llsteve80 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I don't know enough to know if it's gen, but if it is it's pretty damn rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcoast68 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 The coronet logo looks wrong, I'd say it was aftermarket made to fit V72 or a redial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Negative. It's definitely an aftermarket... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llsteve80 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 That sucks. The owner believes it's real, I don't even know what to say to him now. I never like being the bearer of bad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 The biggest giveaway is the red Not a production color, and in fact, the red dials are a debated subject in their own right. However, there are a number of other 'tells'; the print quality, the fonts used, the coronet; if we had better photos, I bet I could identify a few others with the subdial finishing, overall stepping of the dial planes, etc. I'd be curious to know how much the seller is asking, as that would also be a good indicator of how much he knows about vintage Daytona dials in general Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Also the font spacing on COSMOGRAPH should be nonproportional, "L" is wrong in ROLEX and the "ON" are spaced wrong on DAYTONA. And the subdial "3" are......... wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Easy. No. Someone (it may have been me) posted a 'How to spot' comparison of a gen vs aftermarket Newman dial a couple of years ago, but I cannot locate it now. There are a number of inaccuracies on this dial, but suffice it to say that there are 2 glaringly obvious mistakes on almost every aftermarket Newman that you can spot easily, once you are aware of them & know what to look for. 1st, the stroke used to create the 'O' in ROLEX must have a variable thickness. The stroke should be narrower at the top/bottom & wider at the sides. The 'O' should appear like this - O, not like this - O. Also, many aftermarket Daytona dials have a flat, square-edged crown (the gen crown is noticeably rounded) 2nd, the gen '3' in the minute totalizer always has a longer 'tail' than all the other 3s on the dial. No aftermarket Newman dial (including DWs) ever gets this right I have yet to find a single aftermarket Newman that gets all of these details right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llsteve80 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Thanks guys, I doubted it was real since there's supposedly only a couple of them. UBI, the guy isn't selling, he was just showing it off to me. He collects rolex stuff. Bought it in switzerland even after I told him that his "source" might be a [censored]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Hopefully, he didn't pay much for it Probably not worth more than $70 - $130 depending. At least, that's how much they can be printed for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flex Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 (edited) Freddy got everything covered. It is hard to get everything right. that's why i bought a gen 6263 Big Red dial. Edited August 22, 2008 by flex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flex Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 The easiest tell is 1) the gen red dial is "Ferrari red". 2) it is "Rolex Cosmograph" without "Oyster" under the coronet 3) Subdial is black in color, with contrasting white font. The "DAYTONA" is not as bold. All the font are all wrong. The gen was sold at US$ 448,717 in Hong Kong to a Japanese designer. Also, it was a 6240. The gen 6240 was the rarest 62XX daytona model in the histroy next to the UAE dial 6263. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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