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Apollo XIII 25th anniversary. Worth it or no?

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I found a local seller with a 3595.52.00 Apollo XII 25th Anniversary patch. It is completely authentic. Has all the papers/box/ etc. Except there is one thing I noticed. The dial is not tritium and instead of “T Swiss Made T” it just says “Swiss Made”.

My guess is this is a service dial. SO my question is with this watch still being somewhat rare (limited to 999). Is it still a good pick up and how much can the value be effected by this dial?
I see these go for no less than $16k on the grey market, what is a decent price I should offer? 117590580_1_x.jpg
 
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This LE never had a tritium dial IMHO... Too late for that. Switched to luminova.
So to me, the dial could be an original one.
 
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befobe befobe
My mistake... Tritium dials exist....
(Thanks @Gefa !)
This was released in 95. There was the missions box set that came out a few years later... You think maybe the dial came from there?
 
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In terms of wearability, for the small amount of lume a Speedmaster supplies, Luminova is much preferred over tritium.

Whether that matters to you in terms of collectability, only you can say.
 
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The Apollo patch is cool, but not interesting enough to me at that price point. And if I was spending that money, I would want a nice tritium with dark yellow indices like I have seen on other ones.
 
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Checked mine which has beautiful patina and the dial sports “T Swiss Made T”. Spent few seconds on Google and saw T Swiss Made T dials only. Not sure if Swiss Made dials were ever mounted as new or if it’s service dial only.
 
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This watch came with both tritium and luminova dials. Like I said if I were getting one, I would want a tritium.
 
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This watch came with both tritium and luminova dials. Like I said if I were getting one, I would want a tritium.
Didn’t know that. Thanks!
 
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