dial/font variations

[venkman]

hi i have been looking at recent 36 mm explorers, the 114270 and have noticed that some seem to have slightly different fonts:

a different shaped "O" in the word explorer on the dial, some are very round and others ore more oval shaped, is it normal for this variation within the same model reference?

grateful for any expert help or knowledge

[padi56]

Originally Posted by venkman

hi i have been looking at recent 36 mm explorers, the 114270 and have noticed that some seem to have slightly different fonts:

a different shaped "O" in the word explorer on the dial, some are very round and others ore more oval shaped, is it normal for this variation within the same model reference?

grateful for any expert help or knowledge

Over the years there have been many slight font changes on all Rolex watches. But with todays use of lupe high magnifaction they are noticed more by the average WIS type.

[venkman]

thank you ever so much for taking the time to reply padi56


of the watches i have been looking at i have noticed this difference in some explorers made very close together, in the same year, most with very round "o"'s and some with the narrower oval type. is this still normal?

i can try to find some pictures to illustrate what if that would help, what i'm talking about is not looking with a loupe, just normal looking

thanks

[cop414]

Yes, there are 3 dial variations that I know of just with the 14060M Submariner, this with the 4 line version alone. Other models have the same kind of variations.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by venkman

thank you ever so much for taking the time to reply padi56


of the watches i have been looking at i have noticed this difference in some explorers made very close together, in the same year, most with very round "o"'s and some with the narrower oval type. is this still normal?

i can try to find some pictures to illustrate what if that would help, what i'm talking about is not looking with a loupe, just normal looking

thanks

Afraid with any Rolex all you can get with any serial or clasp stamp is just a approx year when the case/clasp was stamped this is not always when it was made.Plus many serials overlap in the same time frame,again with pictures you see on the net,some might have slightly different viewing angles and magnifaction. Although the Explorer is not the fastest sellers over the years there have been many tiny font changes same for most all other Rolex models.