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29 June 2018, 04:04 AM | #1 |
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Every type of stone used for a Rolex dial
Here I'll attempt to list every type of rare stone Rolex dial. Feel free to let me know if I've gotten anything wrong or forgotten anything. I find a lot of these stone dials are mislabeled, even by pretty reputable sellers, so I hope I've got things mostly straightened out.
The pink dials were the hardest to straighten out, for instance...I hope I've got these 3 kinds of pink correct. Rolex seemed to offer the most stone dials for the 26mm ladies' Datejusts, perhaps because making stone dials is harder the larger it is? Just a theory. Click here for the imgur album or scroll for pics (from around the web): Agate 18079: Ammonite 18208: Aventurine 18238: Azurite 5184/8: Bloodstone 18038: Cacholong 69178: Carnelian (a.k.a. "chalcedony," which isn't very precise because it's just one of many types of chalcedony) 16018: Chrysoprase 116519: Blue coral 79173: Orangeish-pink coral 18038: Pink coral 79173: Yellowish-green coral 69178: Ferrite 18248: Fossil (a.k.a. "Jurassic" or "Jurassic Park") 18038 and 18048 models: Grossular (a.k.a. "grossularite," or sometimes "garnet" which isn't wrong because it's a type of garnet) 116519 and 18239: Howlite (a.k.a. "marble") 18038: Green jade 118348: Lavender jade 118348: Green jadeite (jadeite is a type of jade, but Rolex does not use the terms interchangeably. "Jade" and "jadeite" dials are both listed separately in the 2008 price list) 69173: Blue jadeite 69173: Green jasper 18038: Rose jasper 79173: Malachite 278248: Meteorite 116509: Nacre (a.k.a. "mother of pearl," a mixture of aragonite and calcite) comes in 4 main colors (I'm not entirely sure yellow and champagne are really different things): Obsidian 16008: Onyx 116233 BKADO: Black opal (a.k.a. "turquoise opal" or "stardust") 18038: Pink opal 79173 OPG: Rubellite 18038: Sugilite (only made for Japanese market) 69178: Lapis Lazuli 18238 2BR: Sodalite 16234: Tiger's Eye 18038: Bull's Eye 118348 (Bull's Eye is just relatively reddish tiger's eye so calling this "tiger's eye" is also not wrong): Turquoise 18078: |
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