Explorer 6610 with service dial/hands (OR not?)

Hi everyone,

I'm considering to buy this Explorer 6610 locally.

It's a 6610 (case and movement) and the seller tells me that the dial and hands are (original Rolex) service replacements. Based on the famous explorer1016 website, the dial would correspond to a Mark 2 matte dial of the 1016. The watch basically doesn't have any radioactivity (measured with a Geiger counter) and I don't see any lume reaction under a UV lamp.

Does it look legit -as in: as described-, or am I missing any red flags?

Personally, I can live with the service dial/hands (and the slight mismatch in lume colour) if they are Rolex-made the price is right. I know it won't be a proper collector's watch, but I can't afford one of those.

The movement definitely needs a service. It runs at about +50s/d, with high beat error (4.8ms) and low amplitude (204, fully wound).

Thanks and best,
CK

Dear @Dan S ,

thank you very much for your reply!!

I took the photos myself with a phone camera and through a 5x loupe. This is as good as I can get it. What you describe is true and it's not a distortion. And you are right that it seems thicker and a bit less precise than the pictures I find on explorer1016. Then again, the details like the diagonal serif on the E in Rolex and the top dash in the first E in Explorer being a bit shorter (and longer in the second E) are all correct. I don't know about the variation in printing at the period. But maybe I really just WANT it to be fine and need to accept that it isn't...

I went through my photos again and below is the best shot I have of the logo etc.

If (you think that) the dial isn't an original factory service dial, I certainly won't be going for the watch.

Buying an original service dial is another mine field. Furthermore, this watch has a 1030 movement and I'd assume that the position of the dial feet needs to be different from a normal 15xx service dial. So it wouldn't be a simple swap.