Has this dial been repainted?

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Apart from the roller use for the paint job, another fantastic thing he did was the inner bezel...

The '15' was applied freestyle 😲

 
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EPIC!

In so many awful ways, I almost want it!
 
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"It looks like somebody modified the bezel insert and dial" 🙄
 
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This is a limited Picasso edition- he was doing collage at the time.
 
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"It looks like somebody modified the bezel insert and dial" 🙄

Yeah, that’s the best part of the description. 😁 This is so bad, I could actually imagine wearing it ironically on occasion. But certainly not for 150€. 😉
 
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EPIC!

In so many awful ways, I almost want it!

It would be a funny addition to an otherwise clean collection. No real justification needed
 
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Seller's in Pontefract West Yorkshire.

I've been to the ruins of Pontefract Castle on occasion. I should have looked through the remains of the latrine. I might have found that.
 
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That 15 looks like it was cut from a magazine.
The crystal looks like the original was missing and they took a plastic one from another watch and heated it and pressed it in by hand.

Unless this was done to a watch salvaged from a plane crash in a POW camp there's no sane excuse.

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I read of an American officer in a Korean War POW camp watching a Chinese guard make a watch crystal from a broken light bulb. He carefully chipped the glass to the proper size and shape, grinding the edges smooth with a rock.
Something like that would deserve a place in a collection.
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Looks like a watch a serial killer might put together as a clue to where the bodies are