He then famously offered to purchase any one offered to him. 55k for stainless steel and 75k for gold. As a dealer, I will accept a letter releasing me from any liability for selling me a fake dial.
They were forever known as Mayer-dial Daytonas. It is unknown if Mayer accepted his offer, or if he bought more watches.
In 2010, Mayer sent one his watches to Rolex to be serviced, but was told that it wasn't authentic in all aspects. Although it wasn't stated explicitly, many people assume that this was one his Mayer Daytonas. Robert Maron, a watch dealer, was the one who sold the timepiece to Mayer. They apparently came to an agreement. In 2011, Mayer discovered that a second watch Maron had sold him contained an inauthentic bezel and dial. This is thought to be a Mayer-dial Daytona. The company further investigated and found that seven watches Maron sold to Mayer were not authentic. Mayer sued Maron for USD656,000 for the seven Rolex watches he claimed Rolex had deemed inauthentic. The settlement was reached in this case as well. It was also assumed that the watches in question were Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches Daytonas by Mayer-dial.
This is how it was cut some years later. Vintage Rolex lore has made the controversy around the three-color ROC a part of its history. Thanks to the vigilante of members on websites such as Vintage Rolex Forums and Rolex Forums the three-color ROC Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches Daytonas were quickly called out by their owners as fakes.Replica Rolex Yacht-Master Watches The majority of these thankfully disappeared from the Internet sale forums. Mayer, Ben Clymer, and his excellent website, Hodinkee have made Mayer a respected authority on watches. He has even been awarded the honorofmembership to the jury for the prestigious Grand Prixd'Horlogerie deGeneve. This proves again that you cannot keep a good man down. Bravo, brother.
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Many watch collectors were stunned to hear Lot 498 of Christie's Important Watches, Fine Art Auction on November 10, 2014. They were selling a three-colored, black-dialed, ROC Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches reference. 6263 chronograph. This was not a Mayer/Texas-dial Daytona. Christie's says it wasn't. According to Christie's, it was actually "The Black Ghost ROC Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches". Christie's claims that the dial was originally a ref. 6262 black pump-pusher dial in three colors by Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches. It was intended for a pump pusher model. Christie claims that Singer, Rolex's dial maker, altered the dial. They took out all the indices. A second coat of black paint was applied to the "Rolex" & "Cosmograph", at 12 o’clock, and the semicircular "Daytona", over the hour totalizer. The words "Rolex Oyster Cosmograph” were then printed.
Christie's explains the inconsistency of the words relative the other black-dial screw-pusher Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches Daytona. Christie's claims that Singer made an error.Rolex Milgauss Replica Ben Clymer, Hodinkee stated that Singer made a mistake. All the little things that make Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches special are there.
According to Christie's, the dial was also presented to the "top four Rolex experts" and all of them agreed that it was authentic. It is important to note that Christie's didn't clearly distinguish whether the dial was authentic as a Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches three color dial meant for a pump-pusher Chronograph -- which it certainly appears to be -- or authentically modified at Singer's request, which is the real issue.
It is fascinating to consider that all black RCO Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches dials were intended to be used for pump-pusher chronographs and then had the word "Oyster” added by Rolex/Singer. This would have made it a lot easier than having to remove all the indices and repaint the dial and then print new text. If you have ever been to a dial factory, then you will know that this is the most expensive way of refinishing a dial.
Let's just follow the logic. Someone decides that he wants a black-dial screw-pusher Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches Daytona. He talks to his dealer and orders the Rolex watch.Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches Rolex offers a ref. 6262 pump-pusher dial. They decide to make this dial into a screw-pusher watch. Instead of adding the word Oyster to the text below the word Cosmograph at 12 o’clock, Singer is asked by the group, at an extraordinary expense, to remove all indices from the dial and repaint it. This makes it the only black Rolex Yacht-Master Replica Watches dial that has the word Daytona removed. Singer then makes the bizarre mistake of incorrectly ordering the words "Rolex", Oyster, and "Cosmograph" on the dial. Singer has already printed all the other watches' dials.