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Re: New Carrera Mk 3
In Response To: Re: New Carrera Mk 3 ()

Mark, no need to apologise for the photo - but maybe an apology is in order for that blue strap!

Cheers

: There's definitely a degree of variability in the CdG on the dials
: - probably there was some hand finishing involved in the
: process.

: If you look carefully here (with apologies for the poor snapshot
: but it was one I had handy of two barrels together to
: demonstrate this):

:

: you might just see that the left hand edge of the middle panel on
: the champagne dial neatly bisects the 11 o'clock marker and
: enters the 12 hour register on the 1 hour hashmark. That gives a
: shield and Carrera text neatly centred in the middle panel. On
: the fumé dial, however, that edge just clips the 11 marker and
: hits the register nearer the 1:30 hour marking. As a result, the
: shield and text are closer to the left edge of the centre panel
: just as on your Cal 15.

: Just within the natural bounds of variability, I've seen it on blue
: and fumé dials but not the champagne. I've not seen any where
: it's offset to the right either. A couple of mm's difference
: makes quite an impact on that alignment but I don't think it
: really detracts.

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