question concerning a 1680 dial

[pfff]

i've seen this 1680 dial for sale on a forum, but i'm not sure if it's real, especially the L of the rolex seems to be really off ??

i need the knowledge of the kings of vintage

thanks so much for your help

[docblackrock]

Oh it's real all right.

The misaligned L though is often an indicator of a redial, not always mind but often

[pfff]

woo that was fast , thanks

and do you think 400$ shipped is a fair price for this dial ?

[1665fan]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

The L is not the only problem!!

Look at the depth rating!! It's 1000ft = 300m!!

At a 1680?? :D

You need a 660 ft = 200m dial!!

Forget the one above for a 1680!

[pfff]

you're totally right, in fact its a 16800 dial !

the dial i bought is this :

its definitely much better

[1665fan]

Ok, that one is much better, I think it's a genuine one.

But it has some damage at the edges, I hope for you that

you have some possibility's to repair it!

[docblackrock]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

The L is not the only problem!!

Look at the depth rating!! It's 1000ft = 300m!!

At a 1680?? :D

You need a 660 ft = 200m dial!!

Forget the one above for a 1680!

I did not pick him up on the 1680 reference, assumed he'd just left a 0 off by mistake - clearly he's asking about the QUALITY of the dial.

As a transitional 16800 redial though it's not a bad example - but not worth 400usd nowhere near, a third of that at best.

[1665fan]

I did not pick him up on the 1680 reference, assumed he'd just left a 0 off by mistake - clearly he's asking about the QUALITY of the dial.

As a transitional 16800 redial though it's not a bad example - but not worth 400usd nowhere near, a third of that at best.

I did not think that you don't know it's for a 16800!!

But it was only funny to read his question about the L on a 1680 dial with 1000ft!!

Referring to you I think you are totally right! The dial is not bad, but I think it would be

possible to do some betters!

Why aren't those who make these dials not able to look at a genuine one and make a good

replica of those? It couldn't be so difficult, isn't it?

Regards

Chris

[UB7]

It's not the L thats off, its the O...I used to be part of TRF and they are crazy about making this distinction...That dial has what is known as a "lazy O" - Apparently they are more rare than the normal dials

[pfff]

lol !

ub7 > you're talking about the 1680 or the 16800 ?

1665fan > yes i'm almost pooed in my pants when i realized i might had bought a 16800 dial !