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Old 29 April 2020, 07:26 AM   #1
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Gone lighter and brighter ...
On day whatever-number it is, of this ... pause, time to shift from German dark to Spanish light.
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Old 29 April 2020, 07:36 AM   #2
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Old 29 April 2020, 07:47 AM   #3
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That is a beautiful transition.
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Old 29 April 2020, 08:05 AM   #4
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Man that dial is crazy, is it pink?

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Old 29 April 2020, 09:05 AM   #5
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Man that dial is crazy, is it pink?
It’s (very) white, it’s a stone dial called cacholong, a type of white opal
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Old 29 April 2020, 09:18 AM   #6
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Wow!! This is awesome and so cool.
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Old 29 April 2020, 09:20 AM   #7
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Old 29 April 2020, 09:31 AM   #8
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Okay. Now this is really beautiful
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Old 29 April 2020, 09:32 AM   #9
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Nice. I never saw that model.
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Old 29 April 2020, 09:34 AM   #10
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Old 29 April 2020, 09:36 AM   #11
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You possess some very unique watches, very nice!
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Old 29 April 2020, 09:38 AM   #12
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Wow, very classic!
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Old 29 April 2020, 10:04 AM   #13
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Nice pair of DayDates!

Feels like the vintage dials have much more character than the current iterations.
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Old 29 April 2020, 10:06 AM   #14
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What is the dial on the right called?
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Old 29 April 2020, 11:59 AM   #16
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Old 29 April 2020, 04:31 PM   #17
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Old 29 April 2020, 06:15 PM   #18
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On day whatever-number it is, of this ... pause, time to shift from German dark to Spanish light.
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Old 29 April 2020, 06:24 PM   #19
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Very nice pair.

I see T Swiss T on the black dial.

Is there Tritium?
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Old 29 April 2020, 06:30 PM   #20
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Old 29 April 2020, 10:41 PM   #21
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Old 29 April 2020, 11:04 PM   #22
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Great picture! Can't decide which one I prefer.
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Old 29 April 2020, 11:42 PM   #23
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It’s (very) white, it’s a stone dial called cacholong, a type of white opal
Amazing, yeah its white potch stone, I've seen this before.

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Old 30 April 2020, 01:29 AM   #24
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Old 30 April 2020, 02:31 AM   #25
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Old 30 April 2020, 06:32 AM   #26
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Thanks for all the gracious comments - The white Cacholong dial DD has been missing in action for six months now (since last October), and was 100% presumed to have been lost/stolen en route from Portugal. It has only now found its way into my hands ... which itself is a whole ‘nother story!

Search reveals only 2 previous Cacholong dials in all of TRF, one DJ which is now just a broken link, and one other (English) DD, so obviously it was never a popular dial ... like, not at all! (I think even I would like it better without the 6/9 markers, but it seems it was never offered that way.) I do like the contrast of the two stone dials, very black onyx and very white Cacholong.

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Very nice pair.

I see T Swiss T on the black dial.

Is there Tritium?
Nope, no tritium on the onyx one at all, dial nor hands.

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Amazing, yeah its white potch stone, I've seen this before.

Great piece!
Thanks James, I was wondering if Cacholong was the same stuff that opal miners call potch.
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Old 30 April 2020, 07:50 AM   #27
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Thanks for all the gracious comments - The white Cacholong dial DD has been missing in action for six months now (since last October), and was 100% presumed to have been lost/stolen en route from Portugal. It has only now found its way into my hands ... which itself is a whole ‘nother story!



Search reveals only 2 previous Cacholong dials in all of TRF, one DJ which is now just a broken link, and one other (English) DD, so obviously it was never a popular dial ... like, not at all! (I think even I would like it better without the 6/9 markers, but it seems it was never offered that way.) I do like the contrast of the two stone dials, very black onyx and very white Cacholong.







Nope, no tritium on the onyx one at all, dial nor hands.











Thanks James, I was wondering if Cacholong was the same stuff that opal miners call potch.
I've done some reading and potch is opal matrix and is very inconsistent and different from cacholong which is much finer, consistent and usually pure white.

Absolutely love this dial, I've been looking for one ever since your post!!



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Old 30 April 2020, 07:56 AM   #28
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Love your day date collection. You obviously love the classic 36mm ( as do I) what is your wrist size?


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