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Old 2 August 2021, 07:42 AM   #1
shiftf7
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5500 dial gen Domino’s ?

Having some doubts here because of the sloppy logo.
Was it normal for these dials to have badly applied logos like this?
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Old 2 August 2021, 08:20 AM   #2
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1. I have never heard of a fake domino's watch.
2. That looks like garbage; it's a pizza watch done poorly.
3. What's with the scratches?!?
4. The reference is arguably one of the least desirable watches out there so, again, makes zero sense to replicate it.
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Old 2 August 2021, 04:39 PM   #3
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The "big square" vertical logos like this one were nearly always sloppily applied and this one has several of the typical characteristics such as a misshapen S and over inked letters (M,N and S), so I think it is a genuine Domino's Pizza dial.

Look at a few Google Images of these and you'll see a lot that are worse than this one and quite a few with misaligned dice within the red block, so overall it seems that they were usually poorly applied.

This thread is an interesting read and shows a poorly aligned and printed logo on a 5500 Air-King:

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=583874
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Old 4 August 2021, 05:26 AM   #4
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One of my favourites. I've been looking for an example at a good price for a while.
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Old 4 August 2021, 06:04 AM   #5
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You guys ever get an Winn Dixie air king ? We have one in my family. I bought it 15 years ago from Louisiana. Such a fun watch. I’ve become a fan of dominos pizza again as the spouse needs gluten free pizza. Maybe one is in my future.

Does dominos engrave the casebacksike Winn Dixie did ?
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