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Old 24 September 2017, 02:48 PM   #74
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Originally Posted by MILGAUSS88 View Post
I have never heard of that dial being referred to as a "doorknob" dial. Is that a name you came up with?
I could find no other reference to a Rolex doorknob dial on Google as well.
I have heard it called a piepan dial presumably because of the ridge around the perimeter.
He means 'doorstop' dial. They're called that due to the shape of the 6 and 9 markers.
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