Phillips Auction: Daytona 116520

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Originally Posted by 1665fan

Ok so they replaced the hour markers and crown with WG parts( meaning they ruined a SS dial) then painted the dial cream??? Because the 2 tone are white to start with....come on bro....I bet a lot more people agree with me than you lol

The OP was asking for some inputs. So I've stated my opinions based on my experience, and not something that I've pulled off the net and unsubstantiated. Whether you or any others agree with me is your business. But now, you sound civil, so I'll share why I strongly think this dial was from a white 116523 TT Daytona. It's because the sub_registers are all gold color. I don't think there was a paint correction to make it look cream as the white Rolex color watches all have the tendency to turn cream ( I personally own a P and an M white Daytona, and a 16550). The most logical/scientific explanation to this is the color white is made up of equal part of blue,red, and green. When exposed to the sun, for some reason, the blue color fades quicker than the other two color, that leaves the mixture to appear less white (cream). Much like what you see in tropical brown Rolex dial that was originally black. As you know, black color is made up of equal part of red, yellow, and blue. Again, when the watch is exposed to the sun for a long period of time, the blue color fades faster, and leaves red and yellow as the predominant colors...the result is brown as you see on these beautiful tropical brown Submariners, GMTs and Datejust...

The hour markers on these basic TT dials are like that of the DJ, DD stick dials. They are not welded to the dial plate like that of the exotic dial. These have 2 anchor posts and glued on to the dial plate ( Not welded ). All it takes is some heat from the back of the dial (hair dryer),and a push from the back, off it goes. I am sure you seen dials with a bunch of holes lining up at the edge of the dials sold on VRF or Flee Bay with the hour markers missing ... I've seen my Rolex watchmaker in actions. It took him but 20 mintutes...

Basically, it's not a complex process, nor time consuming for an unscrupulous seller to do the swap.