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8 February 2020, 03:32 PM | #1 |
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Rolex 16528 U7 luminova dial?
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Is a U7 16528 acceptable to have a luminova dial? Or only U9 is acceptable to have luminova dials? thanks |
8 February 2020, 07:21 PM | #2 |
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Sorry I may have misunderstood your question but I think you are asking if a Rolex with a serial number starting U7***** could have a luminova dial.
If so the answer is yes, I have a 16710 with a U781 serial number that has a luminova dial.The earliest luminova dials on U and A serial's (possibly some T's as well with some of those still marked T>25) are marked SWISS at 6 O'Clock not Swiss Made |
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16520 / 16528 started being fitted with luminova dials circa late 1998> so some U serial I understand and i think all A....
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9 February 2020, 12:44 AM | #4 |
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Thanks for the replies. My 16528 U7 has a luminova dial with Swiss Made at 6'o clock. Is that acceptable?
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9 February 2020, 02:57 AM | #5 |
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Yep. Very late Us, all As and Ps. I've seen some late SS Us (e.g U8) with a tritium dial. need to research for gold 165XX U-series for the luminova dial.
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Just Swiss Made
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9 February 2020, 02:06 PM | #8 |
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And anyone knows if hands of 16528 diamond should have lume? I saw some examples online with hands that do not have lume.
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As these were not made in anywhere near the same quantities as steel references, it would be conceivable for a case stamped with a U serial number to have waited a while and in this transition period from tritium to luminova, then been paired with a luminova dial.
If you post some close up photo's of the dial, hands, case, bracelet clasp numbers and a lume shot, it would help those more knowledgeable than I. |
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The dial is just A series type of dial.
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That should be acceptable?
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13 February 2020, 07:22 AM | #12 |
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The first luminova Rolex dials were just marked "Swiss." I have a U-serial 16700 GMT with only "Swiss" on the dial.
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For me, a U serial is to early for a SWISS MADE dial marking.
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14 February 2020, 12:19 AM | #15 |
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very true for most models like the 16710.
16520 U-serials had them though. very late in the U-serial run though. or some reason. they skipped the "Swiss" dials although from my research for the Zenith Daytona. |
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Rolex 16528 U7 luminova dial?
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Yes - IMO the dial didn’t have space below the 6 o’clock half index to imprint SWISS. Patrizzi&Co reference books note this: “Around 1998/1999, when Rolex definitively adopted SuperLuminova, the inscription “SWISS MADE” replaces “ T SWISS MADE T” at the side of the 6” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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