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Old 30 March 2012, 03:35 AM   #1
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Post Your Rolex Red Sub Dial Pic and Serial#: Reference List

Red Sub owners: On this thread, please post a quality pic of your Red Sub Dial and write the first 3-4 digits of your sub. Thought we could get our own TRF dial/serial# reference going.
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Old 30 March 2012, 03:37 AM   #2
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Old 30 March 2012, 03:44 AM   #3
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Looking good there Brian

She's a real beauty .

Mine's a 2.76m
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Old 30 March 2012, 04:25 AM   #4
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Beautiful pics from Brian & Steve

Really gonna love this thread




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Old 30 March 2012, 04:50 AM   #5
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Old 30 March 2012, 04:59 AM   #6
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Hey Bri!!

Nice idea Took these pics today and was looking for an excuse to post them. Serial number 2.22





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Old 30 March 2012, 05:32 AM   #7
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Wow.... Those metres first reds and something else.

Fantastic condition too Chris and Danny. Absolutely beautiful
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Old 30 March 2012, 06:05 AM   #8
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Wow.... Those metres first reds and something else.

Fantastic condition too Chris and Danny. Absolutely beautiful
Thanks mate - coming from you is praise indeed I should just like to return the compliment and say how great your red looks, as are the ones already posted and I'm expecting some real beauties to follow.
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Old 30 March 2012, 06:33 AM   #9
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Old 30 March 2012, 10:07 AM   #10
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Old 30 March 2012, 10:15 AM   #11
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I am enjoying this thread :)

Great examples guys!
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Old 30 March 2012, 10:24 AM   #12
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Old 30 March 2012, 12:02 PM   #13
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Old 30 March 2012, 09:18 PM   #14
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Really in awe guys - thanks for sharing the reds!!
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Old 30 March 2012, 09:25 PM   #15
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what a great thread !!! beautiful specimen here... keep'em comming
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Old 30 March 2012, 09:33 PM   #16
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Old 31 March 2012, 12:32 AM   #17
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Brian did ask for nice dial shots in this thread (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it) and although I've already posted couldn't resist the opportunity for another pic

2.22 serial No.
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Old 31 March 2012, 02:14 AM   #18
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why is everyone worried about posting serial numbers?
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Old 31 March 2012, 12:01 PM   #19
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3.30 ser #, Mark IV, papers marked 11/1974. (Better close up of dial)
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Old 31 March 2012, 12:20 PM   #20
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Old 31 March 2012, 03:06 PM   #21
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Really nice MK 1, I love it.

The original fat font insert rocks.
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Old 1 April 2012, 05:27 AM   #22
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Old 1 April 2012, 09:16 PM   #23
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Some amazing pictures on here! Is it me or did Rolex use a bigger font on the date wheel for this model? Every picture I have ever seen of red subs the date looks huge, but the cyclops is still 2.5x mag.
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Old 2 April 2012, 05:23 AM   #25
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This is a very interesting thread, particularly with regard to serial no's and dial versions. I have a 3.088 Mk.V, as does Red1108NYC, yet there's also a 3.3m and 3.74m Mk.IV's...

Who knows...? Least of all Rolex I imagine.
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Old 2 April 2012, 05:35 AM   #26
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Old 2 April 2012, 05:46 AM   #27
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Discovered that Jeff's (RLX-lvr) red and mine are only 76 watches apart - makes me wonder about the conditions that caused his dial to turn brown and why mine stayed black. DRSD.com says that the 2.2 to 2.3 serial # dials were the ones most likely to change.

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The Brown Sub variant, as rare as it is beautiful, was most likely spawned from a manufacturing flaw. This makes it highly sought by collectors worldwide. I would consider a “Chocolate Sub” a grail watch! In my experience, Brown Dial Subs are only found in Meters First Mark II & Mark III dials and typically in case numbers in the 2.2M or 2.3M ranges. Brown dial subs are Ultra Rare because it is likely that only a small fraction of the dials turned brown and many if not most of those dials were probably destroyed or replaced during service.
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Old 2 April 2012, 06:52 AM   #28
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Some amazing pictures on here! Is it me or did Rolex use a bigger font on the date wheel for this model? Every picture I have ever seen of red subs the date looks huge, but the cyclops is still 2.5x mag.

I think its because the crystal is so thick and hence the cyclops is a little higher up
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Old 2 April 2012, 07:18 AM   #29
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Discovered that Jeff's (RLX-lvr) red and mine are only 76 watches apart - makes me wonder about the conditions that caused his dial to turn brown and why mine stayed black. DRSD.com says that the 2.2 to 2.3 serial # dials were the ones most likely to change.
Another reason why this thread is so cool!
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Old 2 April 2012, 08:03 AM   #30
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Another reason why this thread is so cool!
Sweet. ��

Yes very cool. Dan, I see your dial is starting to show some brown right where the hands mount on the dial, and over by the date opening.
So nice to see all these red subs. I know there's more, do please post them.
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