mikefesta
·Hello!
I have my Speedy (145.022-68 trans) in for service locally. I purchased it off of a forum member almost 2 years ago and have enjoyed it immensely. I have a conundrum with the hands however.
There is some lume falling out of the long hour hand and long minutes hand. My watchmaker suggests they be replaced as he does not think he can repair/ stabilize them.
My priorities are this:
1) make the watch function safely. I want to wear this piece and do not want to risk more lume falling of the hands and into the watch.
2) I want to hurt the watches value the least. I would like my dial to match my hands as much as possible.
Options:
1) Do nothing /YOLO option. Put it back together and risk lume falling out.
2) Replace the hands with either something from Omega, or worse, Ebay. There do seem to be some hands on ebay that are "genuine". None are tritium...
So here is my ask: What are your thoughts? What would you do in my shoes?
Thanks,
Mike
I have my Speedy (145.022-68 trans) in for service locally. I purchased it off of a forum member almost 2 years ago and have enjoyed it immensely. I have a conundrum with the hands however.
There is some lume falling out of the long hour hand and long minutes hand. My watchmaker suggests they be replaced as he does not think he can repair/ stabilize them.
My priorities are this:
1) make the watch function safely. I want to wear this piece and do not want to risk more lume falling of the hands and into the watch.
2) I want to hurt the watches value the least. I would like my dial to match my hands as much as possible.
Options:
1) Do nothing /YOLO option. Put it back together and risk lume falling out.
2) Replace the hands with either something from Omega, or worse, Ebay. There do seem to be some hands on ebay that are "genuine". None are tritium...
So here is my ask: What are your thoughts? What would you do in my shoes?
Thanks,
Mike