jerkstore Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 I have a "Tritium service dial" that the seller claimed was genuine, and guaranteed that it was never refinished/relumed. Based on what I saw, I believed it to be a genuine Mk5 1675 dial. Do you agree? Here are a few pics: I checked with the usual suspects (at least what they post online currently): Yuki and Ingod appear to rep Mk4's; their coronets are completely different than mine. NDT's is the closest to the pics I posted above, although the text on NDT's is quite different, and so is the sample dial's back. Phong's website wouldn't let me zoom into the one dial he carries that might be close. My dial appears similar to this one, although my lume is in a little better shape. It also resembles the Mk5 example at this RWG post. What are your thoughts? Are there any tests I can conduct to check and make sure it's actually tritium lumed? Or anything else I can use to verify its authenticity? If it is in fact authentic and tritium lumed, where does that place it value-wise with respect to service dials that use luminova/superluminova? Thanks for your help, and apologies for the noobish questions. Happy 4th! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc33 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 It's authentic, the seller is well known and offers a refund if not satisfied.. No problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkstore Posted July 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Thanks for your perspective, CC. There are a lot of good aftermarket dials out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc33 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 I know I didn't mean to be rude, I meant that he's solid so if he says it's a Tritium service dial then it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkstore Posted July 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 And that's why it's great to have this community to lean on. You guys have a lot of invaluable experience. It's very helpful to new members. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc33 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 More commonly known as mk5, it was the last of the tritium dials before the mk6 luminova service dials. They were used in the last run of 1675's and as service replacements during that time before the mk6's were available.. http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/149110-rolex-gmt-master-history-and-reference-pictoral-part-1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 there you go questions answered. Very nice dial, and it probably is a NOS service dial as stated. AFA value, not so sure, probably what you paid for it is a fair price, compared to luminova service dial, i feel like for the 1675 purist, the service tritium is a much more desirable dial. Consider this , if you are changing out the dials on your 1675, and you chose to use a luminova dial, you will need to change the hands as well., or at the leasr get them relumed to match the dial. Not the case if you are replacing with a tritium dial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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