I know vintage dials can be a combination of "swiss", "swiss made" and various "T's", but that one ?
dash swiss made dash? Have such dials actually existed or it is simply a redial?
Thanks
To be clear, too: those are (I believe) onyx markers; that seems the most common way the chronometer-grade 166.010s came, from what I've seen (though I'm happy to be corrected).
To be clear, too: those are (I believe) onyx markers; that seems the most common way the chronometer-grade 166.010s came, from what I've seen (though I'm happy to be corrected).
It means late productions of 024. Black painted hour markers.
Expanding on OP's question, do these "dash" versions signify anything in particular, or just aesthetically added? (And bonus question, what's the chance the dial on this 18kt Genève is solid gold/onyx markers? I'm strangely attracted...)
The way I always heard it, and I don't remember how/when/from whom, but it was probably here, was that Ts on both sides meant lume on the dial and hands, and - on both sides meant lume on either the hands or the dial but not both. That's one way how I know my 168.017 isn't right, it's got Ts on both sides but nary a scrap of lume anywhere.
The way I always heard it, and I don't remember how/when/from whom, but it was probably here, was that Ts on both sides meant lume on the dial and hands, and - on both sides meant lume on either the hands or the dial but not both. That's one way how I know my 168.017 isn't right, it's got Ts on both sides but nary a scrap of lume anywhere.
The way I always heard it, and I don't remember how/when/from whom, but it was probably here, was that Ts on both sides meant lume on the dial and hands, and - on both sides meant lume on either the hands or the dial but not both. That's one way how I know my 168.017 isn't right, it's got Ts on both sides but nary a scrap of lume anywhere.
Having one or two Ts is most likely a stylistic choice
I don’t like to spread misinformation so I did some sleuthing. On page 4 of Desmond’s essay about fake Constellation dials and cases, he states in an annotated graphic (and I paraphrase here) that no lume on the dial and hands negates the double T printing.
Troels isnt suggesting otherwise, just that omega would choose one or two Ts on a whim, it doesn’t signify anything particular. As you suggest, a watch with no lume at all should never have a T mark. But the reverse isn’t always true, a tritium lumed Omega might not have any T marks. They do like to keep collectors confused!
