Got my Grail Thunderbird blue dial!

[hwalker091]

Thought I would post my thoughts since there isn't as much on these guys out there as the other refs.

Datejust Turn-O-Graph "Thunderbird" 16253 from 1980s. Yes, the cyclops is misaligned, easy fix.

Blue index bezel I've found to be really hard to come by.

Was a bit nervous pulling the trigger as I haven't been able to see this in the metal and was worried about sizing and being too flashy.

Turns out - the TOG bezel is much slimmer than it shows in most photos, it's slimmer than the Oyster fluted/smooth bezel. And the two-tone with blue dial isn't too flashy - I think it's just really difficult to photograph yellow tones (gold) and blue tones (steel) in the same photo - the white balance ends up making them merge together, altering the dial color, or makes the two-tone bracelet look much "brighter" and flashier than it is IRL.

Super happy with this :) will post more pics when I can. (sorry for low quality pics - can't post links yet new user)