Time to get the Purists "Riled-up" LOL. 5513 On its way back from Relume

[Jason71]

I know that I differ from many of the purists on this forum, but often I like a vintage watch that is still functional, but retains that "vintage look". I like the modern Rolex watches with the glossy dials and the gold surrounds. I especially like the functional lume. However, I prefer the matte dials and the non-gold surround markers. I do wish that the old tritium would still glow.

I made an impulse buy of this watch off Ebay. I really didn't research it much, and bought it spur of the moment. Upon inspection after owning it for a while, I realized it had replacement luminova hands, and at some point the dial had been relumed.



The relume job was pretty terrible really, and if you notice.......there is a small pin-hole in the lume at the base of the hour hand. It wasn't terribly noticeable, but it bugged me a bit.



IMHO, I could do one of 3 things:

-- Sell the watch - not really a good option since I did really like the watch, and it was a great vintage for wearing daily

-- Send it off to RSC for a new dial, hands, and service with a service insert. - Not really a good option. It had been fully serviced less than a year ago, and was running superbly at less than 1 sec/day deviation

-- Send it off to a Lume specialist and see if he could relume it for me. - Decent option. Fairly inexpensive. No additional detriment to value since it was already a relume.

Guess what I did??? I sent it off to Kent Parks for a Relume. He said that he could clean the dial, relume the dial and hands with a vintage shade patina all for ~$150.

Do you think that I made a good decision???