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Authenticity on this Daytona dial

GuiltyGear
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Hi all. I got this loose Daytona dial together with a bunch of other parts. Not knowing much about Rolex in general, I find it hard to tell if it's authentic or a fake/replica. What I noticed by checking similar dials on sale, is that all of them had a Rolex stamp or some other inscription in the back. This one has nothing.

I'd really appreciate an opinion, so I can trash it if it's a fake.
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Barking mad
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It is real and what is called an inverted 6 dial. As the six on the hour sub register is upside down.
 
Canuck
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These dials on the real thing, have applied markers, each of which has two posts on the underside which each fit into two tiny holes in the dial. These tiny posts then are riveted on the underside of the dial. I am not seeing any evidence of these posts on the underside of the dial. I am suspect!

Edited to add, if the dial is greatly enlarged, these tiny holes DO show. So I guess you can say I don’t know about this dial.
 
GuiltyGear
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@Barking mad thanks for the input. I didn't have that much confidence in it being real, so that's a pleasant surprise.

@Canuck I can see two posts for, I believe, each applied marker, if I 100% zoom on the photo of the underside.

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nkhandekar
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Canuck Canuck
These dials on the real thing, have applied markers, each of which has two posts on the underside which each fit into two tiny holes in the dial. These tiny posts then are riveted on the underside of the dial. I am not seeing any evidence of these posts on the underside of the dial. I am suspect!

Edited to add, if the dial is greatly enlarged, these tiny holes DO show. So I guess you can say I don’t know about this dial.
My 60 year old eyes can see the applied index posts on the verso with no trouble.
 
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