Watch Dial: California White
Featuring a distinctive composition of half Roman and half Arabic numerals, along with dashes at 3, 6, and 9 o'clock, the California dial has definitely earned its status as an iconic design.
But what's the California connection you may ask? It's a wild one. According to Fratello Watches, during the 1970s vintage watch boom, a Los Angeles-based dial refinisher, Kirk Rich, started refinishing Tudor dials with this distinct design. The biggest problem? Tudor watches that were rebranded “Rolex Tudor” to supposedly increase their prestige. The term “California Dial” then became known among scammers to denote a “redone” dial. In other words, it was a term that applied to fake dials. Read all about it here.
This White California dial is filled with C3 Super-LumiNova® Lume. C3 Super-LumiNova Lume is the brightest of all lume colours, topping the Super-LumiNova table at 100% relative brightness and giving off a bright, green glow that typically lasts for 7 to 10 hours. It will match the stock Seiko LumiBrite hands and any of our watch hands options perfectly.
Our dials are 28.5mm in diameter and compatible with Seiko movements such as 7S26, 7S36, 4R15, 4R35, 6R15, NE15, NH25, NH26, NH35, NH36, NH70, NH71, NH72 etc
Each dial has 4 legs for either 3 or 4 o'clock crown positions. To fit either crown position movement, just snip off the 2 legs accordingly.
Our dials are compatible with Seiko models that are using the above movements, such as SNK803, SNK805, SNK807, SNK809, SKX007, SKX009, SKX011, SKX013, SKX015, SKX017, SNZF15, SNZF17, SNZF19, SNZG13, SNZG15, SNZH55 and more.
Really like the dial, the finishing is nicely done, the texture is awesome and the lume as always packs a punch with Namoki.
Used in the engineer case for a nice blend of genta inspired designs.
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Beautiful
Exceeded my expectations.
The brown fade really only shows when viewing front on, and not so much when viewed from an angle. Same in bright light v low light. Much better than just a flat, faded brown spot.
The fade from center to edges is gradual, and not sharp like in the pic.
Also, there's a very slight iridescence to the dial (I think).
The lume discoloration is a subtle crème, not like the over-done brown fautina we see now. I bought the handset as well for the matching lume colour.
All in all, it has a lot of depth and character.
Recommend for a tropical dial build.
This dial looks even better in person, especially paired with Namoki Oak hands.
This dial looks awesome in the NMK932