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==Dial map== | ==Dial map== | ||
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File:Ref 118239 meteorite.webp|alt=Rolex 118239 with meteorite dial and diamond hour markers|Meteorite dial with diamond hour markers — the crystalline banding runs differently on every example. | |||
File:Ref 118239 lapis lazuli.webp|alt=Rolex 118239 with lapis lazuli hardstone dial and diamond markers|Lapis lazuli, the hardstone dial that suits white gold best. | |||
File:Ref 118239 computer dial.webp|alt=Rolex 118239 silver computer dial with diamond markers|The silver "computer" dial, printed with a circuit-board motif and set with diamond markers. | |||
File:Ref 118239 paved.webp|alt=Rolex 118239 with fully diamond-paved dial and blue Arabic numerals|The paved dial with applied blue Arabic numerals, the most decorated configuration catalogued for the reference. | |||
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The dial range is the reason to care about this reference. Thirty-four configurations are catalogued for the 118239, running from plain lacquer to fully paved. The same dial menu appears against both bracelet options, so a buyer choosing the Oyster gave up nothing on the dial. | The dial range is the reason to care about this reference. Thirty-four configurations are catalogued for the 118239, running from plain lacquer to fully paved. The same dial menu appears against both bracelet options, so a buyer choosing the Oyster gave up nothing on the dial. | ||
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Two of these deserve singling out. The lapis is the hardstone that suits white gold best, because the metal stays out of the way and the stone does not have to fight a warm case for attention. The meteorite is the one that never repeats, since the crystalline banding is cut from a different part of the slice on every dial. The wider hardstone story across the Rolex catalogue is covered in Italian Watch Spotter's stone-dial guide, and the cross-family dial taxonomy sits on the [[Reference:1803|1803]] entry. | Two of these deserve singling out. The lapis is the hardstone that suits white gold best, because the metal stays out of the way and the stone does not have to fight a warm case for attention. The meteorite is the one that never repeats, since the crystalline banding is cut from a different part of the slice on every dial. The wider hardstone story across the Rolex catalogue is covered in Italian Watch Spotter's stone-dial guide, and the cross-family dial taxonomy sits on the [[Reference:1803|1803]] entry. | ||
==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ||