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  1. ulackfocus

    ulackfocus Mar 3, 2013

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    Don't fall for this Gavin! Marc probably has spotted a trophy and wants to eliminate the competition by draining their reserves! :p
     
  2. Gavin

    Gavin It's the quiet ones you have to 'watch' out for. Mar 3, 2013

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    Not hearing anything. Have to stay focused. Have to stay focused.

    The dial condition killed any temptation.
    By the way, did Marc say anything?:D
     
  3. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 3, 2013

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    I continue to beat the lifeless equine - My understanding is that an enamel dial has the pigment baked in. So why would it deteriorate at all, much less enough to require a redial? Cracking and chipping, sure, but redial? Can you show a Hamilton example?

    Sorry to be tiresome.
     
  4. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 3, 2013

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    It is generally the script that holds up best . The base coat seems to discolor, pit, stain and flake. Perhaps the base is a different material. Really need to ask the folks like Sean or others on the Vintage Watch Forum, who know about these things. I don't know if any of them will even notice this thread.
    Don't worry about horse beating, if not that, Dennis would probably hijack the thread anyway.:p
     
  5. MMMD

    MMMD unaffiliated curmudgeonly absurdist & polyologist Mar 3, 2013

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    Glad you're beating it, for I too am ignorant. For example, I want so much for this...

    http://www.ukwatches.com/shop/?wpsc-product=5006-1930s-longines-italian-navy-issue-13zn-chronograph

    ...to be authentic, but more than one of the Longinerati have already called redial... perhaps for reasons other than condition.
     
  6. MMMD

    MMMD unaffiliated curmudgeonly absurdist & polyologist Mar 3, 2013

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    Nothing. Complete radio silence from him. ;)
     
  7. Gavin

    Gavin It's the quiet ones you have to 'watch' out for. Mar 5, 2013

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  8. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 5, 2013

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    I call foul. I know fabsuisse/Greg gets good copy on this site, but that's a pretty misleading set of photographs. Listing clearly says 'yellow gold' but would you fault anyone for thinking it was pink gold?

    I recently bought a polerouter from him - just as pink in the listing. If it arrives and turns out to be yellow gold, I ain't gonna be happy.....
     
  9. ulackfocus

    ulackfocus Mar 5, 2013

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    I think that is pink gold.

    While it is a correct 902x model, it's a little dull on the lugs and bezel. Nice dial though. I'd expect $1650-ish, maybe up to $1900 if a little bidding war ensues.
     
  10. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 5, 2013

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    'Zackly. Anyone would, looking at those photos. Better be.....
     
  11. Gavin

    Gavin It's the quiet ones you have to 'watch' out for. Mar 5, 2013

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    So you got that polerouter? Looking forward to the pics. I am with you on the color tone in his pics though.
     
  12. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 6, 2013

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  13. ulackfocus

    ulackfocus Mar 6, 2013

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    That might be a pink gold dial in a yellow gold case. Those rope chapter ring Flagships usually came in automatic - the in-house 34x or Cyma based 380 (case reference 1503). Seeing it with a 30 series manual wind is an infrequent sight. Looks like the correct crown for a caliber 30L too. Worth keeping an eye on.
     
  14. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 6, 2013

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    Isn't that necessarily a franken?
     
  15. ulackfocus

    ulackfocus Mar 6, 2013

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    Not necessarily. 1958 and 1959 were transition years for Longines and a LOT of strange combinations came from the factory. You own one - that date at 12 Conquest caliber 291 with the old styling instead of the gold dial like mine.
     
  16. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 6, 2013

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    Well yeah, but rose gold on yellow gold? Seems more than odd....
     
  17. ulackfocus

    ulackfocus Mar 6, 2013

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    Ask Mike about the Ω Centenary 2500 combos like that.
     
  18. kendrick

    kendrick Mar 25, 2013

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  19. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 25, 2013

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  20. Gavin

    Gavin It's the quiet ones you have to 'watch' out for. Mar 25, 2013

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