Would like to hear your thoughts...

[springer]

Originally Posted by Beaumont Miller II

Clay I have never seen a gloss dial with white gold surrounds that had a flaking issue due to crazing...I believe they are stable. Some of these dials can look pretty cool, and it sounds like you are leaning toward this one and yet are hesitant at the same time. If you're hesitant now, there is the likelihood that others will be hesitant to buy it if down the road you try to sell it. Obviously price is a big factor here. Good luck my friend.

I got some keen insight from a wise man a few years ago when I was concerned about an imperfection on a watch that kept bothering me. He said, and I'm paraphrasing and adding a bit, what draws people to vintage Rolex is that after 30-50 years, no two watches are alike. What separates one Submariner from the next might be the patina or a spot on the dial, the fade of an insert, the cut of a chamfer, or the shape of the crown guards. This slight difference is like the fingerprint of your watch, something external like the serial number except not hidden by a bracelet that says to the owner, "I'm your watch." The trick is over time to appreciate this fingerprint or birthmark as something that accentuates the beauty of the watch rather than detracting from it.

John, once you start taking your friends advice and begin buying some of those vintage Rolex with the unique "birthmarks or fingerprints," send me a photo please. You're killing me!!!!!!!!!! Have you been inhaling on the job again?

[springer]

If one of the "spider dial" lovers here needs a dial, I have one looking for a home!

[Tony G]

Spider Web Dials Can a Movement be repaired or cleaned out if the dial flakes into movement ?

[shane0mack]

I see them as just another defect along with Tropical and Cream dials. However, the cracking just isn't as subjectively pretty to the majority. The only spider dial I'd go for is a Tiffany & Co dial 5513, or something similar.