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Old 2 April 2020, 02:45 AM   #11
Kingface66
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Originally Posted by Tom1675 View Post
The 3-6-9 look similar to what I have seen in the past. There are a lot of threads on this topic you may need to dig through the forum.

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthre...ght=1016+dials
Tom is quite correct. These numbers were not only hand-painted, but the lume expands, shrinks, distorts over time.
Here's a selection I found in just a few minutes

https://www.hqmilton.com/timepieces/...ce-papers-4938

https://www.hqmilton.com/timepieces/...font-dial-9722

https://www.hqmilton.com/timepieces/...er-i-1016-A580

https://www.hqmilton.com/timepieces/...th-papers-9617

https://www.hqmilton.com/timepieces/...h-papers-A1573
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