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18 December 2014, 11:32 PM
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What is my panda dial made of???
I asked this once before assuming dials for white gold models would be made of gold and platinum dials would be made of platinum and non precious metals would be made of brass, but I was informed they're all made from brass.
However, before I had my panda dial fit into my 116509, I looked under the loupe at the back of the panda dial and it was indeed hallmarked with '750' indicating it business made of 18k gold. In the 2nd picture of my dial, the 750 is just south west of the centre hole. The 3rd picture is the back of a slate Arabic daytona dial.     Here's the original thread: http://www.rolexforums.com/showthrea...+dial+material
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19 December 2014, 01:16 AM
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I have no idea, but I hope that you are right as I own this.
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19 December 2014, 02:42 AM
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I thought they were brass too.
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19 December 2014, 02:48 AM
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If they are hallmarked 750 then they have to be 18k gold don't they? Would certainly make sense!
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19 December 2014, 04:18 AM
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Let's wait for the experts to chime in
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19 December 2014, 04:18 AM
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19 December 2014, 04:52 AM
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It's made of pure envy and jealousy ! Lol
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19 December 2014, 05:05 AM
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From memory isn't gold twice as heavy as brass?
A simple weighting of both an SS and WG dial should give a good indictation |
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19 December 2014, 03:08 PM
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I read that all Rolex Dials are either gold or pearl or meteorite or platinum.
Not sure if that's accurate. |
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19 December 2014, 03:13 PM
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Recycled tennis bracelets?
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19 December 2014, 05:42 PM
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19 December 2014, 07:23 PM
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19 December 2014, 07:26 PM
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More like brass with a lick of paint?
But don't believe all you read on the web.
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19 December 2014, 10:56 PM
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Can anyone chime in with a definitive answer?
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23 December 2014, 09:34 AM
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What is my panda dial made of???
Bump as id still love an answer, any of our resident watchmakers know??
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23 December 2014, 09:39 AM
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If its gold why does it look so tarnished?
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23 December 2014, 09:44 AM
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23 December 2014, 09:49 AM
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To me it sounds strange, why paint gold?
My Platinum DayDate dial is at least made in brass.
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23 December 2014, 10:30 AM
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23 December 2014, 10:35 AM
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23 December 2014, 10:40 AM
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23 December 2014, 01:28 PM
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I believe your Daytona is WG so the dial is solid gold. Maybe this helps...
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23 December 2014, 02:11 PM
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 I only found the hallmark on slate arabic, and is that my picture? |
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23 December 2014, 02:27 PM
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The panda Arabic is also used on TT models. The dial plate in the pic is not showing hallmarks - simply engraved 750. Hard to explain why someone would do that on a brass plate.
Here's a discussion on what hallmarks look like: http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=265249 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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23 December 2014, 06:55 PM
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Hi The picture could well be yours, it was taken from the previous thread on this (link in my first post) to show the stamps. My panda dial does have 750 stamped but it's not showing on the picture. It does now seem clear that they are made of white gold and platinum dials are made of platinum as shown the picture 2 posts previous.
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23 December 2014, 09:06 PM
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I thought panda dials were made out of pandas!
Jokes, I love all animals. Beautiful watches. Personally love the meteorite dial. |
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