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  1. Shabbaz May 5, 2020

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    Dear members,

    I'm looking at this chonograph which caught my eye. It's powered by a landeron 51. I like the blue hands!

    But that dial and subdials are wonky. And I've never seen the text "sur ... pulsations". Most are "base... pulsations", gradue pour, etc. But who is going to redial a "Mappin&Web"?!?
     
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  2. fibonacci May 5, 2020

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    "Calculé sur 30 pulsations" would probably be what they were going for. I don't want to link to anything since I don't know what is authentic or not, but you can find examples online.

    A quick inspection of the font and line inconsistencies suggests that this dial is almost certainly not original though. Look at the 2 in 20 vs 25, to take one example.
     
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  3. Shabbaz May 5, 2020

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    Yes. I agree. Also the 6 for example. And the subdials, when I look at the breaking of the numerals, are totally wrong as well. A refinished dial of mappin and webb. Funny.
     
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  4. fibonacci May 5, 2020

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    The original name on the dial needn't necessarily have been Mappin & Webb. I can imagine a cagey forger choosing an obscure brand to throw people off and make it harder to find original examples with which to compare. It's an arms race out there.
     
  5. Shabbaz May 5, 2020

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    Mappin and webb is a jewelry store in London. Like Bucherer they probably had watches sometimes under their own name.
     
  6. Shabbaz May 5, 2020

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    Anyway, I'm a fan of blue vintage hands. I'm also a fan of blue shutters in the south of France. To bad the dial is refinished.

    Thnx!