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30 September 2008, 01:20 AM | #1 |
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gilt or matte?
on the original explorer how can you tell the differance between a matte dial or gilt dial?
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30 September 2008, 01:45 AM | #2 |
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Matte refers to the black background. It is either glossy or non-glossy (matte)
Gilt refers to the font. either white, or gilt (gold colored)
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30 September 2008, 08:45 AM | #3 |
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An example of gilt--albiet on a gloss dial,
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30 September 2008, 05:09 PM | #4 |
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Thanks to Mike and Larry for the education.
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