CH30. Yes - it's a redial. I did it.....

Bought this Longines ref 7414 CH30 some time back.
18k case is very good. Still facets well visible, and no major dings or scratches.
Original crown.
The thing that really got me looking in the first place was the accompanying box (including outer cardboard box) and instructions/guarantee book. And having lusted for a Longines chronograph for a while.

What was seriously bad was the dial.
If it had only been tired, but someone had already "restored" it. And done so badly.



Well. After a bit of research I decided to send the already mangled dial of for a second lick of paint.

I have no problem seeing where the freshly redone dial differs from an original one, but at lest I find it very wearable now.
Perhaps more so than if it was too "perfect"?
And I can always hope that an all original dial miraculously surfaces in the future.
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(Don't forget to PM me when you see one😗!)

Nice. Do you mind me asking who did the redial for you?

Absolutely no secret. It was done by Betghe & Sohn in Germany.
Not the easiest communication, but I am very pleased with the way it turned out.

I think it looks really good and yo made the right choice. Thanks for the info!

This is amazing. Brilliant work.

Obvious crowding of applied hour markers and hour / minute index. Leverage the experts here. Look for benchmark examples here. @Northernman made lemonade out of lemons ( at a significant investment no doubt) for a fine daily wear watch. Should he sell it, he as a good OF member will state that it is a restored dial.

No use to try passing it off as anything but a redial. It is not identical to the original and it was never the aim. I think it is close enough.
This is how I believe it should have looked/what I supplied to the guys who did the work:



Some guys hates redials like flies in their fav wine. I think for me I will be able to live with this dial for a long time.
And I will still strike if an all original dial shows up.
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Bottom line is that I need a macro shot or a loupe in order to really tell the difference.
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So long as you are not trying to pass off a redial as an original - i see no issue in having the procedure done.

It would be a bigger crime to discard a watch that had a dial that was illegible or damaged. If you are going to do it get it done well and be open about it - just like @Northernman

Gosh I need not just a loupe but some serious Longines kungfu to tell why it's a redial! Experience matters so much.

Or a picture search on Google from a computer with a proper quality monitor.
Comparing high res shots of various dials is a time consuming affair.
It makes me question what really matters.
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IMO it doesn't. Check out Ulackfocus pics of his factory restorations done by JLC. They are stunning and I'd defy anyone who'd call them redials. This dial falls into that category. Yea it's a bit different but it's a nice 30CH. Yea it would need to be sold as a redial but it's a far cry from a run of the mill restoration.