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18 May 2019, 02:26 AM | #1 |
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Need your opinion about this 16520 dial
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My knowledge for watches is not yet good enough to know what is good and what's to avoid in the 16520 Daytona world. Here is an - oxidized - dial. Is it a nice patina or is it because of water? Or did someone put it in the oven ? Is it something to search for or to really avoid ? Many thanks for considering my request guys ! Have a nice week-end ! |
18 May 2019, 05:28 AM | #2 |
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How about a larger and better quality photo.
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The subdials have nice color but I see where the black part looks rough and oxidized. I have a w serial that almost turned a more matte than shiny color but that one In the pic looks a little like sandpaper. I wouldn’t recommend it because who knows what some did or didn’t do to it. Hard to say and better closeups would help
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18 May 2019, 05:45 AM | #5 |
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Do the "upside down 6" dials naturally oxidise?
I thought that it was the later mk4 dials which are known for this. |
18 May 2019, 05:55 AM | #6 |
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The inverted 6 can turn a light brown but the w,s, and t serial usually turn darker more like brown sugar color
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18 May 2019, 05:58 AM | #7 |
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it is a N serie which has a dial looking like sandpaper, I find it strange but need your opinions.
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18 May 2019, 06:03 AM | #8 |
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Tinypic. Com.... You can make any size pic
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18 May 2019, 01:22 PM | #9 |
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You can post much, much larger photos than the one from your first post.
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19 May 2019, 04:00 AM | #10 |
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Looks like someone tried to bake it into a Patrizzi dial and failed.
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Can you tell me which dials this range covers, presumably the upside down 6 and the version which followed it, and roughly which years this range covers please? Thanks |
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19 May 2019, 07:14 AM | #12 |
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Use a third party hosting site like imgur or the tapatalk app.
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19 May 2019, 05:36 PM | #13 |
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here it is mates
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19 May 2019, 09:37 PM | #14 |
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What’s the price? Full set?
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20 May 2019, 10:25 PM | #16 |
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My guess would be normal oxidation but hard to tell with just one pic... at that price there are more options out there
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Hard to tell what is going on here, definitely better examples out there. I would swerve
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21 May 2019, 04:09 AM | #18 |
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I don't understand this sand papier dial....Have you ever saw that kind of "patina" ?
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Yes. The gloss on the dial, lacquer or whatever it is, has deteriorated. It happens. I don't see any evidence which indicates the dial was baked or chemically altered.
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21 May 2019, 04:51 AM | #20 |
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Lighting is odd... can you request a daylight photo? Price sounds ambitious, but given the market today...
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21 May 2019, 04:55 AM | #21 |
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What serial is this watch? This appears to be a MK 3, but the fonts look off, particularly the sub-dials.
Just so you know, the 16520 dial has a thin layer of clear lacquer, and it appears that the lacquer has bubbled up on this particular watch. |
21 May 2019, 05:16 AM | #22 |
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Good to know, thank you ! About this detoriation, is it a "normal" detoriation or it shows an issue of waterproof, etc...
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21 May 2019, 05:27 AM | #23 |
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Fonts look fine to me on the subdials
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