Can I Franken’ a new Sub?

Certainly I’ll draw ire from the purists here with this question, but I’ll risk it and ask anyway.

I LOVE blue dials, but equally HATE gold. I would love to have a steel Submariner and/or Daytona with a blue dial. Not to try to fool anyone, but just for me to enjoy.

Is it possible for a competent watchmaker to source a blue dial for either and replace the original dial on a new watch to satisfy my blasphemous urge?

Obviously I know that any watchmaker is capable of playing musical parts to franken’ any watch, but I guess my question has more to do with the ability to even GET a blue dial from the roller team.

Yes... I know I will kill the warranty and certainly devalue it/them a bit. But I want what I want.

What say the masses here?

It's your watch, you can do whatever you want. People switch out dials all the time.
Just make sure to get a dial with the same feet positions corresponding to your movement and the correct diameter of the dial.

Cal 1530 1570 1520 all have the same feet positions on the dial.
Cal 3035 and 3135 have the same feet positions on the dial.

I would go the cheaper route and get a custom dial or refinished dial because you're not trying to fool anyone.
You can source a genuine dial from Blue Rolex Model, but will be more expensive and hard to find.

So how does one go about GETTING a dial? Can anyone just order one up from Rolex?

Ha, you quoted me while I was editing my post.

It is my understanding that you need to turn in your original dial to get a replacement from Rolex. There are people who have hoarded spare parts before the above rule was implemented by Rolex, so you can find genuine dials floating around on VRM or Ebay from the hoarders.

Thank you for those replies. Honestly, keeping my original dial in a safe place is also a priority. I’m afraid to order a replacement from an online reseller, as I continually flunk the is-it-real posts here and would probably be the idiot who pays way too much for an original, only to end up with a cheap fake.

Guess I now know what my January hunting will entail.

Thank you again.

see this happen on therolexforums, not sure why you shouldnt be, some people do the mods themselves. chances are they are competent watchmakers