It has just arrived from local seller a Longines cal 431. Dial is pretty well preserved except for strange wording “T-Swiss Made-T” without any lume remaining. I can live with it but I would be relieved if I find an explanation to absence of lume trace although the dial “states” T. Is T wording added by a redialer or the whole dial has been redone? What do you think please. Thank you in advance.
Everything is OK with the watch/dial. Surely the markers and hands were filled with lume which is lost now.
The case is in good condition. This is a good find. I also think that lume was not on the watch and hands.
@BlueHands @aleksejeremeev Thank you all for commenting. Over the net I saw a few UC dials in the same configuration than mine (with T wording AND no remaining lume. Here I attach a closeup photo of my dial. Thanks in advance for your input.
I found randomly by googling several UC. Out of 5 there is one white example advertised as NOS don't displays T wording. All 4 blue dials are with T...
I take my words back. I didn't look at other photos well. Judging by the photo, there should be a lume. On the watch, he got lost in time.
Today with the help of my watchmaker who opened the case for me, I inspected the 'nake' dial and I found under magnifier that hour makers and hands on my sample are repainted with black paint. Tks for replies PS: dial in this pic is photographed under watch glass.