881101/03 - US dial?

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Radius321

·Dec 8, 2024

anyone ever heard of 881101/03s for the US market not having Swiss T under the 6oclock subdial

Thank you in advance

 

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Tohz

·Dec 8, 2024

Can you provide us with pictures of such a dial?

 

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Florent

·Dec 8, 2024

A picture would help indeed

 

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Radius321

·Dec 8, 2024

Florent

A picture would help

 

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Florent

·Dec 8, 2024

The dial looks original to my eyes, but I've never seen this particular design without the 'Swiss' mark at the bottom. It could potentially be an exception, but there's also a possibility that it has been cleaned or altered, as part of the 'V' in 'Universal'.

 

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Tohz

·Dec 8, 2024

I agree - the dial appears original, but it seems that the "Swiss T" marking may have either been cleaned off or has deteriorated over time. 31 seems to exhibit a similar issue.

 

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southtexas

·Dec 9, 2024

looks good from here, but obvously the lack of swiss t is odd. But is it any more or less odd than those dials missing the "tri compax" words? I guess my point is these folks weren't exactly known for their consistency in this era.