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Gilt is it not supposed to be black dial with golden hands (if I am not mistaken) ? Regardless, very nice watch !
Who else is wearing a gilt dial today?
Just amazing how pretty these dials were made back then. Have a nice weekend! ...
Lovely looking vintage watch that one.
I love the name “Flying Dutchman”. Looks like you’re doomed to sail the seas for eternity.😉 Regards Kev.
Thank you very much,
I really fell in love with this model. The Marvin Flying Dutchman was to the Dutch KLM what the Universal Geneve Polerouter was to the Scandinavian SAS, so it has a really cool backstory as well. The fact that it is still under the radar and an incredibly...
Just found another one? Maybe yours?
Photos from the internet. From this link, might be of interest: Cheers, Dirk ...
Thank you for the pics and the link,
the pictures show a slightly different dial variation without the silver hour index markers that mine has. I have only seen these markers on white sunray dials and these seem to be a lot more common than the black dials. For what is worth, on the second p...
Exactly, the term "Gilt Dial" has nothing to do with the hands
and is a bit misleading as there is no gold involved in the process. It is a technique where the actual markers, fonts, etc. are first printed in a clear laquer on the brass base of the dial and afterwards the dial is electroplated in black where the laqu...
Wow this is a fantastic watch.
I love these design elements. What is this reference please?
Unfortunately I don't know,
there is only one long number engraved between the lugs and I have no idea which part is the serial- and which the reference-number. There is nearly zero information on the web about these watches apart from the omegaforums thread linked above and this bl...