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Portofino2023 · 4 October 2024, 10:16 PM

Hi Team,

Pondering doing a dial swap on my 25 year old Day Date. Did one 15 years ago with a watch dealer (not RSC) going from Champagne to White Roman Numerals and swapped out the bezel to smooth as the standard issue was eating my French cuff shirts. Have full papers on the watch. Will RSC decline to do work on this watch? Anyone have color on how this works?

Mark

123Blueface · 4 October 2024, 10:24 PM

They will change out your dial as part of service to any dial you want from the ones that came originally with that reference.
They will keep your old dial.

miamiclay · 5 October 2024, 03:54 AM

The smooth bezel won’t match the reference number, but so long as both the dial and bezel are genuine factory, I wouldn’t expect problems with RSC. Likely they will only offer a very few standard dials for the replacement, none of the exotic ones. (I wonder if they still have any tritium service dials, or if they are all luminova?)

Tools · 5 October 2024, 04:42 AM

They used to not even blink when we used authentic, but perhaps not proper, parts on our watches.. Part of the enthusuast protocol.

Now days they seem to be more snippy about such things and may insist that you change your bezel back. Best to get a reading from them before the work begins.

Almost always, on an older watch, they only do the dial swap in conjunction with a full service.

4 October 2024, 10:16 PM	#1
Portofino2023 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2024 Real Name: Mark Location: 30K Feet upfront Watch: 18K President Posts: 49	Dial Swap Procedure/Rolex Protocol Hi Team, Pondering doing a dial swap on my 25 year old Day Date. Did one 15 years ago with a watch dealer (not RSC) going from Champagne to White Roman Numerals and swapped out the bezel to smooth as the standard issue was eating my French cuff shirts. Have full papers on the watch. Will RSC decline to do work on this watch? Anyone have color on how this works? Mark

4 October 2024, 10:24 PM	#2
123Blueface "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: USA Watch: All Posts: 5,308	They will change out your dial as part of service to any dial you want from the ones that came originally with that reference. They will keep your old dial. __________________ Rolex 228235 DD40 Olive, 126710BLRO, 116710BLNR, 116613LB, 116500LN White, 126610LN, 116500LN Black, 126610LV, 116610LV, 126334 Blue Diamond Breitling Navitimer 01, Cartier Santos Large

5 October 2024, 04:42 AM	#4
Tools TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: May 2007 Real Name: Larry Location: Mojave Desert Watch: GMT's Posts: 43,502	They used to not even blink when we used authentic, but perhaps not proper, parts on our watches.. Part of the enthusuast protocol. Now days they seem to be more snippy about such things and may insist that you change your bezel back. Best to get a reading from them before the work begins. Almost always, on an older watch, they only do the dial swap in conjunction with a full service. __________________ (Chill ... It's just a watch Forum.....) NAWCC Member

5 October 2024, 03:54 AM	#3
miamiclay 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: 33139/95460 Posts: 1,410	The smooth bezel won’t match the reference number, but so long as both the dial and bezel are genuine factory, I wouldn’t expect problems with RSC. Likely they will only offer a very few standard dials for the replacement, none of the exotic ones. (I wonder if they still have any tritium service dials, or if they are all luminova?)

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