When talking about redials, we should consider the circumstances when it was made.
Although collectors have some problems with redials (as we can see in
@Larry S 's post), most other people just prefer to look at a nice and proper dial. During the past decades, many watches suffered from water/sweat damages, from the sun etc. and the owners just wanted to get them nice again. Originality was not important to them and I doubt that for many non-collectors this opinion has changed until now. Also because of this, many watches are (over)polished.
Look at vintage cars. Many of them have been restored during the past decades such that they look better than new. Only a perfect car could be the winner in the concours of Pebble Beach. During the past years, that opinion changed and now patina is king.
And let us be honest, which car would you prefer?
This?
this?
or this?
so although we as collectors are only interested in original watches, we should not always condemn redials (not talking about the really bad mouth or foot painted ones one can find in the wortst redials thread).
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