amanico
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405508
This will be an eternal debate, I fear.
I saw several from 58 / 59, and most often in the 60 / 62 range, indeed.
To know if they were replacement dials, I doubt it, when it comes to the 6542 for one reason.
We have replacement dials for the 6542 on 2 periods, one in the Sixties ( OCC ) and one in the Seventies ( SCOC ) both T Swiss < 25. And both without exclamation dot.
So these dials were indeed born in the 58 / 59 range, when radium was still the common luminous material used by the brands.
Even if, at this time ( which is a stone in your garden ) Rolex thought about repalcing radium by another material, less radioactive, as we well know. ( See the ad/ letter publiqshed by Rolex in Dec 1959 about the change of the bezels )...
Hmmmm.... Very interesting debate!
Best,
Nicolas
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Two cousins: 5508 and 6542 BOTH Exclamation Dot.
A lovely pair so both you and your...
I have a theory about these exclamation marks from late 50's
Honestly, I don't know what to think about the true meaning of the " ! "
We don't know the true meaning of the exclamation dial but
This will be an eternal debate, I fear.
My theory was twofold
My 6542 was sold on Sept 1959....
pretty close to the date
Qué belleza estos primos!! Wanderful timepieces mon ami!...
