For those without the stomach for the infamous "Worst Redials" thread. I'll nominate this one because, though it is what it is, I find the ancient re-do pretty charming. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=221697488623Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network
I just know y'all can see re-dos when the "great unwashed"among us can't. How would one recognize for certain that the watch in the original post is a re-dial? Great thread, by the way!
We have special eye wear that's sprinkled with powderized dander from the Watch Gods. I've even heard of contact lenses with the same treatment. It's like pixie dust, but it only works on horology related things.
Well in this case everything is clearly inked by hand and not stamped with dies. All the numbers in the minute register are a little bit different. Even those nicely-inked Breguet 1's are all a little bit different. And "Antimagnetic" isn't squared up with "Angelus." It's sometimes a more difficult call when the redial is really a re-stamp.
The Zenith and the Jaeger are both great, I'd have no problem adding those to the collection in spite of the dreaded "redial" The cartoon Angelus would also be welcome because its just so damn cool!
I do understand that a redial impacts resale value, but...when done to this level of skill and accuracy, and if it gives the wearer a lot of pleasure "knowing full well" that resale would someday be impacted...I wouldn't see a problem in these either.
Yeah.... redials on investment pieces is a bad idea. I own a few redials, not even especially good ones. I bought the watches fully aware of what they looked like because they were nice pieces and they made me smile. If you're buying the watch because you like it and you're going to wear it and not as an investment, redials are okay. Especially as they can be cheap as a result!