Show me your super fat font inserts!

[linesiders]

Originally Posted by conrail

Love the one on the right, Michael. Great comparison with a skinny, service-style insert. Really shows how warm (and literally fuzzy) the original FF inserts are!

It makes me (somewhat) chuckle seeing people listing "Fat Font" inserts for sale that really are not very fat

[michel33]

Originally Posted by conrail

Love the one on the right, Michael. Great comparison with a skinny, service-style insert. Really shows how warm (and literally fuzzy) the original FF inserts are!

Do not misunderstand me, I have been fond of fat-font inserts for many years now, they are by far the nicest imho, because they give such a unique look to the watch.

As many of you, I know that is is nowadays very difficult to spot one in great shape and NOS or featuring a great patina. And that genuine ones are over-priced because of the Sellers/Internet-hype that make people believe that thin-font inserts are only service parts and are not legit for older watches of the 60/seventies era.

But the truth is that during these periods, thin-font and fat-font inserts were living together, although once again, fat font are nicer to me.

Please find hereafter a Rolex 1968 catalog picture featuring a 5513 meters-first and a 1675 Gmt. The 1675 insert is not a super-fat- font, not even a fat-font one.
The 5513 meters first Sub features a very skinny thin-font insert as you can see.




This second picture features a Rolex 1966 1675 Gilt-dial ad with a thin-font insert as well (although the pic is in black/white, one can see the difference of colour between the crown and the writing and the little Gmt hand).

[Submarino]

Originally Posted by michel33

[/B] 1675 ad with a thin-font insert as well.

Great ad!!! Thanks for sharing.

[conrail]

Interesting stuff - nice old catalog pics!

[Vincent65]

Do these qualify? (I know not super-fat!)

[jdsal]

[HRV]

Great pics