What exactly are stick markers?

[glimmer]

I know this question may sound a bit silly, but I am a little confused...I've seen different kinds of "stick" markers. Some are thin, some have lume and are thicker than others, and some are raised more. Are all of these classified as "stick" markers? Any kind of info would be much appreciated....thanks!

[Alcan]

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[Noonan]

Stick markers are the ones that have lume on them. The non lume markers with a lume dot at the end are batons.

[GradyPhilpott]

Actually the term baton applies to a style of hands.

Stick is a term for a style of indices marking the hours.

By the way, baton is French for "stick."

[kyng]

I thought all the lume or non-lume bars were stick makers.

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by kyng

I thought all the lume or non-lume bars were stick makers.

They are.

http://www.interwatches.com/rolex-dials-history

[glimmer]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

They are.

http://www.interwatches.com/rolex-dials-history

Thanks for the link!

[glimmer]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

Actually the term baton applies to a style of hands.

Stick is a term for a style of indices marking the hours.

By the way, baton is French for "stick."

Thanks for the clarification...

[Noonan]

I stand corrected. I've always considered the non lume style as baton dials. Is there any naming distinction between the two?

[GradyPhilpott]

I'm sure that through the years different terms have been applied to the dial and hand styles, either correctly or incorrectly.

On the warranty/COSC card that came with my DJ, it says beside the term "Dial," "Black Index."

I ran across some information regarding the introduction of "lume" in the stick markers just the other day and I thought I saved it, but right now I can't seem to find it and I will resume the search later in the day, when I have a bit more time.

Terms seem to be somewhat fluid in the Rolex community. It is often confusing to have someone claim that they can't find the crown at six o'clock, when everyone knows that the crown is at three o'clock or is it really at twelve o'clock?

Thus some have come to refer to the Rolex logo as the coronet and what Rolex used to, and still may, refer to as the "winding button," as the crown, which is what it is most commonly called in the watch industry, or at least that is my understanding.

[sakuraba]

I thought we were talking about the GMT II sticks.

[The GMT Master]

They changed the style of the batons on the Datejust when they launched the updated models. I think this was probably a practical choice, as the small dot of lume would work fine with Tritium, but less so with Superluminova. As a light activated lume, Superluminova would need more surface area to be effective, so I believe that is why they changed it

[SaddleSC]

A picture is worth a thousand words... (I love the Sticks!!!)

[vintage69]

There are 3 basic methods of marking the hours on a watch-Arabic,Roman, and non-marked which are referred to a baton(also spelled batton). Each form has variations. There are dial hands refer to as baton hands. Some o the common baton forms are sticks, dots, triangles, and arrows. I personally prefer the baton dials because of their simplicity and elegance followed by the Roman numbers because their nobility.