine trough the white sometimes they turn brass colored and appears...
Hence I think it is interpreted as radium
But I think collectors asumed it was it was radium ...