Damaged 5513 dial: Hand drag, water damage or...?

[77T]

Originally Posted by nystrand

Hi all,

Just a quick update:
So the dial has been inspected by Michael Young, and the assesment is "It is due to mould caused by moisture."
Luckily they can repair it, I will post "after photos" as soon as they are done :)

Good deal.

Now I wonder how good they are at explaining mysterious crop circles...




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[TimeLord2]

I think those disgusting (sorry…) relumed hands are to blame (as he said). Crap relume started growing a little mold, which consequently caused the lume material on the hour hand to expand just enough to rub the dial. Although, I do like Cooper33's answer and I was kind of leaning towards a micro alien race leaving Rolex timing circles as 77T suggested.

[zapokee]

Originally Posted by 1675-David

...

a blob of liquid gets trapped between the underside of the hour hand and the dial and gets dragged round and round until it evaporates only to leave an eerie trace...

Nice sleuthing. More feasible than the other explanations.

However, I put it to you, sir, that if there were enough moisture to form an actual droplet on the underside of the hour hand, the whole dial would display moisture damage.

Any other theories, people?

[roh123]

It’s not a perfect circle. Hence not a drag mark imho. Looks more like someone did something by hand to me. I’d stick to my theory of water damage and someone trying to fix something.

[zapokee]

Originally Posted by roh123

It’s not a perfect circle. Hence not a drag mark imho.

Agreed. It doesn't have the characteristics of a mechanical marking.

[nystrand]

Only 6 weeks turnaround including hands and 2 steel bands :)
What do you think?





Best regards,

Martin from Denmark

[Cooper33]

Amazing work!

[zapokee]

Wow. That's quite an impressive transformation.

Knowing that the ring was there before, I can kind of sense a very slight ghost of it in the first photo with the light reflecting off the dial. Otherwise you'd never know.

Outstanding work.

[Styles Bitchley]

Wow. Scary good job.

[oysterquartz17000]

Originally Posted by Styles Bitchley

Wow. Scary good job.

Very scary.

[JustinK]

Looks great!


I wonder why people are buying all those beat to hell matte dials on Ebay.

[rusty427]

Wow! Is all I can say.
I followed this thread and was amazed to see the transformation of the dial.
Looking forward to the end result.