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Color change vs tropical.

 

Tropical is a generic term to describe a wide range of dial changes from what could be termed damaged through road tar up to a pristine dials that have even color. It is almost like diamond grading as the quality goes up so does the price. I use the term color change when describing a pristine dial that has color ranging from dark chocolate to caramel. Tropical dials for me describe the more exotic range in more generic terms. It's like crackled dial vs crazed. The crackle dial sometimes called spider is a dial that has cracks all over the dial. I don't like the term spider dial because it is pitched as more expensive, as if rare,  to charge more money. When it comes to crazed dial they are like tropical at the lower end you have damaged dial with lacquer peeling of up to dial who's crazing need to be viewed with a loop that is the high end.


Just my personal observations.

Bill

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Rolex 1675 gilt chocolate color change chapter ring.

 
By: Bill : March 14th, 2015-18:58
It is time to enjoy some dark chocolate. This is a very pleasant 1675 color change dial the a perfectly even chocolate color. Enjoy the weekend Bill...  

Another beauty, Bill. You make people want to bite into this dial!

 
By: amanico : March 14th, 2015-23:48
And you make me want to go to Bank and take mine! Chocolate on chocolate: ...  

Ah, what a GMT!

 
By: Anatol : March 15th, 2015-02:33
Bill, that one looks just great: case, dial and overall patina just look fantastic! Enjoy!

Color change dial are really wonderful

 
By: Bill : March 15th, 2015-07:43
And the gold text glows like diamonds sparkling in the sun. ...  

Aahhh.. What a nice specimen !.. The Choc dial goes so well w the faded bezel/insert.. :))

 
By: hs111 : March 15th, 2015-03:39
.. As always a pleasure to look at ! Your repository of variants/ models is sheer close to unbelievable. Thx for this weekend share ! Best, hs

A labor of love to track down these beauty's

 
By: Bill : March 15th, 2015-07:45
The opportunities arise when you are at the right place at the right time and the collector in front of you is making a move from one piece to another. And that is how we get lucky.

Not all browns are created equal

 
By: Le Monde Edmond : March 15th, 2015-13:07
There are so many shades of brown. Light brown. Caramel type brown. Dark brown to almost black. Chocolate brown like yours. I think your brown shade is the most beautiful of all. It really contrasts the best with the white writing. This is the brown that ... 

I'm dribbling !!!

 
By: johnnya : March 15th, 2015-14:09
Love it Bill As I do all your watches I really admire your taste Regards John

I know you are a fan of these color change dials.

 
By: Bill : March 17th, 2015-07:55
I will have to take some group shots to enjoy the color variants. Bill

Superbly nice chocolate dial Bill...

 
By: shou.biao.kuang : March 21st, 2015-12:57
You sure have a super neat collection of vintage Rollies :) BTW Bill, think I might have asked this in the other thread before. Any idea how come some tropical dials faded to a smooth-face brown coloured dial like yours whilst others looks like road tar b... 

Color change vs tropical.

 
By: Bill : March 21st, 2015-15:09
Tropical is a generic term to describe a wide range of dial changes from what could be termed damaged through road tar up to a pristine dials that have even color. It is almost like diamond grading as the quality goes up so does the price. I use the term ...