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hoipolloi
·Certainly, you cannot tell from a photo like this but...
How can you tell if the cross hair is original or added later?
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arkman
·Looking at the full resolution image, it looks like there is more degradation of the pigment in the minute markers than there is in the cross hair. This makes me suspect the cross hair was added later.
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Rman
·So you’re saying that that fiddlers add the crosshairs to an original dial Hoi?
Why on earth would they do that?
Why on earth would they do that?
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apsm100
··Noob taxpayerIs it also because the line is slightly off center from the 6 o clock printed marker?
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nkhandekar
·To my eye the cross hairs are a little wide and not parallel to the double-l in constellation, suggesting a later application. But it looks like the cross hair goes under the applied logos which involves a lot of work removing the logos, printing the cross-hairs and reapplying the logos. I wonder if the applied elements were removed but not the indices? Looking at the verso would help clarify the dial's history.
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Edward53
·I don't know. Was it added later?
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Noddyman
·Has it got something to do with the dial “freckles” when viewed through a loupe?
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alefar
·Is the horizontal line a bit thicker or is it just me?
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Austind
·Ask for better photographs, preferably head on.
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hoipolloi
·Under a X10 loup, I can see the cross hair goes over the script like this
That means the script was already dried for a long time then the cross hair goes over and they don't mix together.
On the ones with original cross hair, scripts and cross hair mixed beautifully at the points they met. That means they were printed at the same time.
Hope it helps when you buy ones with cross hairs.
Hoi
That means the script was already dried for a long time then the cross hair goes over and they don't mix together.
On the ones with original cross hair, scripts and cross hair mixed beautifully at the points they met. That means they were printed at the same time.
Hope it helps when you buy ones with cross hairs.
Hoi
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hoipolloi
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I don't think you can tell from photo like this.
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Sherbie
·Under a X10 loup, I can see the cross hair goes over the script like this
That means the script was already dried for a long time then the cross hair goes over and they don't mix together.
On the ones with original cross hair, scripts and cross hair mixed beautifully at the points they met. That means they were printed at the same time.
Hope it helps when you buy ones with cross hairs.
Hoi
WTH am i looking at in that photo? And What are the white lines ( that look like 2 matchsticks laid on a wooden table?)
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Edward53
·Sorry, being slow tonight - please run this past me again.
It means that if you look under a glass at where the line crosses the script, you'll see the shape of the line continuing as it runs over the script. Which means that the line has been overprinted. Whereas if they had been printed together the inks will have merged, so that the line will appear to run up to the script, stop, and restart at the far side.
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Sherbie
·It means that if you look under a glass at where the line crosses the script, you'll see the shape of the line continuing as it runs over the script. Which means that the line has been overprinted. Whereas if they had been printed together the inks will have merged, so that the line will appear to run up to the script, stop, and restart at the far side.
lets see some photos of good and fake examples please
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inchpincher
·I’m looking at that picture under a loupe and I definitely can’t tell the difference.
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hoipolloi
·This is the best I can make from my Samsung
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Sherbie
·Thanks, but they both look the same to me, even when expanded
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