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Old 22 June 2015, 01:53 PM   #1
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Any opinions on these hands please? Seller states they are 'replaced', but are they Rolex?
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Old 22 June 2015, 08:08 PM   #2
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Isn't the GMT hand too big? They could be service parts though but...
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Old 22 June 2015, 09:34 PM   #3
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Is the bezel silver or is it just the lighting?
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Old 24 June 2015, 01:07 AM   #4
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Any experts to help authenticate? I wanted to learn also, imo it looks not Rolex.
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Old 24 June 2015, 02:14 AM   #5
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Is the bezel silver or is it just the lighting?
The images i'm looking at are pretty clearly gold for the bezel. Your screen my just be playing tricks on you.....
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Old 24 June 2015, 02:21 AM   #6
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The images i'm looking at are pretty clearly gold for the bezel. Your screen my just be playing tricks on you.....
the insert looks silver to me too. Hands look wrong.
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Old 24 June 2015, 02:49 AM   #7
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they look new but its too hard to tell if they're OEM from the pic.
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Old 24 June 2015, 02:51 AM   #8
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This is the L serial currently in the classifieds?
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Old 24 June 2015, 06:20 AM   #9
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Old 24 June 2015, 06:44 AM   #10
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Any opinions on these hands please? Seller states they are 'replaced', but are they Rolex?

If it's you who's asking then all hope is lost for the rest of us. ;-)


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Old 24 June 2015, 09:25 AM   #11
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This is the L serial currently in the classifieds?
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Old 24 June 2015, 09:54 AM   #12
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I am a comparative idiot when it comes to authenticating watch parts, but to me the hour hand seems fatter (wider) between the Mercedes and the pinion than other GMT gold hands pictures online. That could be an image angle and scaling phenomenon, hard to know.
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Old 24 June 2015, 10:36 AM   #13
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The hands, all of them, are aftermarket.
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Old 24 June 2015, 10:42 AM   #14
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Old 24 June 2015, 11:12 AM   #15
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The hands don't look right to me. Hands from another reference perhps?
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Old 24 June 2015, 12:02 PM   #16
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Hands looks aftermarket to me also, GMT arrow head is way too big
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Old 24 June 2015, 02:44 PM   #17
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The hands don't look right to me. Hands from another reference perhps?
No...they are aftermarket! No other Rolex model uses gold 24-hour hands but the GMT so it doesn't belong to another model.

Besides the 24-hour hand, the three bars are too thin in the center of the hour hand, and the sweep seconds hand does not taper after the tritium circle like found on genuine sweep seconds hands.
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Old 24 June 2015, 09:45 PM   #18
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No...they are aftermarket! No other Rolex model uses gold 24-hour hands but the GMT so it doesn't belong to another model.

Besides the 24-hour hand, the three bars are too thin in the center of the hour hand, and the sweep seconds hand does not taper after the tritium circle like found on genuine sweep seconds hands.

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Old 27 June 2015, 05:16 AM   #19
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Hands may be these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hands-1565-1...-/251985889237
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Old 27 June 2015, 07:19 AM   #20
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Well spotted. I think we have a match.
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Old 27 June 2015, 08:02 AM   #21
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Old 30 June 2015, 08:41 AM   #22
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Has anyone contacted the seller or the mods?

I'll send a courtesy email to the seller...
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Old 30 June 2015, 09:29 AM   #23
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Hands i would assume are aftermarket non-Rolex. Thank you for brining to my attention. Will update the listing tonight for full disclosure.
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