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Any chance this Triple date hasn't been redialed?

  1. Jonatan Aug 26, 2015

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    Good afternoon everyone,

    I've been looking at this watch for a while and I was always thinking that it was a redial. Just a few minutes ago I saw @ChicagoFrog Polerouter Sub and noticed that the 12 o'clock is the same, Art Deco style.

    Any chance this is original, as the seller states?

    Thanks for your help

    PS @ChicagoFrog if you ever get tired of having two Polerouter subs I'll be in Québec City over Christmas! ;) It's closer then Switzerland.
     
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  2. ELV web Aug 26, 2015

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    It looks pretty good to me, if a redial, it is a very good redialer. My vote is for original.
     
  3. x3no Aug 26, 2015

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    Agree with @ELV web , looks pretty good to me. The art deco for the 12 was used on a few references amongst the calendar watches that UG produced. Will drag Sala book out later and find the specific ones.
     
  4. Jonatan Aug 26, 2015

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    Interesting!! Overly polished but original and a looker to my eye. Thank you.
     
  5. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Aug 26, 2015

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    Yes, agree, original dial.
     
  6. jordn Wants to be called Frank for some odd reason Aug 26, 2015

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    Poor choice of font for the logo imo, but it is indeed an original dial. The finishing of the sub-registers would not have been maintained if this was redialed. I suspect the crown is an incorrect replacement though.

    I don't see any signs of over-polishing. The lugs look fairly sharp and the hallmarks on the caseback are still visible.
     
  7. Jonatan Aug 26, 2015

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    What about the crispness of the serial number?
     
  8. jordn Wants to be called Frank for some odd reason Aug 26, 2015

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    We may be splitting hairs, but I wouldn't consider that over polished. It certainly wouldn't be a determining factor in whether or not I would buy this piece. These caseback markings are chicken scrawl anyway
     
  9. woodwkr2 Aug 26, 2015

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    original. wrist wear in soft gold does not equal polishing. overexposed photography isn't helping me much to assess the actual degree of polishing.
     
  10. timjohn Aug 26, 2015

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    Nice dial, but the mixture of English months and French (?) day wheel would irritate me
     
  11. jordn Wants to be called Frank for some odd reason Aug 26, 2015

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    Oops, nice catch! Could be either french or Italian I suppose
     
  12. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Aug 26, 2015

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    What do you SOBs have against the Entente Cordiale?
     
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  13. jordn Wants to be called Frank for some odd reason Aug 26, 2015

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    Hey! I resent that! Wait... I have no idea what that is. Be right back going to go Google it :p
     
  14. timjohn Aug 26, 2015

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    Nothing, but while we all feel a bit Dim on Sundays, and occasionally a little Merde on Wednesdays, I'm not sure I want a watch that reminds me of it....:)
     
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  15. Jonatan Aug 27, 2015

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    Contacted the seller and he wants 2100€ for it.