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Old 27 October 2021, 07:11 AM   #1
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Rolex 16550 Cream Dial _ Black Sorroundings ?

Hi all experts ;) I have been offered a 16550 with cream dial with black surroundings (and not WG) – should I be worried, or do you think this is possible as well? To polished or? Please see attached Photo :) Hope to hear from you..
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Old 27 October 2021, 07:51 AM   #2
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Black surrounds are/were correct for tritium 16550s as far as I'm aware.
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Old 27 October 2021, 07:53 AM   #3
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As above.

Although the bezel looks to be from a 16570.
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Old 27 October 2021, 07:58 AM   #4
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As above.

Although the bezel looks to be from a 16570.
This ^ or possibly a later/newer service bezel.
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Old 27 October 2021, 07:56 AM   #5
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Just to check I wasn't going mad or having a bad memory day, I did a quick search on Chrono24... loads on there.

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/search/in...goal_suggest=1
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Old 27 October 2021, 08:06 AM   #6
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definitely a 16570 bezel. Verdict is still out on black surrounds being correct for 16550. I've seen very late 16550s retaining white gold surrounds so I lean that all black gold surrounds as being service dials. That said this dial looks like it was baked/artificially aged imo.
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Old 27 October 2021, 08:07 AM   #7
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I share your concern, that dial doesn’t look naturally cream. It’s been reasonably well established but not conclusively that cream dials do appear with black surrounds but this one looks like it was tampered with. Better pix!!!
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Old 27 October 2021, 08:16 AM   #8
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Mine... has white metal...

But as I posted... Chrono24 has loads with black surrounds... so, I'll back out and leave it to the Ex II experts... sorry.

And good luck.
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Old 27 October 2021, 08:21 AM   #9
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the case wouldn't concern me, the artificially UV baked dial would.
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Old 28 October 2021, 05:09 AM   #10
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I was told to stay away from cream dials with black surrounds. Correct me if i'm wrong.
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Old 28 October 2021, 06:52 AM   #11
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I was told to stay away from cream dials with black surrounds. Correct me if i'm wrong.
That’s a good rule of thumb…..same with Tiffany’s without any paperwork….
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Old 28 October 2021, 11:27 AM   #12
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Looks like it was baked in the oven
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Old 28 October 2021, 12:09 PM   #13
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Looks like it was baked in the oven
Lol, yes this is walking the line between "patina" and just decayed lume.
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