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27 March 2019, 02:47 PM
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*Martian Dial* 1985 Rolex GMT-Master II 16760 "Fat Lady" with "Martian Soil" Dial
Saw this on HQ milton site.. sorry cant post links please search for " 1985 Rolex GMT-Master II 16760 "Fat Lady" with "Martian Soil" Dial "
Anyone know wha causes this "Martian Dial" ? Water damage/ damage in general? What parts of this watch are original / serviced? From HQ milton site: "Excellent and heavily patinaed tritium dial with newer tritium hands. The dial has aged to a brown hue with extensive and even grey speckling. The markers have turned a warm sandy hue and the hands are matching." Thanks |
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27 March 2019, 03:02 PM
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$14,750 and it's yours.
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27 March 2019, 03:33 PM
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Kind of reminds me of...
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27 March 2019, 09:12 PM
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Wow what a turd lol
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27 March 2019, 09:26 PM
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Shame it had water damage done to it previously & to retail it for $14k on top of it is crazy. I would just spend the $10-12k on a much better example.
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27 March 2019, 09:30 PM
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I almost think these dial descriptions are tongue in cheek jokes to people on TRF.
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27 March 2019, 09:38 PM
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27 March 2019, 10:12 PM
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Why is nearly every watch on HQ site always have hands that aren't original or way off color? Seriously.
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27 March 2019, 10:49 PM
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I get that there’s fewer and fewer pristine, or at least close to pristine examples available these days, and that you need to stay afloat as a business. But, it’s so disingenuous to not even acknowledge that a complete and irreversible mess of a dial (like this one) looks this way because it’s been DAMAGED. And then to make-up a nifty, or exotic name (“Stardust” anyone?) for it as an excuse to describe it as “excellent” (What, do you mean? It’s an excellent example of Martian Soil, it’s an actual, objectively excellent dial?) is akin to false advertising.
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27 March 2019, 11:27 PM
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Yup, "mouldy dial" ain't gonna sell it.
A fool and his money are easily parted.
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27 March 2019, 11:27 PM
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28 March 2019, 12:15 AM
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It’s a F....... joke to describe as excellent. All these dealers describe anything from beat up piece of shit to an overpolished turd as excellent...and now all these color matched hands...I would like to think a real dealer like HQ wouldn’t act like that but obviously they are all the same...all about the $$$$$$$. Realistically that piece is worth 7k, half the asking price
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28 March 2019, 12:18 AM
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28 March 2019, 01:00 AM
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Have you seen this one in the For Sale section?
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthre...hlight=falling |
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28 March 2019, 01:12 AM
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How about a “Geneve” dial? I prefer mine
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28 March 2019, 01:14 AM
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Very nice honest watch!!!
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28 March 2019, 01:15 AM
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28 March 2019, 01:54 AM
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28 March 2019, 03:14 AM
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Was gonna post about this but someone beat me to it hah. I cant imagine what the watch had been through for the dial to turn like that, maybe that's why there arent any movement shots with this listing.
Also heavy patina/ flaking of the dial and hour markers are also very concerning. Correct me if im wrong but wouldn't these small particles make their way into the movement. I feel bad for whoever that buys this. |
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28 March 2019, 03:22 AM
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Click bait from Jacek to drive traffic to the HQ Milton website...
 I must admit I fell for it!!!
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28 March 2019, 04:54 AM
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HQ Milton just take the p1$$ with their descriptions of damaged dials. Yet people still seem to snap them up
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28 March 2019, 04:57 AM
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28 March 2019, 05:28 AM
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I don’t get HQ ‘s offering, most of it is junk, and people keep buying them...
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28 March 2019, 05:39 AM
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28 March 2019, 06:06 AM
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Here's another Falling Leaf dial from HQ Milton https://www.hqmilton.com/timepieces/...-leaf-dial-A36
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28 March 2019, 07:15 AM
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28 March 2019, 08:07 AM
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Tbf, it is Rare since i doubt there's that many water damaged dials that look like that.
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28 March 2019, 10:50 AM
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To me these dial names are clearly tongue-in-cheek.
Tropical is a thing, gilt is a thing, even spider is a thing. Martian Soil clearly isn't a thing and is just a bit of fun. Like their previous Electric Cactus dial.
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28 March 2019, 11:15 AM
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I was laughing when I saw this one posted. Hey marketing is the game.
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28 March 2019, 12:28 PM
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Electric Cactus is actually quite cool!
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