16800 matte dial

[1665fan]

I saw one in the mid 6 mill serial numbers and did some research and found out the first batches are different from the rest. A so called special dial in the submariner book. Anybody have any pics or info as to why the dial is different or desireable. Thanks

[highcotton]

The early ones did not have the gold surrounds on the hour markers.

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[1665fan]

Are u joking??? I am talking about the first series of matte dials....this has nothing to do with anything gold surround

[Cooper33]

Originally Posted by 1665fan

I saw one in the mid 6 mill serial numbers and did some research and found out the first batches are different from the rest. A so called special dial in the submariner book. Anybody have any pics or info as to why the dial is different or desireable. Thanks

Yes, they had a MkI dial with a different "f" in "feet".

See here:

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=655332

[1665fan]

Ok thanks, I saw that info but also read In a post there is a special 16800 matte dial that might have been before the mark1....in the post it said this dial can be found in the book about submariners. I just didn’t know if anybody had a pic of it. The watch in question is 6.5 or 6.45 mill serial so probably a mark1 dial but just double checking if anybody has info on the “special” dial. Thanks for the help