Houndstooth DD dials?

[miamiclay]

I’ve seen these “houndstooth” pattern dials fairly often on DJs, but this is only the 2nd or 3rd DD one I can recall.

These would seem to be quite an unlikely target for fakers. Like Stellas, they were unpopular when released. Unlike Stellas though, they have remained unpopular ever since!

As a result, these don’t command much price premium (which seems bound to somewhat reduce the motivation for fakery).

I sorta like the look - Does anyone know if these houndstooth DD dials are indeed legit, as I expect? Anyone see any concerns about this one in particular (beyond a bit of lume damage)?

TIA!
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[Dr.Smellody]

Looks amazing.

I'm partial to the pyramid dials.

[springer]

Originally Posted by Dr.Smellody

Looks amazing.

I'm partial to the pyramid dials.

Yes, I would agree. The pyramid dials are one of my favorites.

The hounds tooth dial - not so much, but, it is not a common dial indeed.

[Incroyable12]

Are these from the '80s or '90s?

[offrdmania]

Originally Posted by Incroyable12

Are these from the '80s or '90s?

5-digit so 80s and possibly the early 90s

[CTech]

The houndstooth dials were originally fitted only to bimetallic watches and most of them went into Datejusts, with 26mm, 31mm and 36mm versions being available.

The only Day-Date that was fitted with such a dial from the factory was the bimetallic lookalike Tridor, such as this 18239:

https://www.demesy.com/rolex-preside...s-watch-18239/

They were certainly available up to about 1994, and possibly a bit later, but I'm not sure when they were removed from the Master Catalogue.

[crowncollection]

Original dial, not my favourite though


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