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23 August 2012, 04:21 AM | #1 |
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dials: WG or Steel?
are the lume markers, roman numerals, etc. on rolex dials made of WG or SS?
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23 August 2012, 04:30 AM | #2 |
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23 August 2012, 04:31 AM | #3 |
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Hands and markers are gold
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23 August 2012, 04:40 AM | #4 |
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All WG. Supposedly easier to work with and more resistant to corrosion.
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23 August 2012, 04:47 AM | #5 |
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gold, baby!
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23 August 2012, 04:49 AM | #6 |
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214270...the unadorned 3 6 9 on the dial look and shimmer like WG but u never know.
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23 August 2012, 05:13 AM | #7 |
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Wg :)
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23 August 2012, 06:55 AM | #8 |
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Gold indeed.
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23 August 2012, 06:59 AM | #9 |
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Are the indices and hands 18K gold?
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23 August 2012, 08:24 AM | #10 |
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Yup Gold - batons, hands, plots, indices, arabic numbers, roman numerals, coronet...did I miss anything?
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23 August 2012, 01:41 PM | #12 |
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Going Back to When?
Always thus or is it a practice Rolex commenced at some specific point in time. I ask because the markers, hands and crown on my 1986 16030 SS look like white gold but I can not be sure.
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