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Old 4 June 2016, 06:32 AM   #1
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Help with this Transitional Submariner

I was interested in this watch and called the company to discuss it with them. She was saying they believe the dial to be a service dial because it doesn't have any patina on it but it looks pretty original to me. I asked if there was a way for them to be sure and they said they didn't know, just a guess based on age.

She mentioned their watchmaker has been doing it for 30 years and thought it was possible a Service dial based on the above.

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Old 6 June 2016, 09:50 PM   #2
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Old 6 June 2016, 09:57 PM   #3
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I would suspect a service dial to have the WG surronds on the hour plots. Date wheel and insert looks like service parts - can't really judge the hands from these pics, but they might be original along with the dial.
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Old 6 June 2016, 10:00 PM   #4
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What about the bezel insert and date wheel make you think service parts?
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Old 6 June 2016, 10:39 PM   #5
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The insert has a luminova pearl and date wheel looks white where it should be silver. If the hands are original I wouldn't be too hung up about it as these parts(date wheel and insert) can be sourced quite easy - and cheap.
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Old 6 June 2016, 10:05 PM   #6
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I got some high res pics copied



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The watch appears to be a nice example with original parts.
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