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lexieb007
·As a newbie on search for that "one" vintage MOTM speedmaster, the main issue I have pretty much always come across with every listing is the hands.
If they appear to be originals on the watch, they are often near on destroyed.
There are so many hatch it fix up or paint jobs.
Then there are the lume replacements - some good some bad. Some are painted "to match", but I highly doubt are real tritium, so won't really "match" the indices
Of course it's always possible to source separate original hands, but are these easy to swap in?
My question is what do other collectors think about 60's MOTM speedies with swapped hands that aren't original to the watch? Is this a "no go", total turn off - you move on to something else, or do you consider some way of sorting this issue?
If you are going to sort it, what do you end up doing, and how much does it eventually cost?
Thanks
If they appear to be originals on the watch, they are often near on destroyed.
There are so many hatch it fix up or paint jobs.
Then there are the lume replacements - some good some bad. Some are painted "to match", but I highly doubt are real tritium, so won't really "match" the indices
Of course it's always possible to source separate original hands, but are these easy to swap in?
My question is what do other collectors think about 60's MOTM speedies with swapped hands that aren't original to the watch? Is this a "no go", total turn off - you move on to something else, or do you consider some way of sorting this issue?
If you are going to sort it, what do you end up doing, and how much does it eventually cost?
Thanks
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