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Old 25 May 2019, 11:49 PM   #1
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Blue is nice

Dial swap from black to blue on the WG BLRO, I like the blue a lot

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Old 25 May 2019, 11:55 PM   #2
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Agreed. Beautiful watch!

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Old 25 May 2019, 11:57 PM   #3
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I like the blue. I liked the black more than the blue initially when Rolex switched from black to blue. Now the blue is doing it for me.
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Old 25 May 2019, 11:59 PM   #4
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Wow. Yeah I agree. Blue is nice.


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Old 26 May 2019, 12:03 AM   #5
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Wow. Yeah I agree. Blue is nice.


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Old 26 May 2019, 12:04 AM   #6
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I like it too Bas, but I still think the gloss black dial makes the markers “pop” more than the blue.
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Old 26 May 2019, 12:06 AM   #7
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My grail piece, I love it in blue!
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Old 26 May 2019, 12:13 AM   #8
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Never realized this was a glossy dial.
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Old 26 May 2019, 12:20 AM   #9
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Very nice indeed. I noticed no crown at the 6 o’clock marker. I guess that’s to differentiate it from the newer movement?
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Old 26 May 2019, 12:54 AM   #10
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Love the blue! After I lost interest in my BLNR I said never to a GMT again but this color combo could change that.
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Old 26 May 2019, 12:55 AM   #11
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Blue is very nice. The ss BLRO would be much more appealing to me with a blue dial.
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Old 26 May 2019, 01:03 AM   #12
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The blue dial suits it very well.
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Old 26 May 2019, 01:06 AM   #13
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Perfect. It’s hard to find a blue dial that doesn’t look good.
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Old 26 May 2019, 01:17 AM   #14
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Old 26 May 2019, 01:55 AM   #15
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I think that goes best with the pepsi bezel. To me the standard black dial makes the bezel stand out too much. Adding the blue dial helps everything look more balanced, IMO. Instead of having two colors (red and blue) stand out against the black it's now mostly blue with some red to stand out.

Both options work well but my preference goes to the blue dial for this GMT.
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Old 26 May 2019, 02:33 AM   #16
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Absolutely gorgeous. I would be switching the dial too if I was lucky enough to own one!
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Old 26 May 2019, 02:52 AM   #17
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Definitely love the blue over the black for the WG model. Looks perfect!
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Old 26 May 2019, 03:10 AM   #18
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Very nice indeed. I noticed no crown at the 6 o’clock marker. I guess that’s to differentiate it from the newer movement?
I believe you are correct. There must be very few of these no crown versions in the wild.
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Old 26 May 2019, 03:14 AM   #19
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Very nice indeed. I noticed no crown at the 6 o’clock marker. I guess that’s to differentiate it from the newer movement?
Correct, this is the old model 116719 with 3186 movement
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Old 26 May 2019, 03:15 AM   #20
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Old 26 May 2019, 06:48 AM   #21
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Very nice and a question:
When you perform this swap you have to install new hands or use the old ones? Thanks on advance!
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Old 26 May 2019, 06:54 AM   #22
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Old 26 May 2019, 06:55 AM   #23
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Old 26 May 2019, 07:02 AM   #24
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Love, love, love, the blue dial with the WG Pepsi. :
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Old 26 May 2019, 07:16 AM   #25
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Love it! Well played.
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Old 26 May 2019, 07:22 AM   #26
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That dial looks amazing.
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Old 26 May 2019, 07:39 AM   #27
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Old 26 May 2019, 07:43 AM   #28
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Dial swap from black to blue on the WG BLRO, I like the blue a lot



Nice Bas! What happens to the black dial, does it has to be returned to Rolex or stays in your shop?


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Old 26 May 2019, 07:44 AM   #29
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Blue > black for sure
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Old 26 May 2019, 07:57 AM   #30
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Fantastic shade of blue!
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