Is this dial original?

[skydweller_sg]

I am not into vintage, but interesting to see the tritium dots positioned in a haphazard manner
can someone explain

[smartyjones18]

I believe that it could be becos the tritium dots were hand applied
A perfectly placed dot would sit clearly showing 3 lines on the left and 3 lines on the right leaving a faint fourth line on both sides of the dot . It wasnt something which was of utmost importance as the difference is just probably 0.001mm...
This effect could be "worsened" due to a relume and thisdial does look relumed.

I am certainly not a vintage Rolex expert as all but i have owned and seen quite a few older tritium dials on daydates and datejusts.
i realise that the tritium dot is almost never 100% precise and perfect.
For this dial, it simply shows up more prominently due to the small tiny sweep second markers

I guess that makes up part of the intrigue in owning a Vintage rolex!

For anyone who owns a 70s datejust or daydate reading this, go and scrutinise the tritium dot on your watch, the likelihood is that a few dots would be "out of place" by a very very small margin.

Talking about this tritium dot, I've got 2 1803 having the same defect. (Both verified original by RSC)

[Alexlow]

Actually cleaning cloths like this may not necessarily be fake, could be very old ones.

In fact, i would not say even say that this cloth is fake until i see the whole piece.
I had an old cleaning cloth with green Rolexprint and green border piping made of a somewhat similar material

I have the same cloth too but texture and print quality is different. But then again, it could be due to washing of the cloth and I don't think it make much commercial sense to produce fake Rolex cloth. You could be right.

[smartyjones18]

I have the same cloth too but texture and print quality is different. But then again, it could be due to washing of the cloth and I don't think it make much commercial sense to produce fake Rolex cloth. You could be right.

Wow, that's serious business getting the cloth involved in the discussion.

[smartyjones18]

The underside of the dial

[Alexlow]

Wow, that's serious business getting the cloth involved in the discussion.

That's part of the fun of watch collecting especially vintages. It's a never ending learning journey.

[smartyjones18]

Think the pricing is imaterial now as this dial is already in my drawer, can't do anything even Kenna chopped. Better learn to appreciate it.

[bingnan]

is that rolex towel ? original ?

[R99]

how to tell man. The person copying to make a fake dial will try it look almost 100% alike to an original one.
Like fake Mercury and real Mercury iphone cases.
Can't differentiate on photo.

[minimerc]

looks original. dial is original but could be refinished. even if refinished, it is a very very good job.

scoc slightly lower than normal. T swiss T generally shd be more aligned with the sub min markers but I have seen other variations too.

[jasonpham]

that trueeeeee bro