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Eunomians

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Hello sharing my BLUE DIAL NIPPLE 1680 built by YODOG.. After this was built I had YODOG at a GEN 1680 insert.. The GEN insert had a much better PIP and it had silver around the PIP not gold.. Def much nicer but cost a bunch...

SPECS
Vietnam 1680 case
SWISS 2824 MOV & CHAMP DW
REP INSERT ON PICS but added GEN after pics where taken
Ewatch 18kt BEZEL -- GEN BEZEL was 2k -worn to crap on feebay, so bought the Ewatch for about 660$
GEN NOS CROWN RLX
GEN Daytona 2-tone bracelet
DIAL-- This is interesting part.. Its def GEN NIPPLE but its believe to have been refinished at some point. Its gorgeous DIAL but has RED SUB FONTS on dial where it states 200.. Very odd... I bought DIAL thinking NOS, but got caught with my pants down- Still enjoy it!


Beautiful! I have seen Nipples with red 'sub' fonts as well. I never got the lowdown on them. I had a 16618 Nipple with a red sub font that I returned years ago because I was not sure if it was genuine. Later I picked up a 16618 watch that has what appears to be a perfect dial - and it doesn't have the red underneath. In retrospect, I suspect that these are genuine dials. I just haven't seen much info if at all about them.

Anyhow, your dial is insanely awesome! My 16618 Nipple is matte not radiant sunburst like your 16808 dial. I can only imagine what full 18k with sunburst gloss dial looks like in person. Might need a pair of dark shades to tell the time in the sunshine! :)
 

Eunomians

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Beautiful! I have seen Nipples with red 'sub' fonts as well. I never got the lowdown on them. I had a 16618 Nipple with a red sub font that I returned years ago because I was not sure if it was genuine. Later I picked up a 16618 watch that has what appears to be a perfect dial - and it doesn't have the red underneath. In retrospect, I suspect that these are genuine dials. I just haven't seen much info if at all about them.

Anyhow, your dial is insanely awesome! My 16618 Nipple is matte not radiant sunburst like your 16808 dial. I can only imagine what full 18k with sunburst gloss dial looks like in person. Might need a pair of dark shades to tell the time in the sunshine! :)
Sorry I used the wrong reference of 16808. That would be sapphire with cal. 3035. I meant 1680/8 for plexiglass and cal. 1570. I dream of owing one some fine day!
 

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Beautiful! I have seen Nipples with red 'sub' fonts as well. I never got the lowdown on them. I had a 16618 Nipple with a red sub font that I returned years ago because I was not sure if it was genuine. Later I picked up a 16618 watch that has what appears to be a perfect dial - and it doesn't have the red underneath. In retrospect, I suspect that these are genuine dials. I just haven't seen much info if at all about them.

Anyhow, your dial is insanely awesome! My 16618 Nipple is matte not radiant sunburst like your 16808 dial. I can only imagine what full 18k with sunburst gloss dial looks like in person. Might need a pair of dark shades to tell the time in the sunshine! :)
Thank you so much for this info... I was originally 100% bummed months after the build was complete after learning the FONT issue on my 1680 dial .. I did question Yodog and asked him why he did not bring this up to me when he was building the watch because he knew I paid a bunch for a gen dial... He confirm the DIAL was infact GEN but agreed with the "660" FONTS and said he has seen all type of variations throughout the years on a GEN dial... But he confirmed the color, markets, and everything else was perfect and must of been a refinished or as you stated..