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Creative phrases sellers use to avoid the term "redial"

  1. FREDMAYCOIN Jan 16, 2017

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    The latest I have seen is "all authentic on a painted dial"
     
  2. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Jan 16, 2017

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    Professionally restored original dial is the most common euphemism I see, the underlying metal dial is the original one, restoring dials is a profession so technically there's nothing false in the statement just flowery and misleading.
     
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  3. Rman Jan 16, 2017

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    Seems like quite a few on EBay are "Stunningly refreshed!"

    Sounds like a Massengill advert.
     
  4. M'Bob Jan 16, 2017

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    I like: "once original dial." "Painstakingly restored."
     
  5. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Jan 16, 2017

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    Paying a bill at your watchmaker's can be painstaking at times, just depends how big it is.
     
  6. M'Bob Jan 16, 2017

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    That receives a double like.
     
  7. M'Bob Jan 16, 2017

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    That's what...
     
  8. Rman Jan 22, 2017

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    Another gem I just spotted

    :Deluxe Dial Expertly And Expensively Redone To Its MINT CONDITION
     
  9. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Jan 22, 2017

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    There was one recently talking about the dial being redone by "A GRANDMASTER WATCHMAKER". I'm guessing it wasn't Dufour but rather Simon down at the local shopping centre.
     
  10. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Jan 22, 2017

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    "all parts original to the watch"
     
  11. CanberraOmega Rabbitohs and Whisky Supporter Jan 22, 2017

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    if I saw that, I'd ask about the springbars.
     
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