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  1. keepschanging Nov 20, 2017

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    I wonder whether this is a redial?
     
    Edited Nov 23, 2017
  2. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Nov 20, 2017

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    If not redial ... then touched up ...
     
  3. Ninja2789 Nov 20, 2017

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    whenever I look at a vintage dial for possible redials, I always look to see whether the font style for the numbers are consistent across the entire dial. this isn't an iron-clad rule, but it does help in most cases.

    In your example, I would notice the number 4. See the larger "24" at the subdial 9'oclock? This "4" has a flat top. Compare it to the "340" at the subdial 11 oclock. This "4" has a sharp top. The variation would make me think redial.
     
  4. keepschanging Nov 21, 2017

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  5. mario linus Nov 21, 2017

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    Ugly redial
     
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  6. keepschanging Nov 21, 2017

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    Thanks guys, much appreciated. Why do you think that? And why on earth would these guys risk their reputation - thought they were leading vintage Heuer experts :(
     
  7. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Nov 21, 2017

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    Dealers /Auction Houses have been discussed ad nauseum here. The vintage market is hot. Their audience is not just us. There are a lot of people out there with cash looking for a fashionable vintage look not a correct watch. Some dealers have such volume that they simply don’t pay attn. The good ones will correct a description if a dial restoration or redial is pointed out. (Like Europian Watch recently did) The others well, caveat emptor. My issues with this watch are the fonts as mentioned and inconsistent printing. Dial just looks wrong to me.
     
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  8. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Nov 21, 2017

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    My theory here is that this dial was cleaned and touched up.
     
  9. keepschanging Nov 21, 2017

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    Sigh...vintage watch collecting used to be fun!
     
  10. SeanO Nov 21, 2017

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    it still is, you'll just pay more to make your mistakes now.
     
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  11. keepschanging Nov 22, 2017

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    I’ve found an entry from a 1940s Heuer catalogue which does look quite similar - clearly a different watch, but very similar dial...
     
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  12. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Nov 22, 2017

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    Apples and Orangutans. Different era. This is an Enamel Dial pre 1920. They are lovely in the metal.