To relume or not

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SpeedTar

·Oct 24, 2016

Whatever happened to this dial, to me it looks very beautiful in that way, It would be greater without the erased wording but perfection is not in this world!
As @mozambique says, reluming will make the dial appears redone or deeply modified. If I were @robocaspar i definitively keep it untouched 👍
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Pun

·Oct 24, 2016

robocaspar

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





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.

For leaving it alone for posterity, watch gods will be pleased with you.

 

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plexyforever

·Oct 24, 2016

Wow ... it seems as if someone forgot it on the moon on July 20th 1969 and someone else recovered it after about 45 years

Edited: Oct 25, 2016

 

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Maganator

·Oct 24, 2016

I am no expert but it looks to me like someone has put something (a cleaning solution of some description) on the dial to clean it and then had a wee scrub.

The marking over the PROFESSIONAL look like an unprofessional (ba doom tissssh) cleaning job.

However it was achieved I think it looks superb.

 

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abrod520

·Oct 24, 2016

Narrow T dial + scrub on Professional, makes me think someone was trying to ready the dial for a straight-lug franken....

That said, put me in the "leave it as-is" camp. It's very attractive.

 

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Varnado

·Oct 24, 2016

I like it. Tropical and original. The professional "scrubbed" area is certainly a problem but, thats an honest to goodness tropical right there. Leave it alone..

 

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robocaspar

·Oct 24, 2016

Thanks for commenting everyone!

Abrod520's straight - lug Franken theory does seem plausible. Why on earth someone would think scrubbing that off wouldn't unbalance the dial color is beyond me.

It's sitting in a 105.012 now and I find it
fitting since it's the actual reference that went to the moon.

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Edited: Oct 24, 2016

 

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harrymai86

·Oct 24, 2016

find a ghost bezel, then you have completely ghost watch 😁

 

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VetPsychWars

·Oct 25, 2016

Send it to Omega, they'll make it look new!

Tom

(Couldn't resist)

 

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brunik

·Oct 25, 2016

I would no touch that beauty


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