opinion on this 6694

[chriskris]

Happy Holidays everyone, any comment will be appreciated.

Is the 6694 below a refinished dial? if so, is it worth getting an original dial to replace it? the pic might be a bit blurry but the t swiss t is stated at the bottom.

thank you

[Old Expat Beast]

Looks good (original) to me.

[TimeToGo]

Why do you ask, do you see something off?
Can you post another picture, not at an angle..

[chriskris]

one more pic for everyone, thank you

[Old Expat Beast]

Still looks good. There's a ton of these in HK, they used to be really popular here in the 1960s-80s.

[offrdmania]

I concur, I see nothing wrong with it

[Richard Carver]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Still looks good. There's a ton of these in HK, they used to be really popular here in the 1960s-80s.

I think every 13 year old in HK was issued a 6694 in those days. :) They came pouring out of there in the late 90s, early 2000s. eBay was full of them and the HK dealers had 30-40 of them all the time. 500-800, good times. :)

[77T]

The lume dots also are intact and seem uniformly aged.


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[chriskris]

reason why I am asking because I took this watch to a watchmaker yesterday to fix something, but he said it is clearly a repainted dial so it is not worth to fix it. That's why I m trying to confirm if it is a repainted dial or not.

[Richard Carver]

Originally Posted by chriskris

reason why I am asking because I took this watch to a watchmaker yesterday to fix something, but he said it is clearly a repainted dial so it is not worth to fix it. That's why I m trying to confirm if it is a repainted dial or not.

Did he offer to take it off your hands for a small disposal fee? :) A (nicely) repainted dial on a 6694 hasn't nearly the impact a red sub repaint might but people run around and pretend it does. The only impact is the cost of an original dial maybe 200US and that's if you can work up caring if a 6694 is a repaint.

What is wrong with the watch that would be so expensive to repair that a repaint would make it worthless?

[offrdmania]

Sounds to me like your "watchmaker" didnt want to be bothered or wanted it to apear to be wrong so that he could give you a low ball offer for it.
Everything looks correct to me. Take the watch to someone else and im sure you will get the work that the watch deserves.

[77T]

My 2¢...
Find a new watchmaker or send to RSC for a service quote. If the dial's not 100% original they will include the cost of a new one in their quote.


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[Old Expat Beast]

Was it a Hong Kong watchmaker?

[bdex75]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Still looks good. There's a ton of these in HK, they used to be really popular here in the 1960s-80s.

Seems like every other Tudor dress watch I come across on Ebay is in HK. Scares the snot out of me as it appears to me that they are almost re-producing them.

This one looks good.


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[chriskris]

the hands of my 6694 now are off, for example, lets say it is supposed to be 5:00 now, one of the hands will be pointing to the middle between 5 and 6 instead of 5.

Yes, he did offer me and said it would cost roughly $220USD to fix that issue above. And mentioned it is a repainted so why bother to fix it.

Originally Posted by Richard Carver

Did he offer to take it off your hands for a small disposal fee? :) A (nicely) repainted dial on a 6694 hasn't nearly the impact a red sub repaint might but people run around and pretend it does. The only impact is the cost of an original dial maybe 200US and that's if you can work up caring if a 6694 is a repaint.

What is wrong with the watch that would be so expensive to repair that a repaint would make it worthless?

[chriskris]

Would RSC refuse to service it if it is a repainted dial? thanks

Originally Posted by 77T

My 2¢...
Find a new watchmaker or send to RSC for a service quote. If the dial's not 100% original they will include the cost of a new one in their quote.


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[chriskris]

yup

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Was it a Hong Kong watchmaker?

[offrdmania]

Originally Posted by chriskris

the hands of my 6694 now are off, for example, lets say it is supposed to be 5:00 now, one of the hands will be pointing to the middle between 5 and 6 instead of 5.

Yes, he did offer me and said it would cost roughly $220USD to fix that issue above. And mentioned it is a repainted so why bother to fix it.

Pop the hands off and put them back on all pointing to 12 and see if the hands skip and end up between the markers again. If they do then there is an internal issue.

[chriskris]

ya I tried, apparently it is an internal issue.

Originally Posted by offrdmania

Pop the hands off and put them back on all pointing to 12 and see if the hands skip and end up between the markers again. If they do then there is an internal issue.

[chriskris]

Is $220usd a reasonable price to fix it?

[offrdmania]

Thats a normal watch shop price to pop a watch open. It all depends on whats wrong with it. If it just needs a cleaning then you are good to go. If it needs parts then most likely it will be quite a bit more than $220