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MrChamfers · 12 October 2021, 06:04 AM

Did Rolex make a 1018 with gold hour markers?
I haven’t seen this dial variation before but it looks nice

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1960s-ROLEX...-127632-2357-0

MrChamfers · 12 October 2021, 01:10 PM

Toronto Soup King · 12 October 2021, 10:45 PM

Weird. Mine are all steel. Gold markers and coronet and hands implies a TT or PM watch I thought? And my 1012/1013 markers look quite different.

MrChamfers · 13 October 2021, 12:21 AM

The indexes being doubled at 3 6 9 is correct too.

Well it sold pretty low given the value of the movement.

motoikkyu · 13 October 2021, 11:43 AM

I've commented on this before, usually when folks question the originality of steel 6694s with gold indices and hands. This was very much a look at the time when the watch was made. If you look at IWCs from the same period, a HUGE number of them are stainless with silver dials, but gold indices and hands. I have no secret crystal ball to say this 1018 left the factory in this configuration, certainly the dial and hands from a 1012 or 1013 could have been swapped in, but it seems entirely reasonable, given the era, that this is proper and correct as sold.

zapokee · 13 October 2021, 02:41 PM

Whoever chose that strap didn't think lug widths were a thing. Or spring bars.

It's always a potential red flag for me when a seller clearly doesn't know what they're doing.

alwayshere · 13 October 2021, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zapokee

Whoever chose that strap didn't think lug widths were a thing. Or spring bars.

It's always a potential red flag for me when a seller clearly doesn't know what they're doing.

the seller is apparently very friendly though going by his username.....

jokes aside, think the band was simply used as a backdrop for the pics. Stating the obvious.

12 October 2021, 06:04 AM	#1
MrChamfers Banned Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: USA!! Watch: ing Warriors ball Posts: 710	Rolex 1018 dial? Did Rolex make a 1018 with gold hour markers? I haven’t seen this dial variation before but it looks nice https://www.ebay.com/itm/1960s-ROLEX...-127632-2357-0

13 October 2021, 11:43 AM	#5
motoikkyu 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: PRJ Posts: 1,731	I've commented on this before, usually when folks question the originality of steel 6694s with gold indices and hands. This was very much a look at the time when the watch was made. If you look at IWCs from the same period, a HUGE number of them are stainless with silver dials, but gold indices and hands. I have no secret crystal ball to say this 1018 left the factory in this configuration, certainly the dial and hands from a 1012 or 1013 could have been swapped in, but it seems entirely reasonable, given the era, that this is proper and correct as sold. __________________ "Do you like Breitling?" "I don't know, really, I've never been Breitled"

12 October 2021, 01:10 PM	#2
MrChamfers Banned Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: USA!! Watch: ing Warriors ball Posts: 710

12 October 2021, 10:45 PM	#3
Toronto Soup King "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Real Name: Pete Location: Toronto, Canada Watch: 1016. Posts: 687	Weird. Mine are all steel. Gold markers and coronet and hands implies a TT or PM watch I thought? And my 1012/1013 markers look quite different.

13 October 2021, 12:21 AM	#4
MrChamfers Banned Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: USA!! Watch: ing Warriors ball Posts: 710	The indexes being doubled at 3 6 9 is correct too. Well it sold pretty low given the value of the movement.

13 October 2021, 02:41 PM	#6
zapokee "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Japan Posts: 4,344	Whoever chose that strap didn't think lug widths were a thing. Or spring bars. It's always a potential red flag for me when a seller clearly doesn't know what they're doing.

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