Right! My point exactly. If the market in general gave more credit for well executed restorations such as this one surely there would be less of a tendency for this to happen at all. The information being disclosed would be seen to be of value itself rather than having been so blatantly hidden. Maybe I'm over-generalising but why can't we bee proud to say 'it's been restored'? Is it a work of art and so untouchable? In very few cases if you ask me, let's not romanticise this, they're watches, and the high majority are just consumer goods.
I'm not saying of course that they should all be restored. I prefer my small collection the imperfect way it is, but there are many that should be, and proudly.
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