I have the opportunity to buy these hands and I would like to be sure they are the real thing. Experts opinion would be greatly appreciated. What would be a reasonable price ?
I think hands n°1 and 3 belong to a 2913-1 and hands n°4 and 5 belong to 2913-5 or 14755, am I right ?
I don't know about hand n°2.
Thank you very much for your help and knowledge.
Mounir

 

Is anybody out there ?

 

Probably need the confirmation from the Seamaster big bosses @kox, @CajunTiger Or @Joe K. on this one. I dont have any 2913 with the earliest (1,2,3) hands. I believe you are correct about hands 4 and 5. As style 1,2,3 hands were also used on other references (Railmaster, Speedmaster) I'm not sure if the OP hands are THE correct length.

 

Hi Mounir,

Here's an interesting post regarding Ranchero/300 BA hand sets. Might help a bit...

https://omegaforums.net/threads/broad-arrow-hour-minute-hands-sm300-vs-ranchero.12331/

 

Thanks Chris, by the way, you never answered my last message.

 

It's a hard call, since especially the 2990 Ranchero hands and the 2913 hands have almost the same dimensions. The 2915 speedy and the 2914 Railmaster are more easy to exclude as they have hole sizes somewhat bigger and hence the body of the hands are somewhat broader.


Anyway, the 2913 hands are a bit shorter (both hour and minute) than the 2990 hands, which are the longest BA hands around. But the hole size on the 2990 is a tad smaller than on the 2913.
IMO the #3 minute hand is clearly not a 2913 hand. That's a Ranchero 2990 minute hand. Look at the lume area and form + the length. Like mine below (2913 on left, 2990 on right).


So, is the #1 hour hand also a 2990? I think so, based on the somewhat slimmer profile and it looks a tad longer. Yours on the left, 2913 in the middle and 2990 on the right.

Well, the arrow minute hand and the dauphine hour hand was used from the 2913-3 and onwards, yes, and the arrow minute hand looks ok, but the hour hand is to long IMO. Look at the pointed end's shape and again the lume area. Here beside some original ones in the middel and right.



Sorry about the picture/mock-up quality. I'm on spring/summer leave from watch related issues ;-/ Quality will, perhaps, improve in the winter season.



Best/ Kim

 

A Tour de Force Kim. Thanks

 

Thank you very much, I can now measure the distance, and decide.
Mounir

 

Keep in mind the following hole sizes for these refs:

cal 501/552 = hole sizes .80/1.50
cal 267 = hole sizes 0.75/1.40

If you have access to the hands and a hole measuring tool, like this one, it would help in determining.



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