preacher62 Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 My question for the experts...did a 16013 with a 3035 ever have flat-topped threes and open 6's and 9's or was that a 15XX feature? Thanks in advance! M Disregard...I answered my own question by looking on the Bay. It did! Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Well you ought to show us what you found, because I would have said no. All I've ever seen is is round top 3s and open 6s and 9s. Later DWs would even have closed 6s and 9s- Rolex doesn't care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preacher62 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Well you ought to show us what you found, because I would have said no. All I've ever seen is is round top 3s and open 6s and 9s. Later DWs would even have closed 6s and 9s- Rolex doesn't care. Ali, I saw this one... http://www.ebay.com/...=item2318fbf243 And this one... http://www.ebay.com/...=item3a6f603010 Then there was this one... I think there are a lot more. http://www.ebay.com/...=item2a18d3575a Oh, sorry, Ali, I just re-read your post. I do not know about flat-topped 3's. I am building a 16013 and have a case that is on the way. I have a dwo that has flat-topped 3's and wanted to use it. Guess I better use a more conventional one. Do you know where I might get a dwo with round-topped 3's and open 6's and 9's? Might they have had a service replacement that is closed 6's and 9's? Thanks for response! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Round top 3 and open 6/9 are correct for the 16013/4 and other 3035's. But one of my 16800s came with a service DW and it was small font and closed 6/9s. I managed to get a NOS DW with the open 6/9s and it's much larger fonts. Looks 100% better under the cyclops. I guess rolex could give a rat's a$$. Where to find an old style DW these days, I don't know. My second Frankenjust came w/ a DWO with closed 6/9s and I just left it on there- who's gonna know! My 16014 had the old cubic works DW w/ the open 6/9s but those are long gone. JMB might be your best shot, he's made some DWOs lately, I believe. Edited January 29, 2012 by alligoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preacher62 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Round top 3 and open 6/9 are correct for the 16013/4 and other 3035's. But one of my 16800s came with a service DW and it was small font and closed 6/9s. I managed to get a NOS DW with the open 6/9s and it's much larger fonts. Looks 100% better under the cyclops. I guess rolex could give a rat's a$$. Where to find an old style DW these days, I don't know. My second Frankenjust came w/ a DWO with closed 6/9s and I just left it on there- who's gonna know! My 16014 had the old cubic works DW w/ the open 6/9s but those are long gone. JMB might be your best shot, he's made some DWOs lately, I believe. Thanks much for all the information. I have a modern dwo and might just use it. Or...I could go with your first logic and use my flat-topped three dwo..."who's gonna know." The people that I know who are gen Rolex owners know nothing about a Rolex. I could tell him that is has a 350 shortblock in it and it wouldn't make any difference. He doesn't know what that is either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Flat top 3s are from the 1500 series of movements- 1520, 1570, 1560, but even those have later replacements that run the gamut- first round top 3s and open 6/9s and finally round top3s and closed 6/9s- Rolex just doesn't care! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I'm working on an open 6/9, round 3 decal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Preacher - shoot me your address and I'll mail you a "prototype" decal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilty Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 JMB - I found those ALPS decals we discussed ages ago. I'll post some out to you, as well as some blanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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