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Audemars Piaguet Preseries 1948 YG (it is Redial???)

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Hi, is my First Post here in OF.,, and I would like to know your opinion about this Watch I bought almost a month ago, I am an collector amateur, The Watch seems original for me, but I have doubts because the lack of accent of Geneve makes me feel litlle nervous馃檨,,

I hope somebody can help me with this

Sorry for my english,, Regards from Mexico
 
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Dan S
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There seems to be a comma after AUDEMARS, which is odd. And honestly, the printing looks a bit crude. Have you looked at the movement?
 
Tony C.
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Dan S Dan S
There seems to be a comma after AUDEMARS, which is odd. And honestly, the printing looks a bit crude

I agree with your latter point, Dan, but expect that the re-dialer was basing his work on an older template, which did employ the (odd) comma.
 
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Dan S Dan S
There seems to be a comma after AUDEMARS, which is odd. And honestly, the printing looks a bit crude. Have you looked at the movement?
Yes Dan, the movement is cleaned and is working accurety with 36 hours of power reserve
 
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To be clear, the signatures on vintage Audemars were inconsistent, and, in some cases, not of the quality that would normally be expected of a high-end manufacturer. However, in this instance, the quality of the lettering, especially that of the E in PIGUET, suggests strongly that it is a redial.
 
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Tony C. Tony C.
I agree with your latter point, Dan, but expect that the re-dialer was basing his work on an older template, which did employ the (odd) comma.
Tony C. Tony C.
I agree with your latter point, Dan, but expect that the re-dialer was basing his work on an older template, which did employ the (odd) comma.

Hi Tony, I was looking a lot of examples of watches Audemars at that times (1945-1955) and has the coma after Audemars, and the Roman numbers are very well delineated for the size of the watch 32.5 mm, thats make me believe that the dial is original,,but...馃憥

thanks both for taking the time to look at the photos
 
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The photos that you provided are not ideal for confident assessments, and there could be distortions in this one, but the aforementioned quality of the E, and what appears to be inordinate space between the E and V, both suggest a redial to my eye.

However, I have seen some original AP signatures that were surprisingly dubious.

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Tony C.
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Another problem is that there were typically accents above the E in GENEVE, and especially in the earlier examples.

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Tony C. Tony C.
To be clear, the signatures on vintage Audemars were inconsistent, and, in some cases, not of the quality that would normally be expected of a high-end manufacturer. However, in this instance, the quality of the lettering, especially that of the E in PIGUET, suggests strongly that it is a redial.
Sadly 馃檨 I am agreed with you with the E letter, I Will speak to my seller.. Thanks Tony
 
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