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Old 4 July 2017, 07:59 AM   #1
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Changed to black painted hands
Thought I'd share. Now I can read the time without my glasses.
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Old 4 July 2017, 08:12 AM   #2
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Thought I'd share. Now I can read the time without my glasses. Will post photo shortly...
What reference?
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Old 4 July 2017, 08:56 AM   #3
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Thought I'd share. Now I can read the time without my glasses.
Looks good.
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Old 4 July 2017, 09:08 AM   #4
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Very cool.

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Old 4 July 2017, 09:10 AM   #5
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Can I ask what it cost you to change out the hands... I would like to change the second hand on my SUB to a red one.

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Old 4 July 2017, 09:36 AM   #6
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Looks nice!
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Old 4 July 2017, 10:01 AM   #7
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Can I ask what it cost you to change out the hands... I would like to change the second hand on my SUB to a red one.

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I'm just going to say the cost was reasonable. The original Rolex hands were returned. It was not done by an AD. To me, it is such an improvement in being able to read the time without my reading glasses and to be able to read the time quickly.
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Old 4 July 2017, 11:02 AM   #8
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Cool.
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Old 4 July 2017, 11:10 AM   #9
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Looks good!
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Old 4 July 2017, 11:16 AM   #10
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Definitely cheaper than changing the dial. If it works for you that's all that counts. Congratulations!!!!
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Old 4 July 2017, 09:20 PM   #11
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Looks great. I did the same thing on my Tudor Chronograph.
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Old 4 July 2017, 10:28 PM   #12
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Great idea. I like the look. I have never understood watch design that makes it hard to read at a glance.
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Old 4 July 2017, 11:37 PM   #13
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Beautiful watch
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Old 5 July 2017, 01:09 AM   #14
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Looks good! Nice job making it work for you.

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Old 5 July 2017, 01:14 AM   #15
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Very nice. What good is a watch if you can't easily read it. I talk myself out of buying a lot of watches because of this.


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Old 5 July 2017, 01:28 AM   #16
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Like it very much
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Old 5 July 2017, 01:31 AM   #17
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That looks good.
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Old 5 July 2017, 02:38 AM   #18
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Looks great. Legibility so important. I still wish I could have read the time on the gorgeous Cartier steel & rose gold Ballon Bleu with the chocolate face ... alas ...
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Nice looks good!
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Old 11 July 2017, 04:21 AM   #20
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Totally agree
[QUOTE=bdex75;7729058]Very nice. What good is a watch if you can't easily read it. I talk myself out of buying a lot of watches because of this.

Totaly Agree! I sometimes say to myself "What were they thing...?"
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Old 11 July 2017, 05:05 AM   #21
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Well done! No sense to have a watch you cannot read easily.
Worth every $.

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