I hear ya!!
Lucky for me it was very cheap 馃榿 and I do find the overall look quite pleasing in a patinated kind of way 馃榾
I think your dial is the real deal for this reference lume dots and all.
I'm sure Hoi has forgotten more than I know about Constellations, but nice that you think it all original.
Judging from the colour of the lume dots and hands I had no reason to believe them to be later additions, but sometimes it is wise to only enter into a debate when 100% sure of ones facts.
Are there any known replacement on the dial and furniture that makes you uncertain about its originality? Of all the 5 pie pan dials on this reference, all have the same RE ending. That makes it uniformly consistent for all the pie pan dials while the same can't be said for the dome dials. Also, I don't think the originality of Hoi's dial has been proven yet in spite of his belief so. If there's any doubt, it should be placed on the low quality "funniness" of his dial's printing. Prove me wrong please.
Regards,
Tony
You haven't seen enough Toni and I am sorry that I don't have time to dig out things to show you....
Don't get your point, can you explain it?
Two points here. First, you may have seen and owned a lot of pie pan dials, but that is only anecdotal and does not make a rule out of it that no pie pan dial should have lume plots or lume hands going with it. Unless, of course, you can cite an authoritative source saying so.
Second, incandescent lighting does not render well all the details, but it's apparent that the lumes on the hands here seem newer than the dial's condition. You cannot say the same about Cristo's dial.
What would be the ball park figure in the valuation of the 2887?
I don't think there is any premium over an equivalent Ref. 2852 or bumper Ref. 2782 with a similar dial.
Anywhere from $500 to $1,500+, depending on condition.
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