1979 1680 Dial anomaly

[Dan S]

This sometimes happens if a dial foot is reattached by soldering. The heat can damage the paint in that way. That is why people often choose to use adhesive dial dots instead of risking the repair.

[TimeToGo]

Originally Posted by Dan S

This sometimes happens if a dial foot is reattached by soldering. The heat can damage the paint in that way. That is why people often choose to use adhesive dial dots instead of risking the repair.

[barnfind]

Originally Posted by Dan S

This sometimes happens if a dial foot is reattached by soldering. The heat can damage the paint in that way. That is why people often choose to use adhesive dial dots instead of risking the repair.

Thank you Dan S. That really does make the best sense to me. Thanks to all that replied also. As to the Mark 1 vs Mark II/III dial, The serial # is a 6 Million and I’ve read different things in divers places with some disagreement as to the assignment of Mark#s, but the one I’ve trusted most was that Mark 1s were more often found on 6 million Serial #s and IIs found on more 5 million and IIIs found inconsistently.. Then again - I’m fairly new at at this illness of Vintage Rolex Obsession.. 👍

[dcorn]

Originally Posted by barnfind

Thank you Dan S. That really does make the best sense to me. Thanks to all that replied also. As to the Mark 1 vs Mark II/III dial, The serial # is a 6 Million and I’ve read different things in divers places with some disagreement as to the assignment of Mark#s, but the one I’ve trusted most was that Mark 1s were more often found on 6 million Serial #s and IIs found on more 5 million and IIIs found inconsistently.. Then again - I’m fairly new at at this illness of Vintage Rolex Obsession.. 👍

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=754223

Where'd you pick up this holy Rolex?

[southtexas]

Originally Posted by Dan S

This sometimes happens if a dial foot is reattached by soldering. The heat can damage the paint in that way. That is why people often choose to use adhesive dial dots instead of risking the repair.

Very interesting, didn’t know that


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk