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== Core facts ==
== Core facts ==
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== Dial map ==
== Dial map ==
[[File:Ref 16753 black-dial.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Black-dial 16753|Black-dial 16753]]


The 16753 shipped with two factory dial finishes, both carrying applied gold "nipple" hour markers — precious-metal cones with a tritium plot at the centre. Every 16753 dial is tritium-lumed, marked T SWISS T or T<25 below six o'clock.
The 16753 shipped with two factory dial finishes, both carrying applied gold "nipple" hour markers — precious-metal cones with a tritium plot at the centre. Every 16753 dial is tritium-lumed, marked T SWISS T or T<25 below six o'clock.
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=== Glossy black nipple ===
=== Glossy black nipple ===


[[File:Ref 16753 black-dial.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Black-dial 16753|Black-dial 16753]]
A black lacquer ground with the same applied gold nipple markers and yellow-gold coronet. It pairs most often with the all-black 24-hour bezel insert, though black-and-gold "Rootbeer" inserts also surface on the black-dial branch. Black-dial examples age more cleanly than the brown sunburst, the lacquer base being the more stable formulation.
A black lacquer ground with the same applied gold nipple markers and yellow-gold coronet. It pairs most often with the all-black 24-hour bezel insert, though black-and-gold "Rootbeer" inserts also surface on the black-dial branch. Black-dial examples age more cleanly than the brown sunburst, the lacquer base being the more stable formulation.