Delroyb
路Picked this up yesterday at the London Watch Fair. Looking very sorry for itself. Good price but looking like it certainly needed a dial.
Wish I had taken a better before pic. Decided to give the dial some love and after my go to combo of lemon juice and distilled water, and then several coats of varnish, it's far from perfect, but a hell of a lot better.
My theory is that it was touched up in the past (can see very clearly where) and the varnish stripped (which could be why it needed touching up) but not revarnished. Which led to it detiriorating further. Will keep my eye out for a better dial, but pretty happy with the result for now.
Next up a movement service, first 930 I'll have done but figure it can't be too different from an 861.
Wish I had taken a better before pic. Decided to give the dial some love and after my go to combo of lemon juice and distilled water, and then several coats of varnish, it's far from perfect, but a hell of a lot better.
My theory is that it was touched up in the past (can see very clearly where) and the varnish stripped (which could be why it needed touching up) but not revarnished. Which led to it detiriorating further. Will keep my eye out for a better dial, but pretty happy with the result for now.
Next up a movement service, first 930 I'll have done but figure it can't be too different from an 861.