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Hi thank you for your help in advance. This font looks OK for me but does the overlap with the sub dial look messy to others? Thank you
 
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The dial looks original, to me.

This is a lovely watch. If you have more photos, I would be curious to see them.
 
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Dials been altered. The 20 and 30 were touched up. The sector dividers on left and right of 30 touched up too.
 
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Dials been altered. The 20 and 30 were touched up. The sector dividers on left and right of 30 touched up too.
I could be wrong, but I believe that the dial of this watch (like many Longines duo-dials) is indelible. This means that the "printing" you see (apart from the signature) is a type of enamel that sits in recesses in the dial. Firstly, these dials sometimes lack the precision that is expected with transfer-printed dials. Secondly, I am not sure how one would "touch up" such a dial. Do you have a specific procedure in mind?

Below is another indelible Longines duo-dial. If you look at the seconds track, you will see that many parts are not perfectly executed or even. This is to be expected on such a dial, IMO.

Source: https://www.lorologiese.com/en/home/1777-longines-original-1933-doctors-medical-watch-cal-932.html
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I could be wrong, but I believe that the dial of this watch (like many Longines duo-dials) is indelible. This means that the "printing" you see (apart from the signature) is a type of enamel that sits in recesses in the dial. Firstly, these dials sometimes lack the precision that is expected with transfer-printed dials. Secondly, I am not sure how one would "touch up" such a dial. Do you have a specific procedure in mind?

Below is another indelible Longines duo-dial. If you look at the seconds track, you will see that many parts are not perfectly executed or even. This is to be expected on such a dial, IMO.

Source: https://www.lorologiese.com/en/home/1777-longines-original-1933-doctors-medical-watch-cal-932.html
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So you are sure that no one with a thin brush and modeling paint could not paint over the 20 and 30 to make it look better than it was before? I think there is something clearly different about the way the black ink on the 30 reflects light compared to the rest of the dial and of course how "hand written" it looks.
 
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So you are sure that no one with a thin brush and modeling paint could not paint over the 20 and 30 to make it look better than it was before?
I am not sure of anything. However, in the absence of better photos, I would not guess that this dial has been altered with modelling paint or anything else. I would guess that the inconsistencies are the result of the production process. The idea of touching up the ink does not make much sense, to me, since the enameled ink on indelible dials is generally quite permanent (hence the term indelible).
 
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Nice watch and examples. I really love the vintage Longines, have worked on a few, and think they are great movements. The art deco pieces are timeless in opinion.
 
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