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Old 24 October 2023, 06:04 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by miamiclay View Post
In Ye Olde Times, before Rolex swallowed up almost all of their suppliers, the dials and hands often came from two different suppliers who might use different lume formulas, so mismatched lume was very common. These days though, I wouldn’t expect this from a new watch.

Only you can decide whether having slightly brighter hands in the predawn hours is worth a twelve-hour (!) round trip drive - If the lumes’ colors don’t look mismatched in daylight, it would not be worth it to me (especially with no guarantee that new hands will be any better of a match).
Correct dials are still made in 3 different factories but now all owned by Rolex,and firm called Aiguilles makes all the watch hands for all Rolex models.
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