This was an eBay impulse buy on a rather cheeky low ball offer. If anyone saw this listing, it’s the one with the damaged lug. Yes I should have asked first, done careful due diligence and sought expert consultation; but after weeks at home I’m feeling reckless and needed some excitement.

I like the dial as it looks much like how I feel — rather old and having seen too much sun. And the rose gold plate is a lovely color which these pics don’t do justice.

So the big question— original or refinished dial?

Should I take to see my expensive lug-guy?

 

The dial is original.

 

Looks original to me.

 

Good and nice

 

Dial is fine, evenly patinated, generations of smokers?, hands are good, and you scored an original moon face. Is this a plated reference or is that a gouge out of the lug?

 

It appears to be both. Plated with a damaged lug. It looks like this is supposed to have female spring bar pins. I'm guessing they got broken and someone's drilled holes in the lugs on the north side. I've exchanged some messages with Peter to try and get an estimate of $$ and time.

Know anyone else that can laser and electroplate in-house?

 

Not that I would kick her out of bed for farting, but are they the right hands? I thought I read in another thread that lume plots = lume hands; markers = non-lume hands.
Perhaps I've got it backwards: hands = plots, but plots don't always = hands.

 

dial has metal nipples, not lume

 

Ah, I didn't look at the closeup in the following pic. The first shot struck me as dots which had surrendered their lume to time.

 

Might also reach out to RGM .. I'm sure they could connect to the resources. They do UG restoration. You are going to need your watchmaker and the case house to work together. Since you are going this route, you could even have the #1##!!!!!! female spring bars put back.

 

Original dial