Explorer II 16570 Dial Font Spacing

[aereed89]

I recently purchased an F-serial (2004/2005) 16570. I noticed that the font spacing for “Oyster Perpetual Date” seems a bit unusual. The words are significantly wider apart than other images I’ve found online. I’ve only been able to find 1 other watch online with similar spacing, also an F-serial.

I’ve attached a couple of images, apologies for the zoom and quality. My question for the community: Was this a limited dial run Rolex did? Has anyone seen anything similar? I noticed a number of dial variations on the 16570, but this one seems especially unusual.

Thanks!

[e dantes]

Seems consistent with my F serial. Sorry for the photo quality.




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[subtona]

And?

Looks like an explorer can’t say I give any weight to the letters beyond their authenticity.

[aereed89]

Originally Posted by e dantes

Seems consistent with my F serial. Sorry for the photo quality.

Thanks! I did some digging and I think it’s an 03/04 dial variant unique to the F-series.

[DramaTurtle]

Roelx fonts are always weird. It's real.

[aereed89]

Originally Posted by DramaTurtle

Roelx fonts are always weird. It's real.

Thanks. Not concerned about authenticity as much as provenance of the dial, but I guess it’s just an unusual one.

[Tools]

Here is one of mine, a P-serial prefix..

You can see that this one has a slightly different Serif font, so the spacing is closer to cover the same breadth.

[Chester01]

There are always subtle variations in these dials. My 2014 happens to be one of the Daytona’s where with a gap between the g and a in chronograph.

[sillo]

As some have already pointed out subtle dial variations usually occur throughout productin runs. The other F serial posted has identical spacing. Here's another F serial I found on HQ Milton.

[red1108nyc]

V serial here. Looks to be about the same?

[Saaci]

Here’s a Y serial (2002?). To my eye the spacing on the above V serial looks smaller than the F and more similar to my (earlier) Y.




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[thisship]

it's definitely spaced different but looks legit

[aereed89]

Perhaps we need a colloquial name for these F-series variants. Maybe a “wide-words” Explorer?

[Saaci]

Non-serif


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[drhlau]

I just bought a F serial Polar Explorer 2 this week as well. I was concerned the spacing for the "Date" looked a little "off" but after reading these posts, I am now assured there is nothing to worry about. Thanks folks!