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argh, i wrote a long post...
...but I was wrong to click page back, so i lost everything.
So, more quickly:
for me is an error to call this dial "pre-Comex".
is not pre at all, let me explain my point:
as you know very well Bill, the first batch for 5513 Comex with NO LOGO were fitted with standard serifs feet first dial...and also with no serifs, but you can't find one 5513/14 Comex NO LOGO with the so called "pre-Comex" dial.
maybe we should call it "comex graphic" instead "pre-comex" because the dial is the very same for 5513 Comex (5514 has a little bulkier buffer on the 5 letters) with LOGO.
(pic: Steve's 5514)
this dial were fitted also on the Milsubs, for me the lineup is:
MK1 - Serif dial with T
MK2 - non serif dial with T
MK3 - the topic dial, the so called pre-comex with T
(Military MK3, note the coronet)
MK4 - the same for standard civilian Maxi MK1 dial
so, to me, is wrong to call "pre-Comex" a dial fitted on 5mil case. we can find a "pre-comex" dial after the service cases up to the first Maxi dial (i mean that the pre-comex,imho, is not a maxi).
i'm not here to say how or why we should call a dial, i don't care basically, my only matter is when or not a dial is right on a case 
But the firts batch for Comex is in the range of 2.833 (like yours my friend) and the dial must be a serif feet first, or a non serif...on latter...maybe...but surely not a so called "pre-comex"
in my opinion Rolex has used this provision of dials for special supplies to Comex and Commonwealth (LOL) Milsubs, then assembled some of on the post service/forniture cases around 5mil serial.
cheers,
chris
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Rolex 5513 Maxi dial Type I AKA Pre Comex.
I guess I should start by saying I am not sure how the name “Pre Comex” has been attributed to the large lume plots of this dial so I will just call it 5513 Maxi dial. It does seem however, if it was pre Comex it would appear before the original 5513 Come...
What I never understood is why this dial is called MK 1. WWW
If we are thinking about it, MK1 should be related to the first matte dial, then the Meters First issued in 1967. But the 5513 is a great watch, Mk 1, 2, 3 or 10, it doesn't matter. A nice gilt dial and a matte one, and you have two good reasons to be hap...
MK1 in the Maxi category.
Just to separate it from all the other variations. If not we would have MK9 10,11 etc. Hard to create classification but the maxi is a particular dial. But you may be right that the other dials that came later Submariner text over the depth are maybe not ...
argh, i wrote a long post...
...but I was wrong to click page back, so i lost everything. So, more quickly: for me is an error to call this dial "pre-Comex". is not pre at all, let me explain my point: as you know very well Bill, the first batch for 5513 Comex with NO LOGO were fitte...
I agree with you. I don't think Pre Comex makes any sense.
I also agree that these maxi dials seem to be left from other military or special orders Rolex made. So the used what was left on the civilian models and I also think as you probably at service or some other request buy some person or retailer I don't kno...
Another view comparing the Rolex 5513 Comex dial to the so called maxi
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