I'm curious about why the forum thinks and recommendations on care/restoration approach?

Thanks.

 

No thoughts?

I should have said - I’m curious about what the forum thinks?

I was hoping the expert forum members would have a view…

Thanks.

 

Thanks. I’m trying to understand if the “right” thing to do is to try to get it back to NOS condition or if the better approach is to embrace the aging… Kind of like life really To botox or not to botox… Would you recommend trying to relume? Who is good at doing that in the US?

Thanks again.

 

First time I see Tri-Compax in a whole word "Tricompax" without the "-" or a blank space, isn't that an old redial ?

 

How could I tell?

 

No. The dial is completely original.

 

Ah !? They misspell Tri-Compax on purpose ? I don't get it.

 

Omitting the dash is different than "misspelling".

The dial is correct.

Welcome to the wide, strange world of Universal.

 

Hmmm... I don't share LouS opinion, this watch was made to be beautiful and it's way more pleasurable to the eye to look at a beautiful watch when you read time than to a beaten up one, same thing goes with women, I'm sure that you wouldn't let yours at the age of 45 with gray hairs, hairy legs, unwashed and without makeup just because she was born like that.
Conoisseur are not masochists, how come you never see Patek watches in such poor conditions ? Furthermore, U.G. is particulary famous because of their elegant designs "Le couturier de la montre".
If Sala's watches are so beautiful it's because they are restored, nobody wants a 18th century commode Boulle in ruin at home (or museum) and nobody leaves it like that if they find it in ruin, guess why ?
As you probably understood, considering that the case is in good shape, if you find a nice and clean original dial, I woud strongly recommend to swap them and keep the old one if you want.
Cheers.

 

All in all it is matter of taste and what for you collect watches. At a certain point it can make sense to have 'untouched' watches for investment purposes and restored for wearing : )

Of course you can find Pateks in poor condition, but rarely. And yes, it is getting really tricky (while some dial makers do real masterpieces of refinishing) to spot redone dial.