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Old 26 October 2018, 03:39 AM   #13
swish77
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For that money, I'd want matching patina from the original hands. No relume. No color matching. Not sourced and/or replaced. Original, matching hands would be a must. Something happened to these hands, and it ain't good.

The most prominent parts on a watch, what you look at every single time, are the dial and the hands. I wouldn't want to look at this watch on my wrist, in its current state anyway. And is that a chip at 30, as previously mentioned, or just something on the crystal? (And more minor, what's up with the insert pearl? That ain't right either.)

Dial and case are very nice (dial chip notwithstanding), and the crystal could be buffed out or replaced. But $40K? No way. I suppose you could track down a set of tritium hands with heavy patina, but matching them to a dial is virtually impossible. I've been down that road, and it's not fun.

I know Gai. He often has nice watches.
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