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  1. robocaspar Oct 23, 2016

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    Opinions welcome! I'm leaning toward leaving it as is.

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  2. watchknut New watch + Instagram + wife = dumbass Oct 23, 2016

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    Why on earth would you touch it? Looks cool as hell as is...painting the numerals will just take away from the originality of theach watch.
     
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  3. Pun Oct 23, 2016

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    Or give it to me. But please don't destroy it's vintage beauty.
     
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  4. harrymai86 Oct 23, 2016

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    Oh my god looks like moon dust there :)
     
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  5. Pun Oct 23, 2016

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    Yes I agree with you. It's a treasure for a WIS.
     
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  6. Jwit Not a doctor, but plays one on ΩF Oct 23, 2016

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    Don't do it! You have yourself a GSOTM that has evolved naturally! Very very cool dial::love::
     
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  7. Kazyole Oct 23, 2016

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    Leave it. That's a badass dial.

    God, I want that. Please don't relume it.
     
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  8. robocaspar Oct 23, 2016

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    Appreciate the comments!

    Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
     
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  9. gemini4 Hoarder Of Speed et alia Oct 23, 2016

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    Is that a ghost dial?
     
  10. watchlovr Oct 24, 2016

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    What a cool dial, I like it a lot.

    I'd personally love to see what it looked like with a proper relume, but would I do it if it were mine?
    I think I'd be too scared.
     
  11. Vintagewtchzilla Oct 24, 2016

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    NOOOOOOOOO just NO !

    leave it as it is, many will love it
     
  12. TJH Oct 24, 2016

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    What a fantastic patina!
     
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  13. Maganator Oct 24, 2016

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    That might be the best looking aged dial I have ever seen.

    My advice - leave it as it is!
     
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  14. SpeedTar Oct 24, 2016

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    Wow!! 100% agree with folks here!! DO NOT TOUCH IT!
     
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  15. dialstatic Oct 24, 2016

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    Is there a rule that says we can ban him if he posts a picture of this dial relumed? ;)
     
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  16. mozambique Oct 24, 2016

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    If you do relume, unless the person doing it is particularly skilled, you are probably going to end up with a dial where the new lume looks incongruous against the weathered dial i.e. its just going to look out of place and obviously re-done. For this reason alone, I would leave as-is. If the dial were less weathered then re-luming it might not be such a bad idea
     
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  17. robocaspar Oct 24, 2016

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    That's a little drastic lol. How about a picture of the watch with a proper second hand?

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    No worries, I will definitely be leaving it as is. I quite like the contrast of the white markers.

    @gemini4, it is browner than the pictures I posted, unfortunately it is hard to capture the color with my Nexus.
     
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  18. noelekal Home For Wayward Watches Oct 24, 2016

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    Did someone scrub the dial with a scouring pad?
     
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  19. Vintagewtchzilla Oct 24, 2016

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    Maybe you're right if you mean the speedmaster writing and subdials, nothing i would buy because it's simply defective
     
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  20. robocaspar Oct 24, 2016

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    That was my first impression as well when I saw it. Seems like something or someone rubbed the professional wording.

    Whatever happened to the dial, it's quite interesting to look at and I certain will be keeping it for a while.

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