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26 March 2024, 03:54 AM | #1 |
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Vintage lume question
Hello guys, vintage is not my area of expertise and so I need your help, does this lume looks correct for a vintage Submariner 16800?
or is it a bad relume job? or even water damage somehow?
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26 March 2024, 04:18 AM | #2 |
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The photo is very blurry and distorted, so I don't want to draw firm conclusions. However, if the lume is actually spilling out of the markers, then it is probably not original.
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26 March 2024, 06:05 AM | #3 |
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An amateur relumed it. Very poor attempt at reluming the markers and hands.
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26 March 2024, 12:14 PM | #4 |
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Vintage lume question
Is this a painting, maybe a modern art masterpiece of a Rolex Watch?
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26 March 2024, 11:12 PM | #5 |
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Most probably a terrible relume job, could even be a redial, worst a fake dial.
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26 March 2024, 11:28 PM | #6 |
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As above, clearly relumed. By the mid-'80s, Rolex lume precision was a lot better than, say, the '60s, when you did see some sloppy applications.
Here's my '86 Sub for comparison. |
28 March 2024, 06:39 AM | #7 |
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Thanks guys, appreciate the infos.
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28 March 2024, 07:12 AM | #8 |
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Did you buy the watch or were looking?
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