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·I agree Archer we are obsessive and it is the nature of the game. Total originality is the grail we chase, how much variation from that is acceptable is an interesting and volatile subject.
It would seem that if the changes cannot be detected its acceptable, which is not encouraging openness and accountability.
If a Soyuz with all parts correct but the wrong serial number is worth as little as £7,500 as has been suggested, and a correct serial number elevates it to £50k I would be very happy to make the saving. You can't wear an extract and no one admires a serial number.
A few years ago very few bothered to request an extract. Now it is almost de rigueur. While it is nice if it matches, I am not sure it has really bothered me too much if its not there.
A replaced out of range movement would bother me a little more, but only about 10-30% of the value of an all correct example depending on the watch. I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water!
@Andy K I think Franken suggests a watch made up of parts, and a mixture of models. This is not how I would describe a watch with correct parts replaced as necessary.
It would seem that if the changes cannot be detected its acceptable, which is not encouraging openness and accountability.
If a Soyuz with all parts correct but the wrong serial number is worth as little as £7,500 as has been suggested, and a correct serial number elevates it to £50k I would be very happy to make the saving. You can't wear an extract and no one admires a serial number.
A few years ago very few bothered to request an extract. Now it is almost de rigueur. While it is nice if it matches, I am not sure it has really bothered me too much if its not there.
A replaced out of range movement would bother me a little more, but only about 10-30% of the value of an all correct example depending on the watch. I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water!
@Andy K I think Franken suggests a watch made up of parts, and a mixture of models. This is not how I would describe a watch with correct parts replaced as necessary.
