Explore amanico's collection of five vintage Rolex GMT-Master watches, including references 6542 and 1675. Discover the nuances of gilt dials, crown guards, and rare variants.
Explore the Rolex GMT-Master I ref. 1675 gilt dial from 1966. Discover its aviation history, gilt dial nuances, and the transition to matte dials in vintage Rolex collecting.
I tend to see 5 as a cutoff for me. 5 is ok. It's when it starts getting to 10 and over. For a radium watch, your 6542 emits low gamma. Yet another example of Rolex using different types of radium.
I believe Rolex used a number of differen types of radium compositions when they made these pre-tritium dials. I think not only did they use different radium compounds (which is documented) but also they varied teh amount of radium applied to each dial (a...
Yes your right from what I've heard After the Radium radiation scare, ROLEX recalled many 6542 to rectify the problems quietly. Part of the processes taken was to relume the Bakelite with weak Pm147 or Tritium lumes. Pm147 has been around from the 50's so...
.....there is plenty of Rolex documentation showing not only different compounds but also that they applied these compunds in different amounts. Just these two facts alone make it scientifically impossible to validate authenticity by using just a geiger. ...
I haven't had it serviced at rolex It's been serviced running flawlessly Have been thinking about putting it into Rolex but don't want it to come back with any service parts lol Service paper would be a nice thing to add!