Opinions please on this EXII 1655????

[HL65]

Originally Posted by Submarino

Ken, quick question. Shouldn't it be more like redish in any case?

No- dark orange or light orange. I have never seen a reddish one which is why they call it orange hand....

[Submarino]

Originally Posted by SteelerFan65

No- dark orange or light orange. I have never seen a reddish one which is why they call it orange hand....

According to: http://www.doubleredseadweller.com/oh_e2.htm a red hand was introduced in 1975 and seems like these hands have faded to orange while the orange hands have faded to yellow. Here's the info from their website:

The Orange Hand Explorer II by M. Siegel
The Explorer II model, 1655, was introduced in 1971. The movement was either the 1570 or the 1575, and essentially this particular model was a GMT with a fixed stainless steel bezel. It had a distinctive dial with an extra hour hand...

The watch initially when it was first marketed, the second hand was straight and the extra hour hand was a bright orange. In 1974 a luminous circle was added and models manufactured after 1975 the extra hour hand was painted a bright red. The production of the 1655 continued until 1985 when it was discontinued.

A debate exists in regard to when the orange hand was no longer used on the dial. Reference texts seem to agree that the orange hand was discontinued by the mid 70's. It is interesting to note that many 1655's made after the mid 70's and into the 80's have orange 24 hour hands. Perhaps the explanation is that the red hands faded to orange, just as orange hands have been known to fade to yellow.

[HL65]

Originally Posted by Submarino

According to: http://www.doubleredseadweller.com/oh_e2.htm a red hand was introduced in 1975 and seems like these hands have faded to orange while the orange hands have faded to yellow. Here's the info from their website:

The Orange Hand Explorer II by M. Siegel
The Explorer II model, 1655, was introduced in 1971. The movement was either the 1570 or the 1575, and essentially this particular model was a GMT with a fixed stainless steel bezel. It had a distinctive dial with an extra hour hand...

The watch initially when it was first marketed, the second hand was straight and the extra hour hand was a bright orange. In 1974 a luminous circle was added and models manufactured after 1975 the extra hour hand was painted a bright red. The production of the 1655 continued until 1985 when it was discontinued.

A debate exists in regard to when the orange hand was no longer used on the dial. Reference texts seem to agree that the orange hand was discontinued by the mid 70's. It is interesting to note that many 1655's made after the mid 70's and into the 80's have orange 24 hour hands. Perhaps the explanation is that the red hands faded to orange, just as orange hands have been known to fade to yellow.

That is great...I still have never seen a red one and they called it an orange hand for a reason....As I stated above- the hand on this watch looks fine to me- which differs with some others who think it looks too orange. I have seen hundreds of these and they are either dark orange or light orange and never seen a red yet.