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29 August 2021, 11:59 AM | #1 |
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Meteorite Dials - Slice v. Slab?
It has been pointed out to me that the New York Times’ “T” magazine of August 22 contains, on page 102, the following:
“Rolex, the Swiss watchmaker, has used meteorite for its dials in the past, backing thin slices of it with brass, but now, the company has reimagined its iconic Cosmograph Daytona with a face made from a solid slab of chemically treated fallen star.” (Emphasis added) Is the new Meteorite Daytona dial indeed a “solid slab,” while all prior meteorite dials are mere thin slices? Seems very unlikely to me, but otoh, what do I know? |
29 August 2021, 12:34 PM | #2 |
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One man’s slice is another man’s slab.
Haven’t seen that article, but imagine they are just slicing it thicker vs. using a thinner slice with a backing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
29 August 2021, 01:33 PM | #3 |
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The comment you shared from that article is a bit of hyperbole. I can’t comment on the lack of a brass dial plate but I do know that the thickness can’t be slab like. Just slightly more meteorite doesn’t really matter if it is true.
The space allotted to the dial dictates that a meteorite-alone dial couldn’t be any thicker than the combined thickness of earlier meteorite & brass dials. Maybe @Bas has seen some Rolex knowledge base tech bulletin on the new Daytona meteorite dial. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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I think this change can be entirely attributed to the sub-dials. Previously, the sub-dials were also meteorite, but clearly not from the same piece, so there had to be some kind of backing (in order to have the main dial and sub-dial inlays). Now the sub-dials are painted black, so they can be applied atop a single piece of meteorite.
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Thanks Bas - much appreciated.
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Interesting..
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Thanks all!
It’s weird, I wonder what made them think there had been any change in the meteorite dials. |
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Well there’s been one obvious change: as I noted above, the sub-dials used to also be pieces of meteorite. Not sure what that’s done to overall construction but with the previous layout it has to be multiple pieces addicted to a backing.
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In the end same thing…
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Thank you much appreciated .
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