Modest_Proposal
·Ah - I didn't know there was a MWR thread. I see, now.
Yes, you're right. Many other points to fixate on.
Yes, you're right. Many other points to fixate on.
Wow - so much time, work and energy - just to indicate a fake dial...
The originality of a dial can have a massive impact on the value and general desirability of a watch. 30%-60% of the value, in most cases. You have to ask yourself - why is that? It's because most collectors care a great deal about this point.
Not saying the OP should care - or implying that he cares about the value or not - just that this fixation should be expected amongst certain crowds.
Agree completely. rgds - h.u.
I just remembered that I have seen another 13ZN with many of the same dial characteristics as the OP's. The dial is found in a 13ZN from the mid-1940s. Like the OP's, the dial does not look correct for its era. The fact that two very similar dials are found in watches that were produced ten years apart seems to further suggest that neither is original. However, as they are so similar and both of relatively high quality, I wonder if Longines was involved. I suppose that the dials could have been replaced with service dials or simply refinished.
Just curious, I really know nothing about those Longines chronographs, why do you say the dial in the watch pictured here would not be correct for the period ? Looks like a 1940s Longines dial design to me...
Secondly, dial feet are not expected to be the same color as the back of the dial.
I just thought about possibilities to bring the silver just on one side of the dial, because that seems to be the main difference between originally preserved (Stern-) dials and the refinished.