Thanks for the detailed information Todd.
I agree unless someone is the original owner and knows the history of the watch nothing is for certain.
Your comments on the WRUW thread made me look again at what I thought I had understood about the inserts.
I'm now really interested to hear from other members who have divers from around the time you have noticed the change to the bezel inserts (ie) mid 1981.
I've checked a couple of my other divers:
7548-700B Nov 1980 matte
7548-701A Aug 1984 gloss
6309-729A Dec 1985 gloss
7002-700A Nov 1996 gloss
and just for another reference
7549-7010 Nov 1982 matte
I agree unless someone is the original owner and knows the history of the watch nothing is for certain.
Your comments on the WRUW thread made me look again at what I thought I had understood about the inserts.
I'm now really interested to hear from other members who have divers from around the time you have noticed the change to the bezel inserts (ie) mid 1981.
I've checked a couple of my other divers:
7548-700B Nov 1980 matte
7548-701A Aug 1984 gloss
6309-729A Dec 1985 gloss
7002-700A Nov 1996 gloss
and just for another reference
7549-7010 Nov 1982 matte