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15 March 2008, 05:36 PM
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Finish on Sub dial?
Any input as to what the lettering on Sub M/Z series is actually applied with?
At certain angles the lettering has a raised appearence and the same finish as the white gold indices surrounds. It appears too perfect for even stamped paint application. Is it metalic/wg?
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15 March 2008, 07:14 PM
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Not sure. Would love to see a video or something on how they paint or apply the lettering / text...
I've heard of errors so, may be by hand....
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15 March 2008, 09:23 PM
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The dial printing reminds me of the raised printing on "engraved" stationery.
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15 March 2008, 10:37 PM
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It's certainly not printed. I doubt, however, that the dials are painted by hand. They're machine painted in some way, I'd say.
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15 March 2008, 10:48 PM
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Some sort of laser machine printing I believe, sure would take a very long time if the dials were all hand painted, well it would for around 1000000 dial plus a year.
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16 March 2008, 12:05 AM
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16 March 2008, 12:19 AM
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16 March 2008, 04:02 AM
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I would definitely rule out any hand painting..
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