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For grins, here's the genuine bezel on my white dial 16520...

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We may very well be at the point of looking for variations that fall within the normal Rolex range of watch-to-watch variability, but do you see a difference (in person) between the boldness/thickness/depth of the fonts on the 2 bezels? The bezel on the left looks to me like the correct 16520 bezel, while the 1 on the right looks like it is stamped with the bolder/deeper fonts on a 116520. Do you see that? Again, I may be over-detailing this whole thing. Hard to tell from here.

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You know, the bezels are probably fine. I am looking through my 16520 archives & there are definite variations in the bezel fonts (though not so much for 116520s), so I am sure they are fine.

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I also just checked my Daytona Legend is Born book & I see the same variations there. So never mind.

But if you come across another source for those flat, brushed casebacks, shout.

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There's no doubt that the gen bezel on my black lumi dial 16520 is bolder than the gen on my white trit dial 16520.

Is it correct? A and P serials most likely didn't come with that bolder bezel as new, though I am sure RSC's have used them as replacements. I've seen no less than 5 16520's with the same bezel.

Personally, I prefer the bolder fonts...

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There's no doubt that the gen bezel on my black lumi dial 16520 is bolder than the gen on my white trit dial 16520.

Is it correct? A and P serials most likely didn't come with that bolder bezel as new, though I am sure RSC's have used them as replacements. I've seen no less than 5 16520's with the same bezel.

Personally, I prefer the bolder fonts...

Me too & I think they are both standard issue gen bezels. I thought someone's book.....maybe Dowling's.....indicated that Rolex bolded the fonts for the in-house movement 116520, but I must have read that wrong. I have gone through more than 100 gen 16520s (not to mention the dozen or so in the Rolex book) & in addition to the 2 bezels you have on your watches, I am seeing other variations as well. For instance, look at the alignment of the 'P' & 'R' in PER HOUR. I found 5 different alignments on the gen 16520 bezels. I think I am going to run off & join a convent (that has no clocks).

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Indeed. There are numerous variations- flat 4, pointed 4, UNITS PER HOUR differences, 200, 225, 240 UNIT tachy's, bold, thin etc. Far more than the initial 3 that were once known as the typical a few years back...

Yes, but I was ignoring all of THOSE variations. So I think it comes down to the old watchmaker's line 'if it fits the case, it must be right'. :bangin:

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For me the fisrt thing to notice is the 6 and 9 font of the bezel- have a look at these - it looks like the one you have now on your black 16520 is a 116520 bezel - on every other 16520 I have seen in real life or in pics the 6 and 9 are taller and of a bit different shape - just like what you have in your white Daytona. Same thing is here with my bezel that came off a genuine 16520.

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