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18238: "T Swiss Made T" no lume dial?
I'm not on the market for this watch but it popped up in my EBay feed and something caught my eye: It appears to have no lume, and also bears the "T Swiss Made T" marking.
Can anyone explain? Were they for the Japanese market? This is just my idle curiosity. (Admittedly, I really like the look and the clean gaps.) |
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"No lume" dials with "T" markings are a thing. Without photos, we can't say much about the specific watch you're referring to.
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It looks like the lume markers are present - they are just almost washed out be the white of the dial and the photo.
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It’s there - look at the end of the baton above the V a little lume plot. Same at the end of every baton. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Added an image. What's the backstory on the no lume dials with "T" markings? Were they only made for a certain period in history, or are they still available as service dials?
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Yeah. Are there gold baton dials like that that never had lume? I really like the look. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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Dial has very white lume that’s hard to see.
But T SWISS T or T SWISS MADE T dials exist with or without lume on the dial, but typically will have lume hands.
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Thanks. Was this random, or were the lume-less T dials sold for specific time periods and/or in specific markets? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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Japan doesn’t like tritium - so some markets definitely had dials made for those type of restrictions. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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