steve
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Sight And A TZ Post That Made Me Smile In The New YearQuote From "OP"
Perhaps a dumb question, but why is the Meteorite dial on the WG Daytonas so much more expensive than most of the other dials?
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Rolex is an in-house manufacture, right? Jan 02, 2008 - 03:12 AM
And everyone knows that in-house manufacture watches are better.
So how do you get an iron-nickel alloy with those characteristic bands?
First of all, you make the iron and nickel in a super-nova  Then you need to compact it, melt it, cool it slowly, and get the asteroid into an earth-intersecting orbit.
Swiss zoning regulations are quite strict about building a super-nova in the basement of a watch factory - and you want it for cheap? Sheesh.
steve 
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uncle aj
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Thanks for clearing that up Steve, it's something I've often wondered about.
Great picture of that beautiful watch. 
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GJ
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What a gorgeous timepiece...
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Tardis
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That dial is very impressive!
Please tell me, is it really made from a slice of meteorite or are Rolex a having a laugh?
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uncle aj
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| Tardis wrote: | That dial is very impressive!
Please tell me, is it really made from a slice of meteorite or are Rolex a having a laugh? |
Have you ever met Swiss with a sense of humour? 
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steve
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| Tardis wrote: | That dial is very impressive!
Please tell me, is it really made from a slice of meteorite or are Rolex a having a laugh? |
for sure!!! Rolex own there own substanial chunk of " The Gibeon Meteorite" guess when its gone its gone though! it's sliced etched them mounted onto a brass back plate so as to reinforce the fragile nature of such a thin slice of rock, IMHO i would say it takes some skill to produce each dial with a large wastage due to the fragile nature of the sliced stone and any QC issues, its not just one piece if you look carefully each of the 3 sub dials are also individual pieces of Gibeon Meteorite so the main dial also needs to be cut out
steve
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