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Old 12 March 2019, 10:49 AM   #1
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Reference to term "Long E"

Noticed the term "Long E" when reviewing sales Ads for Mid 1960 GMT Masters,
can anyone tell me what "Long E" refers to?????
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Old 12 March 2019, 11:04 AM   #2
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Reference to term "Long E"

Long E refers to the style of the letter E in ROLEX under the Crown on the dial. The centre horizontal bar of the E is inline with the top and bottom horizontal bars. Later models have a shortened central bar. Long E’s stopped around 1970/71 and changed to the Mk2 dial with a much shorter central bar.
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Old 12 March 2019, 08:01 PM   #3
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Old 12 March 2019, 08:32 PM   #4
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Old 12 March 2019, 09:07 PM   #5
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The "long E" is a GMT 1675 Mark I dial which first appeared during the later 1960s. I have no idea who came up with this name but personally, I prefer to call them by the more common identifier as a Mark I dial which is less confusing.
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