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Ebauche suisse

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The watch below came up for sale locally and as I had never seen the ebauche suisse on a Tissot dial before I wondered if anyone can shed some light on the markings. I translated from French and " Swiss Blank " comes up.
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Dan S
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Ebauche refers to the movement, generally meaning a "generic" movement provided by another manufacturer, i.e. not "in-house." This dial has been repainted, however.
 
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This dial has been repainted

...and very poorly, I would add. 😁
 
peterkirk01
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Thanks for your help. I do agree that the Tissot is off centre and the rest of the dial looks repainted. Just wondered why someone who was trying to refinish would not have copied exactly what was originally on the dial.
 
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Just wondered why someone who was trying to refinish would not have copied exactly what was originally on the dial.

Re-finishers often just use whatever printing plates that they have on hand that fit the size and layout of the dial, perhaps this is the best they could do, which is piss poor. The cost of doing a correct new engraving for a single oddball watch just wouldn't make sense.
 
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Thanks for your help. I do agree that the Tissot is off centre and the rest of the dial looks repainted. Just wondered why someone who was trying to refinish would not have copied exactly what was originally on the dial.
I never said that the text was different. There's no way to know either way.
 
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Just doubt that the original Tissot was not centered on the dial.
The printing was definitely different, I just meant that there's no way to know what was actually printed.
 
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Again, re-finisher simply used what they had to create this mess.
 
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