The Rolex Buckley Dial

The name
This dial type is named after / by John Buckley. John is a passionate Rolex collector and trader and owns Tuscany Rose in New York City.

A perfect example of a white buckley dial, with nicely aged tritium lume dots. Seen here on a reference 16014 Rolex Datejust.

The details
Normally Rolex Dials had applied numerals or indexes. The Buckley dial is an exception and has printed Roman numerals. When first introduced this dial type wasn’t really popular. The contrary is true in present time.

Buckley dials have a closed outer minute track with tritium dots. Painted Roman numerals are printed in black. The hour, minute and second hands are also painted black to match the dial print. This makes a watch with a Buckley dial stand out even more. It's rumored that the Buckley dials were made for people that had a hard time reading the regular dial types, of course like with many things this is never confirmed by Rolex.

A rare grey version of the buckley dial. Seen here on a Rolex Datejust 16220.

Colors

Buckley dials we’re made in a couple different colors. The known colors are: White, Grey, Gold, Blue, Black.

Buckley dials are also used in cases with precious metals. Like on this Rolex Datejust 16013, with matching champagne colored Buckley dial. Also fitted with the typical painted hands that match the dial print. The painted hands are only used by Rolex in combination with Buckley dials.

References

This dial type can be found in several Rolex Datejust, Oysterquartz and Day-Date references:

160x, 160xx, 162xx, 180x, 180xx, 182xx, 170xx

We love the Buckley dial and believe it adds something special to your watch.

- Timeless