I snagged what I thought was a silver dialed oversized Longines on the Bay, but the lighting was awful.

Here is a pic of the auction.
This is what arrived...

And this is what my watchmaker sent me this afternoon after cleaning...
Needless to say a massive improvement. Should get back next week depending on the weather.

 

Now that's a very nice result, looks beautiful with those contrasting black hands and print

 

Thanks, I am stoked. The hands are actually killer blued steel, cannot wait to properly photograph it.

 

That looks incredible- what's the process and risk for dial cleaning?

 

Um...well...I told him to only use a dial brush.

AND

He dipped it...not once...but twice

It apparently had an oily residue on it and was really nasty. Since there was no lume, I guess no harm no foul, and it looks great.

Normally, I would NEVER want a dial to be dipped.

 

Pardon the noobie question, but dipped in what exactly?

 

Glad you snagged that one