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  1. bloomy Dec 17, 2018

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    I picked this up recently on a whim due to the dial...I just thought it looked like a white ranchero dial w/o the ranchero text. I suspected it was radium and upon receipt a geiger counter reads 7.3 uSv/h. The dial is marked swiss made under six marker. I haven't personally opened the case due to it being radium but the seller said inside caseback was 14713-61. I suspect this is a franken and this dial was matched with the case and movement but I do not know.

    Has anyone seen the same reference with a similar dial? Is this dial from another reference?

    I can provide more photos if needed.

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  2. X350 XJR Vintage Omega Aficionado Dec 17, 2018

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    The un-lumed stick hands certainly don't go with the dial.
     
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  3. gemini4 Hoarder Of Speed et alia Dec 17, 2018

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    Looks like a Ranchero who left the farm for the sterile city.
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    Seriously, appears to be a superb white Ranchero type dial. CPM reading is indicative of very little lume loss.
    Certainly doesn’t belong in that watch. I wonder if the Swiss Made aligns with a Ranchero?
     
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  4. bloomy Dec 19, 2018

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    I am going to have watchmaker take a look. The current watch has a cal 269, I think a dial could be interchangeable with a cal 267 but I am not positive. The dial looks pretty flawless to the naked eye.

    Here is a pic of the swiss made...best I can get w/ case.
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    Just another random pic
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  5. gemini4 Hoarder Of Speed et alia Dec 19, 2018

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    I think it a match
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  6. gemini4 Hoarder Of Speed et alia Dec 19, 2018

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    Nice find
    Very early Ranchero :D
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  7. KingCrouchy Dec 20, 2018

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  8. bloomy Dec 20, 2018

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    Thanks, now the hunt for some 2990 broad arrow hands begins.
     
  9. felsby I don't see any option in settings or profile Sep 22, 2019

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    Did you find a pair of new hands?