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2 December 2020, 05:03 PM | #1 |
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DateJust dials are boring...
With a few exceptions
With the new release of the steel OP with yellow gold indexes and hands I'm no longer doubting that this wood dial would look good in a steel DateJust. So, the hunt for a mint, unpolished 16200 on jubilee continues |
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That white dot on the ROLEX "E" is giving me anxiety. Please tell me that's removable.
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2 December 2020, 05:34 PM | #3 |
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Just some small specs of dust inside the seal, it was there on other pics but on a different place.
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Very cool dials. Pardon my ignorance but on the Arabic (I assume) dial, how do you know how to set the dial correctly? Is there a marking on the other side showing 12 O’clock? Thanks
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I agree, when I first got into Rolex in the late 80s dial options on DJ and DD were HUGE!!
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I love that Arabic date wheel.
And that dial looks like either a potato chip or human skin. Thanks for posting these interesting photos, Bas. |
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It's birch wood, which is why it is a light colour. |
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That is Western (modern) Arabic. The ones on the date wheel are Eastern Arabic, which is very close to Persian.
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Thanks Bas.
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I know it's all cognitive bias, but to me for some reason Arabic numerals look wrong, especially on dials with writing in Latin alphabet. If it's a DD and the date is in Arabic as well, then it looks balanced, but just the date looks off balance. But that's just me. Ironically DD would become useless to me if it had an Arabic day, because I can't read Arabic, whereas I got the hang of the numerals.
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Right, I mean as of now it would be useless to me. Would I be able to learn 7 words relatively quickly? Yes. But as of now, I couldn't tell you whether it's set to Monday or Saturday. Whereas if it's just the date, I could easily tell you what date it is.
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Hear ya. Just saying not to be dissuaded and non-English speaking watches are interesting. People love that Seiko Kanji wheel!
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The number are actually Indian numbers, but as Arabs we use these numbers as well.
Here you go: 1- ١ 2- ٢ 3- ٣ 4- ٤ 5- ٥ 6- ٦ 7- ٧ 8- ٨ 9- ٩ 10- ١٠ 11- ١١ 12- ١٢ 13- ١٣ 14- ١٤ 15- ١٥ 16- ١٦ 17- ١٧ 18- ١٨ 19- ١٩ 20- ٢٠ 21- ٢١ 22- ٢٢ 23- ٢٣ 24- ٢٤ 25- ٢٥ 26- ٢٦ 27- ٢٧ 28- ٢٨ 29- ٢٩ 30- ٣٠ 31- ٣١ |
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