An 18K Grand Luxe on the bay with the owner’s name on the dial??

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They claim its from the factory as a special order… looking at the rivet marks on the back it does sort of look like it never had arrowhead markers but only the letters… there’s a lot of pics included, what do you guys think?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/155341220801

 
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What's your guess about the name? Leon Afonsoma?
 
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If my name was Noel Afonsoma I’d be all over it
 
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Nope.
But it made me think that my names total 12 letters so I could commission a new one....Nope.
 
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Huh. I would have picked the 12 o'clock position for the first letter of the first name and gone clockwise from there....
 
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Huh. I would have picked the 12 o'clock position for the first letter of the first name and gone clockwise from there....

Agreed! Maybe that’s why he left it at the factory 🤪
 
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Nope.
But it made me think that my names total 12 letters so I could commission a new one....Nope.

Damn. Mine, too. Oh no.
 
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I think N'Soma Ofaleon was a ruler somewhere back in the 50s. Must check Google later...
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I think I have it this time ,
LEON AFONSO MA
maybe a Brazilian dude.
 
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Don’t forget the possibility of initials for first or middle names…
 
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Wouldn’t it make sense that the name begins at 1? If so… Manoel Afonso would be it. A Brazilian name…
 
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Looks good to me.
Yea I had a feeling it had to be, just not something I’ve ever seen before

Wouldn’t it make sense that the name begins at 1? If so… Manoel Afonso would be it. A Brazilian name…
Yea I really, really want to know who this dude was and how he was enough of a big dog to get Omega to take his money and make this for him. I’d love to see the extract from the archive on this too.
 
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Looks OK to me, no obvious previous arrowhead marker holes, although why aren't the legs for the Ω, Omega and the ⭐︎ ground off like the letters?
 
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Wouldn’t it make sense that the name begins at 1? If so… Manoel Afonso would be it. A Brazilian name…
Damn, I think you're right.