Because those hands are Tritium (note the T < 25) on the dial at 6 O’clock. Either the seller was mistaken about the dial/hands being replaced, or these are old pictures before the replacement.
I guess it’s possible the dial was not replaced, but I read that the service dials still have the T<25 below 6 even though they are luminova. I did see the RSC papers listing the hands replacement. Maybe dial was replaced years ago when they still used Tritium?
I’ve never heard of luminova dials referring to tritium warnings. For sure the seconds hand is not tritium. Maybe the minutes one too. Hit it with a UV light and see how everything reacts and then you’ll know for sure. To me it depends on price. If the value is good that’s one thing but there is an inherent loss of value in vintage watches when things start getting replaced
Not sure what your seller is asking, but as a point of comparison, here is one from our sales section that has all its original parts.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/rolex-explorer-1016-11-999-shipped.173236/
If these are indeed the pics of the actual watch for sale (I would ask for some in daylight with an iPhone and no studio conditions) it looks like the minute and second hand have been replaced with SLN hands. Which is odd to just replace those and not all 3….very un-Rolex
You’re right! I missed that, because I was focused on the hour hand.
I would proceed with caution on this one- not for any lack of integrity by the seller but the pics are way to “polished”, colors don’t seem accurate, not enough pics for the sides, back, details. Lots of sins can be hidden by clever camera work. iPhone pics in the direct sunlight tend to be terrifyingly revealing.
If the seller wants your $10k, they can put a little work into satisfying your questions. If they don’t care to- they can find someone else. And if they have the RSC receipt, I would want to see a copy of it- with the serial # and they need to send you pics of the serial in the side of the case.
