Gen rehaut engraving macros

[dbane883]

I've had a chance to take some close ups of the rehaut on my gen SubC. It's laser engraved in such a way that the depth will look different as it hits the light.

At some angles, it appears that the letters are deeply etched in the middle of the fonts:

However, at another angle, the center of the letters is in fact not hollow; but rather matte/flat which contrasts with the horizontal grains of the outer satin finish:

[whoopy12]

Some purty pictures you got there Y

 

As always, amazed with your breakdown of details like these

[dbane883]

And here is a closeup of a Noob V3/4 case that I have lying around. It's quite laughable really:

Texture is all wrong. Letters are not even centered. Disgusting.

But i suppose not many people will inspect with a 15x loupe to notice

[martijnp]

I always like a good macro pictures

Nice pictures and nice engraving too! 

 

Good to see the difference between genuine and replica! 

[pam007]

Great pictures..

 

This shows you the attention to detail that Rolex takes to be able to charge you an arm and a leg.  Or maybe just 1 leg.

[sacsah1]

I wish you would have taken macro pictures of my rehaut. V3 case at one point came with the proper rehaut.

[automatico]

Wonder if rolex ever laser etched numbers/letters between lugs before they went to bezel numbers? My P716xxx and K933xxx Air Kings look like the numbers/letters are engraved like older models. They are the latest watches I have looked at closely and are from around 2000/2001 or so.

[Cromag]

Very nice info OP. Thanks for that

[Jonathanwalker84]

Very cool pictures. I've heard the same regarding the v3 rehaut being better. Unfortunately I have a V4 so have the poor engraving.

[curiousbunny]

Most people would never notice it. TC sub is the only acceptable sub. Too bad it doesn't come with yuki 3135.