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oddboy
·Hi all,
I've been curious to know the intimate details of the correct vintage drop tail chrono seconds hand vs. the modern one. I haven't found a good comparison of the two hands side by side at this point, so I thought I would see what the hive has to say.
My understanding is that the tip of the vintage one should reach the seconds marks on the outter edge of the dial. Another collector shared with me that the flat bottom chrono hand is the correct lenght, so you can compare a flat bottom hand to a drop second hand to determine if it is the correct length. the modern versions will be ever so slightly shorter. For the purpose of the comparison, we are measuring from the center of the hole to the very tip of the hand.
As you can see in the images below, it appears that all 3 of the drop tail chrono hands below are too short as compared to the flat bottom hand.
Does anyone have a proper vintage hand side by side with a modern one?
Does this rule hold true?
Are there any other notable differences between to two iterations of this style of hands?
Edit: and for clarity, the drop tail hand with the white lume IS a modern one. It's mainly the other two I was curious about (as well as the general rules for identifying the correct ones).
I've been curious to know the intimate details of the correct vintage drop tail chrono seconds hand vs. the modern one. I haven't found a good comparison of the two hands side by side at this point, so I thought I would see what the hive has to say.
My understanding is that the tip of the vintage one should reach the seconds marks on the outter edge of the dial. Another collector shared with me that the flat bottom chrono hand is the correct lenght, so you can compare a flat bottom hand to a drop second hand to determine if it is the correct length. the modern versions will be ever so slightly shorter. For the purpose of the comparison, we are measuring from the center of the hole to the very tip of the hand.
As you can see in the images below, it appears that all 3 of the drop tail chrono hands below are too short as compared to the flat bottom hand.
Does anyone have a proper vintage hand side by side with a modern one?
Does this rule hold true?
Are there any other notable differences between to two iterations of this style of hands?
Edit: and for clarity, the drop tail hand with the white lume IS a modern one. It's mainly the other two I was curious about (as well as the general rules for identifying the correct ones).
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