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jzerore
·Hello!
The lume on my old Seamaster (Bond) is getting pretty faint (I've owned it for 23 years... yikes), and I was thinking of having the hands relumed. (Not the dial.) I know this can be controversial, but I am more interested in seeing the hands in the dark than preserving some value—I could be homeless and destitute and I still won't ever sell that watch.
So a couple questions:
1. Recommendations for reluming in the US? I saw some older posts that mentioned IWW. Is this still the current place to go? And are they still running about a year behind?
2. Any reason I wouldn't just get a new pair of hands from Omega and put the old ones in a box?
3. Can a skilled relumer match the color of the lume on my dial while still increasing the glowiness (is that a word? I hope so, because I like it!) of the hands?
Thanks very much!
The lume on my old Seamaster (Bond) is getting pretty faint (I've owned it for 23 years... yikes), and I was thinking of having the hands relumed. (Not the dial.) I know this can be controversial, but I am more interested in seeing the hands in the dark than preserving some value—I could be homeless and destitute and I still won't ever sell that watch.
So a couple questions:
1. Recommendations for reluming in the US? I saw some older posts that mentioned IWW. Is this still the current place to go? And are they still running about a year behind?
2. Any reason I wouldn't just get a new pair of hands from Omega and put the old ones in a box?
3. Can a skilled relumer match the color of the lume on my dial while still increasing the glowiness (is that a word? I hope so, because I like it!) of the hands?
Thanks very much!
