kreyke
·Hello,
I have recently made an impulsive purchase without doing my due diligence. I have been collecting vintage watches for about a year now and I wanted a nice old chronograph. I chanced upon this on the bay. A quick glance revealed a pristine dial with a nice stepped case. I threw in an offer and it was accepted.
After showing it to a few collectors, one of them mentioned to me that it might be a redial. I trust his words as he is an experienced collector. So I went to do my (long overdue) research and I couldn't find any subdials with my orientation. I looked through a few threads on WUS as well and I couldn't find much information. I did post there asking for help but I would like to cast a bigger net and gain more opinions.
Fortunately, the ebay listing does state that the dial is mint and original. I shouldn't have any problems getting a refund if it is a redial. It's just a bummer because I finally felt I got a big boy chronograph.
Here are the photos, I will upload more, hopefully better photos, when I receive the watch.
I have recently made an impulsive purchase without doing my due diligence. I have been collecting vintage watches for about a year now and I wanted a nice old chronograph. I chanced upon this on the bay. A quick glance revealed a pristine dial with a nice stepped case. I threw in an offer and it was accepted.
After showing it to a few collectors, one of them mentioned to me that it might be a redial. I trust his words as he is an experienced collector. So I went to do my (long overdue) research and I couldn't find any subdials with my orientation. I looked through a few threads on WUS as well and I couldn't find much information. I did post there asking for help but I would like to cast a bigger net and gain more opinions.
Fortunately, the ebay listing does state that the dial is mint and original. I shouldn't have any problems getting a refund if it is a redial. It's just a bummer because I finally felt I got a big boy chronograph.
Here are the photos, I will upload more, hopefully better photos, when I receive the watch.