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26 June 2009, 11:29 PM | #1 |
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tt blue dial sub
maybe its my eyes... but i think i can still see... i was looking at 2 tt blue subs yesterday.. one was a Z serial, the other an M serial... the colors of the dials looked very different to me.... are the shades of blue different on these serials.....
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This has been an ongoing discussion:
http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=48252
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Z and M's in general have the same lighter color from my observation. F and earlier tend to have the darker, more purple shades.
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The angle and intensity of light at which the dials are viewed also seem to make a significant difference.
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Here is a terrible picture I took with my old phone at my AD in the States. The one on the left was my Z serial number. The one on the right was an M on display at the AD. There was definitely a difference. Everybody there was shocked and in agreement. Mine was darker and richer in hue.
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So is there a rule of thumb for which serial #'s are dark/light, whatever? I was considering a bluesy purchase later this year and was hoping to buy at lowest price from an out of state AD, without seeing the actual watch.
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Before I bought mine, I did a bit of research by looking at the watches in AD windows all over the place. All of the M and my own V serial watches had the lighter dial which I prefer. All of the Z serials that I have seen had the darker blue.
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