Hands in general are priced all over the place. Best to restore if possible.
I got a set of hands that were designated for 565 dynamic. I think for around 60 or so. They did not fit as they are for a larger movement like my chronostop. Or something similar.
I have seen hands listed in the hundreds, even the thousands. Of course who knows if these ever really go for that.
I have paid in the 30s for three hander hands. With job lots all bets are off. Sometimes there is a loose hand here and there. The Omega stuff does not show up in job lots much. Those are mostly landeron, Valjoux and Venus in that order. Lemania, is often pure unobtanium. I have been looking for a 105 hour hand for 3 years or is it thirty? Sometimes Tissot works as an alternitive, although it looks like there were efforts to keept the designs separate.
I have been attempting to replicate some of the YT vids using a laser to cut hands from thin razor blades. Main issue is warping and heat treating, which is why restoring may be a better option. Have not attempted to laser weld a hand yet. Theoretically possible.
Lumes and vapor deposit finishes are going to be much more difficult. Which is true of any of this.
There really is no way to define a reasonable amount of what any embargoed part will cost. That is pretty much the point of the embargo. Which is to control markets and restrict trade. Free trade is basically an orwellan term, and could mean anything from barter to black markets to outright theft. Does free trade give one the ability to embargo things which are restrictive or anti competitive. How many greedy people then are in favor of 'free trade' for those reasons. Same things could be said of freeways which are now called expressways or interstates, and no longer free.
