Rolex gmt 16700 _ 1999

[nachopc]

Hello,

I bought this watch but only the hands of the hours glow, the rest is dark and on the bottom of six hours says swiss-t>25

1999 is a luminova year for this watch.....

Appreciate your help,

Thanks

[HERITAGE82]

If it says SWISS-T>25 then your dial is tritium not luminova.

[nachopc]

It's a 1999 gmt 16700 and in the hours you have lumens, according to gmt history from 1998 they are luminous. Thank you

[ABChop]

Yes my A serial 16700 glows nicely, hands and markers.
And it should only say "Swiss" at the 6 o'clock position on the dial.


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[padi56]

Originally Posted by nachopc

Hello,

I bought this watch but only the hands of the hours glow, the rest is dark and on the bottom of six hours says swiss-t>25

1999 is a luminova year for this watch.....

Appreciate your help,

Thanks

There is no way of knowing 100% when any Rolex was made only a approx date when the case was stamped.In general it was the A serials on that seen the change from Tritium to Luminover but this is not always 100% correct. The 16700 was not the fastest sellers,as both 16710 and 16700 were being produced in the same time frame.And quite a few reports that although the dial had the marking for Tritium the lume was Luminover especially around 1998/9 time.

[NKflyer]

Many of the guidelines on the internet are just that; guidelines and not 100% set in stone. In my experience, the "swiss" luminova dials began appearing on the 16710's during the later U serials and certainly by A serial. However, the 16700 was a much slower selling watch so it's a fairly plausible scenario that it took rolex longer to exhaust their supply of 16700 tritium dials before transitioning to luminova. So perhaps some of the earliest A-serial 16700's do have factory tritium dials. Just a guess.

[nachopc]

Originally Posted by padi56

There is no way of knowing 100% when any Rolex was made only a approx date when the case was stamped.In general it was the A serials on that seen the change from Tritium to Luminover but this is not always 100% correct. The 16700 was not the fastest sellers,as both 16710 and 16700 were being produced in the same time frame.And quite a few reports that although the dial had the marking for Tritium the lume was Luminover especially around 1998/9 time.

Mine on the paper is A as well but only mark on the hours

[nachopc]

Abc chop got full luminova in hours and markers and is also A and from the same year, also he got the Swiss on six. Funny isn't?

[padi56]

Originally Posted by nachopc

Mine on the paper is A as well but only mark on the hours

In general A serials ran from mid/late 1998 to the end of 1999 or possible later.

[nachopc]

This is it! So shall I change the dial for a Swiss luminova???


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[nachopc]

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[nachopc]

Originally Posted by NKflyer

Many of the guidelines on the internet are just that; guidelines and not 100% set in stone. In my experience, the "swiss" luminova dials began appearing on the 16710's during the later U serials and certainly by A serial. However, the 16700 was a much slower selling watch so it's a fairly plausible scenario that it took rolex longer to exhaust their supply of 16700 tritium dials before transitioning to luminova. So perhaps some of the earliest A-serial 16700's do have factory tritium dials. Just a guess.

Thank you nk.

Just do not understand why the arrows got it and dial dont.

[NKflyer]

Originally Posted by nachopc

Just do not understand why the arrows got it and dial dont.

It did not leave the factory that way. Hands are replaced all the time during service without also replacing the dial. Very common.

[nachopc]

Thank you mate!!!


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[nachopc]

Originally Posted by ABChop

Yes my A serial 16700 glows nicely, hands and markers.
And it should only say "Swiss" at the 6 o'clock position on the dial.


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Thats the most valuable ?16700 swiss dial A serie?

[ABChop]

I hope so


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