this is a nice piece but someone decided they needed to add a partial 6 to the dial when it should be left blank.

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I'm unfamiliar with this Zenith model, but partial 6's aren't uncommonly found. Do you feel the example you found is a redial or just someone's whim? I'll admit that the partial 6 isn't as well executed as the other numerals.

The applied markers on this Longines include a partial 6.

 

I think the OP just means that Zenith should have left it off, as should Longines on the second one. Partial numbers to me, especially on the IWC Portuguese, are just terrible looking. There are lots of watches that I love the look of that I simply wouldn't buy because they couldn't figure out how to either design it so that the numerals weren't cut off, or they didn't just leave them off entirely.

 

It’s looks like it was hand drawn with a Sharpie. It doesn’t match the other numbers and spills onto the sub dial. Yes some models have partial 6s but this one looks a 1950 model that shouldn’t have it. I wonder if it could be removed without much damage to the dial.

 

Hmm.. Looks strange indeed. Looks like it has been painted afterwards, which it probably has.

 

A real shame

 

Indeed. Very sad to see such nice pieces (especially vintage watches) being destroyed like that.

 

Redialed in my opinion

 

Why redial? It looks right except for the partial 6

 

Couldn't agree more. This is like someone buying a nice 3' x 2' painting, then cutting it down to 2' x 1' to fit their favorite frame.

 

I see some imperfections in the graphics