| Author | Message | ||
     Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 3840 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Check it out www.markeleven.com | ||
| Ojj Junior Member Username: Ojj Post Number: 31 Registered: 11-2006 Rating: N/A |
Its a nice page, very nice and useful, some small errors like G6B / 346 104 / 53 which is not in China and havent been for years. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 3841 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
I think Paul would be happy to edit, if you email him directly. I think his contact info is on the web site. | ||
| Claudio Junior Member Username: Claudio Post Number: 22 Registered: 10-2006 Rating: N/A |
Hi , about dials' variants of these Mark 11 ; the one identified in the site as 3rd generation RAAF or "flat 3" (I attach a pic bottom from the site) : was this pattern a JLC factory dial or a MoD reprint ?  | ||
| Ilja Moderator Username: Ilja Post Number: 264 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Hi Claudio - The flat 3 variant is a JLC product. I know for sure since I got one spare dial from them. | ||
| Ojj Junior Member Username: Ojj Post Number: 32 Registered: 11-2006 Rating: N/A |
"I think Paul would be happy to edit, if you email him directly. I think his contact info is on the web site" I did but nothing happened ... then I sold it to US, where I think it still is | ||
| Claudio Junior Member Username: Claudio Post Number: 23 Registered: 10-2006 Rating: N/A |
Sorry for the 'double track' threading  Thank you Ilja, that yellow / brownish index must be beautiful when in NOS condition ! | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 3842 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
The real question now arises, Ilja seems to think these later generation dials are JLC printed rather than MoD printed. Thoughts? He's basing his conclustion on the NOS dial he got from them, but you have to admit, the print quality is worse than the "white 12" version...did the factory print that poorly (by thier standards)? On the other hand, MoD dials are usually *much worse* than these second generation dials, like the Omega RAF from 1953. | ||
| Shepcs New member Username: Shepcs Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2009 Rating: N/A |
Sorry Ojj. Send me where your watch currently resides and I'll be happy to update. To me its clear the Flat 3s came from JLC. They must have just suffered a quality lapse in my opinion. | ||
| Ilja Moderator Username: Ilja Post Number: 265 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Thanks Paul, I'm actually debatting this issue with Zaf for ages. We had double proof as far I collect my memory: 1) NOS dials out of LeSentier 2) A bunch of old dials from downunder which had pencil marks with date. Back when we digged this the issue was crystal clear, at least for you and me. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 3844 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Maybe the MoD specified "crappy print" in the spec. lol. | ||
| Stefan Junior Member Username: Stefan Post Number: 30 Registered: 03-2007 Rating: N/A |
I tend to agree - it's the military, see :-) |