I have been shopping around for genuine dials on ebay for my upcoming clean 126234 purchase. The most affordable option comes from a seller in UAE "watchpartsone" claiming his dials are genuine "NEW" examples. He is also selling multiple of them. Items linked below:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/296128907217?hash=item44f2a887d1:g:IREAAOSw4ZtlZbVm (watchpartsone silver dial)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294714133945?hash=item449e54cdb9:g:J~4AAOSwXpth3UJ4 (watchpartsone black dial)
I compared this to another seller in NY, "Brilliant Timepiece NYC"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335165687766?hash=item4e096e87d6:g:xuwAAOSwOsNk~zEs (Brilliant Timepiece NYC silver dial)
Now the watchpartsone silver dial appears to be champagne colored but this could simply be the lighting and camera, however on the rear of his dials the etching of the rolex part number is extremely crisp and clear with an anodized looking metal finish. Brilliant Timepiece's photos show a very different backside to his dial with a more raw metal coloring, rough etching of part number. Upon close examination, both dial backsides look like they have end mill tool marks ending in some of the same spots which is promising because I'm not sure a replica dial would have cnc tool paths this close, but again I'm ignorant on the matter. The part numbers are also slightly different, so perhaps this is a matter of what year they were produced?
Is there a surefire way to tell whose is genuine? I messaged watchpartsone asking if he had any evidence that his dials were genuine rolex parts and received no response. Any advice is appreciated before I bite the bullet on one of these dials. Thanks!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/296128907217?hash=item44f2a887d1:g:IREAAOSw4ZtlZbVm (watchpartsone silver dial)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294714133945?hash=item449e54cdb9:g:J~4AAOSwXpth3UJ4 (watchpartsone black dial)
I compared this to another seller in NY, "Brilliant Timepiece NYC"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335165687766?hash=item4e096e87d6:g:xuwAAOSwOsNk~zEs (Brilliant Timepiece NYC silver dial)
Now the watchpartsone silver dial appears to be champagne colored but this could simply be the lighting and camera, however on the rear of his dials the etching of the rolex part number is extremely crisp and clear with an anodized looking metal finish. Brilliant Timepiece's photos show a very different backside to his dial with a more raw metal coloring, rough etching of part number. Upon close examination, both dial backsides look like they have end mill tool marks ending in some of the same spots which is promising because I'm not sure a replica dial would have cnc tool paths this close, but again I'm ignorant on the matter. The part numbers are also slightly different, so perhaps this is a matter of what year they were produced?
Is there a surefire way to tell whose is genuine? I messaged watchpartsone asking if he had any evidence that his dials were genuine rolex parts and received no response. Any advice is appreciated before I bite the bullet on one of these dials. Thanks!
