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·We see Speedmaster bezels in a wide range of conditions for sale all the time. So frequently in fact and in such shocking states of preservation that we've even thought up a classification system - asteroid, road kill, etc.
Why don't we see the same thing with dials? Of course, every now and then we do see the unfortunate consequences of attempts to brown dials with heat - but we don't seem to encounter rare dials that have suffered and survived the kind of wear and tear or water ingress that might have meant they were swapped out at a service. Why is this, I wonder?
I have a selfish reason for asking - I've been trying to find a correct dial for a 2915-2 that I bought through the Forum for nearly 3 years. Here are pictures of it from the original For Sale post and on its return from STS. As you can see, it has a dial from a 2998-3 to 105-002. My guess is that the original dial may have been damaged and the current one swapped in at some early service.
Much as I love this watch and it is definitely my preferred daily wearer, I hanker for an original dial - even one in asteroid or road kill condition. I would not be fussy. My question to members of the forum (and I apologise to the mods if this looks like a thinly disguised WTB thread) is where are those old knackered dials? Did they get tossed in the watchmaker's bin, are they forgotten at the bottom of boxes of spare parts in sheds or are people hanging onto them in the hope one day of being in my situation and needing the right dial for an incomplete watch?
Why don't we see the same thing with dials? Of course, every now and then we do see the unfortunate consequences of attempts to brown dials with heat - but we don't seem to encounter rare dials that have suffered and survived the kind of wear and tear or water ingress that might have meant they were swapped out at a service. Why is this, I wonder?
I have a selfish reason for asking - I've been trying to find a correct dial for a 2915-2 that I bought through the Forum for nearly 3 years. Here are pictures of it from the original For Sale post and on its return from STS. As you can see, it has a dial from a 2998-3 to 105-002. My guess is that the original dial may have been damaged and the current one swapped in at some early service.
Much as I love this watch and it is definitely my preferred daily wearer, I hanker for an original dial - even one in asteroid or road kill condition. I would not be fussy. My question to members of the forum (and I apologise to the mods if this looks like a thinly disguised WTB thread) is where are those old knackered dials? Did they get tossed in the watchmaker's bin, are they forgotten at the bottom of boxes of spare parts in sheds or are people hanging onto them in the hope one day of being in my situation and needing the right dial for an incomplete watch?
