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  1. miramogge Feb 6, 2020

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  2. Dan S Feb 6, 2020

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    If you are interested in learning, this site is a great start:
    https://gmtmaster1675.com/matte-dials/

    The OP dial looks fakety fake fake. Just look at the lopsided coronet. Where is the SWISS?
     
  3. miramogge Feb 6, 2020

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    So it’s not just the poor quality photos then on eBay :-/
    That is a very good site. That site helped me out big time when the chance came up to buy my mk0.
     
  4. ericjasman Feb 9, 2020

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    I don't even see the Swiss made text which should be the obvious indicator it's probably not real.
     
  5. cvalue13 Feb 9, 2020

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    The listing has a few better pics of the dial (here juxtaposed next to another dial from roughly the same era/a known pointed crown).

    59E54FE7-3C0F-40DA-B0D6-77BF00EB7E32.jpeg F53D06AA-761B-40A5-B3B6-491BF1F05842.jpeg 3540FD57-1265-4AA1-ACAC-AD54E3AB66C9.jpeg 5A0E89E9-62B8-48F6-B104-72FAD337C889.jpeg

    Now, I’m not a Rolex expert, and vintage Rolex dials have seemingly endless minor variations between and even within model irritations, AND photographs of dials taken under less than ideal conditions or with sub-par equipment can have various distorting effects on how the white-on-black typeface appears in a photo (like a xerox of a xerox of a xerox), but...