What is a tropical dial? It is a term that means different things to different people. To an unscrupulous dealer with a watch with a damaged dial, it represents an opportunity to represent that dial as something exotic and desirable. Also, lets not forget...
Though, I would not say that a dial is tropical because it has Brown subdials. I would say that THE subdials are tropical, not the dial. Too many times, too often, we read anything about so called Tropical things... Which are all except tropical. That had...
Thank you for publicly recognizing my watch Baron, it certainly is an honor to be among such esteemed collectors. Here's a better photo of my tropical 5508 under natural light: ...
Your summary on tropical dials is phenomenal!! Also I feel honored to have some of my tropicals make the cut and have your blessings :-) thanks for a great read. Here is a non rolex tropical dial...... Cheers Atin ...
That Speedy is fantastic....i tell you, to own a Speedy with that type of dial is great. I have one Speedy that is sentimental....but if i was collecting them, i would want one like that!!
Thank you Joe for shedding some light on this delicate topic. I enjoyed seeing some marvelous tropical dials. Which brings me to the upcoming christies sale. Have you noticed how many tropicals are being offered? This is HUGE trend at the moment. I only r...