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Missing "Swiss made" text in this Constellation arrowhead.

TNTwatch
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Continuing my journey to find a fine arrowhead constellation, I met up with a prospective seller today to check this watch out:

Everything looks fine except for the missing "Swiss made" text which is a red flag for me. Seller claim that previous seller told him that its normal for some constellation of this variant (2852 cal 501) to have no "Swiss Made" text.

Does anyone know whether this is normal?
The watch is quite fine. I can see the shades of Swiss Made on both sides of the 6 o'clock marker, so the dial has indeed been cleaned as observed by several members above. Excellent external condition otherwise.
 
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Fascinating read! The watch in question is mine. Thanks for all the interesting and enlightening comments.
 
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Just to close off this old thread (sorry for reviving), the posts have inspired me to take a loupe to the bottom half of the dial under strong sunlight and hey presto...."Swiss Made" appears in ghost lettering next to the 6 o'clock arrowhead marker! Sadly beyond my photography skills and camera's capabilities to capture this in a photo.

Amazing work, you guys are incredible sleuths! Hats off and happy to have this mystery finally solved.
::psy::
 
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Just to close off this old thread (sorry for reviving), the posts have inspired me to take a loupe to the bottom half of the dial under strong sunlight and hey presto...."Swiss Made" appears in ghost lettering next to the 6 o'clock arrowhead marker! Sadly beyond my photography skills and camera's capabilities to capture this in a photo.

Amazing work, you guys are incredible sleuths! Hats off and happy to have this mystery finally solved.
::psy::
It was there all the time as @TNTwatch said - you just have to look closely at the OPs images
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I don't know who it belongs to 😁 but remember, he owns some redials, too.

Think that photo was from 2008!

Here is one to make up for that - 18k rose gold:

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