WristScan for weekend of Sept 19th & @20th is open; "Romans or Arabics"
Please submit your offerings to be judged fairly and judiciously ;-) well I actually submit with bias, but then we are NOT in a court of law!
Romans:
Arabics:
I'm excited to see what is shown this week, as a lover of Romans, my heart usually points me in that direction, but I do have a couple in the collection that are rather tasty.
Let's see your tasty treats, and remember two offerings only if possible. I know some of you will find this tricky, however I and the judges will appreciate it ;-)
Cheers,
Tim
Excellent piece, was thinking a Claifornia dial would show up somewhere...
Wasn't thinking it would be first in the thread. Well played! Both superb images.
Cheers,
Tim
Cheers,
Tim
I always enjoyed the quirkinesses of this dial
Great pictures 👍
Is there any explanation as to why they made it like this?
Is there any explanation as to why they made it like this?
I guess there is no explanation for this dial dear Christian...
... except it was designed and patented by Wildsdorf in the early days of Rolex.
They were called Error Proof Radium Dials by Rolex.
The term California is a modern term given by collectors and it is said that its origins is a California based dial restorer who specialized in restoring this type of dials.
They employed this dial on their Bubblebacks and in the first Panerai watches sent to Florence, Italy which as you know were enterely made by Rolex.
In any case I find them fascinating and in the last years have bern adopted by other brands as well.
Hagwe my friend!
Abel
Ha ha ha! You are very kind! My pleasure always my friend! Hagwe! [nt]
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Dear Abel, thank you so much
this is very interesting. I thought it was a Panerai invention. The whole Rolex Bubbleback chapter is something I hardly know anything about but I am sure it has a huge following for a very good reason.
What a wonderful advertisement you posted, btw.
HAGWE, dear Abel. It is soo nice to see you here. I was getting worried, since I couldn’t find you earlier.
Take care, dear friend.
Warmest
Regards
Christian
My big pleasure Christian!! Agree that Bubblebacks is a ...
... whole World within Rolex. An a very interesting type to specialize in.
Lots of variants references dials make for a challenging collecting type.
This type started me in watch collecting after I received as B day present a book about Rolex history and I discovered Bubblebacks which I had never heard about before.
I got a few interesting examples though my collecting interests soon changed to other frontiers. Lol!
Hagwe! Abel
I 've long wondered why that dial design was given the 'California' moniker . . .
. . . and the explanation you've just given never crossed my mind!
Thanks, Abel - very much appreciated.
Art
My big pleasure dear Art! I'm happy to share these bits of information regarding these cute little watches! Cheers! Abel [nt]
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Well played Thegrailwatch!! I thought...
... in my Cali Pam 249 to answer Tim’s call this week end.
Two great shots of a charming Panerai you show!
Hagwe! Abel
Two great shots of a charming Panerai you show!
Hagwe! Abel
This was my first time finding out that these half-roman half-arabic dials existed, very interesting! [nt]
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you've got a winning pair already Tim !
i've no roman numerals in my collection...i find it too serious personally but equally very elegant..
Best,
mahesh.,
Mahesh, you don't have to have both, if all you have are Arabics, go for it! [nt]
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I was presuming I’m the common factor across the four so I was the lovely one 😜 [nt]
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