14270 series question. Titrium vs lume

[rmfn33]

I am looking to get a 14270 preferably with a titrium dial and I just came across a listing on hqmilton that is confusing me a little.

I would post a link to the site but I don’t have enough posts yet.

The model is inventory number A3048 in the site.

Here is what it says in the note on the site
; “Excellent glossy black 3, 6, 9 The dial says Tritium, it is actually Luminova. U serial was a transition between the two.”

They are saying even though the dial has the T Swiss notifier on it. The U series which was around 97-98 I believe actually used lume? Is this correct. The dial in these are incorrect?

If anyone has a solid breakdown of each series letter and any good notes on them that would be very helpful.

Thank you so much!


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[kegan]

I have a U serial 16600 that is luminova marked tritium if that helps at all.

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Originally Posted by rmfn33

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They are saying even though the dial has the T Swiss notifier on it. The U series which was around 97-98 I believe actually used lume? Is this correct. The dial in these are incorrect?

If anyone has a solid breakdown of each series letter and any good notes on them that would be very helpful.

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Rolex never did anything by serial number - the letter is just a digit, it doesn't represent any sort of "series" or attribute.

It is well known that during the Luminova switchover years, Rolex used already printed tritium dials with Luminova paint.

[rmfn33]

Thanks for the feedback! this really helped