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So did you buy it?For these two things do you judge a bad quadrant, without having seen any actual QC?? ....Bah....
So did you buy it?For these two things do you judge a bad quadrant, without having seen any actual QC?? ....Bah....
Yes, if you think I was too quick to judge the beautiful quadrante (dial).Should I have bought it?
Yes, if you think I was too quick to judge the beautiful quadrante (dial).
If I do, I'll write to you .... thank you for your interest !!!!
I was doing a little research into the black and diamond dial 116519LN from BTF, and I found something strange... There appears to be a discrepancy between the details of the watch between different TD sites. Also, it appears that BTF screwed up the Au750 stamp on the caseback.
On TrustyTime, the crown has three dots of the same size. This is correct for steel, but incorrect for white gold. Puretime shows pics with the correct small-big-small dot pattern.
But the biggest WTF moment I found was related to the stamps on the caseback. The correct caseback stamp for this model is Au750 which means 75% Gold... On Puretime the caseback shows a stamp of simply 750 without the Au prefix. But on TrustyTime the caseback pic shows PT950 which is doubly wrong. It's first wrong because this model is white gold not Platinum, and it's secondly wrong because the correct marking for platinum Daytonas is Pt950 (lower case "t").
I kind of amazes me that factories can go to such lengths to get microscopic details correct and then mess up on something so obvious as a stamp... I get that this might be a harder mistake to correct -- the stamps aren't machined or laser engraved, they are actually stamped (or at least it looks like it), and as such BTF would need to get new stamp tooling made, and maybe the person on case finishing duty doesn't read/write a language that uses Latin script so PT950 looks the same as Pt950. But It's hard to believe that somebody, even somebody who doesn't read or write a western language would think Au750 and 750 are "close enough".
Sigh... and now I wait for v2.
the Au750 or 750 could it change depending when the watch was built at the factory? This one is only 750 written
https://www.chrono24.ca/rolex/rolex-cosmograph-daytona--id23494307.htm
The detail is in the back, it will not be a problem since you dont wear it opposite.
But if you want to pass this watch and said its gen to your friend, then they will find out about the weight is lighter than white gold first, before they pay attention on the detail.
You have good eyes sir. But its not a problem at all if you dont try to act your rep watch is gen.
Just enjoy the hobby and dont mind the details that nobody cant even see it when you wear it.
and lets wait more real picts before we decide anything.
My approved QC pics…I was doing a little research into the black and diamond dial 116519LN from BTF, and I found something strange... There appears to be a discrepancy between the details of the watch between different TD sites. Also, it appears that BTF screwed up the Au750 stamp on the caseback.
On TrustyTime, the crown has three dots of the same size. This is correct for steel, but incorrect for white gold. Puretime shows pics with the correct small-big-small dot pattern.
But the biggest WTF moment I found was related to the stamps on the caseback. The correct caseback stamp for this model is Au750 which means 75% Gold... On Puretime the caseback shows a stamp of simply 750 without the Au prefix. But on TrustyTime the caseback pic shows PT950 which is doubly wrong. It's first wrong because this model is white gold not Platinum, and it's secondly wrong because the correct marking for platinum Daytonas is Pt950 (lower case "t").
…pics…
I kind of amazes me that factories can go to such lengths to get microscopic details correct and then mess up on something so obvious as a stamp... I get that this might be a harder mistake to correct -- the stamps aren't machined or laser engraved, they are actually stamped (or at least it looks like it), and as such BTF would need to get new stamp tooling made, and maybe the person on case finishing duty doesn't read/write a language that uses Latin script so PT950 looks the same as Pt950. But It's hard to believe that somebody, even somebody who doesn't read or write a western language would think Au750 and 750 are "close enough".
Sigh... and now I wait for v2.
On TrustyTime, the crown has three dots of the same size. This is correct for steel, but incorrect for white gold. Puretime shows pics with the correct small-big-small dot pattern.
And btw. it always confused me why ROLEX doesn't use unique identifier codes ... I mean these are all 116519LN ... okay, all WG with Oysterflex, but the dials are very different: