I have my doubts about the dial and hands on that one (and the price). This one looks a little better (but I'm still not sure about the dial):
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ricambi-...automatic-28-mm/363243615527?autorefresh=true
ÌMHO definitely not correct
Thanks, that was my view also.
I was watching this one closely and took the plunge. A deal was a done with the seller at a much more realistic price level.
Fingers crossed that the fuzzy photographs lead to some upside surprise in the metal.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203248844570
I had no choice really as I am slowly building a modest collection of Climate Proof and Colonials and they come up so rarely for sale.
I can totally understand these concerns about the hands, gentlemen;
However, I have seen this unusual handset paired with similar Climate Proof dials before. There is a fighting chance they are correct, I think;
Credit to OF user @X350 XJR
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Having said all of that, I think there have been shenanigans with the lume on the hour and minute hands, possibly a long time ago.
In addition, the crown stem is very wobbly, the case is a bit weathered in places and the movement might look like a horrorshow under there. It is currently with my watchmaker for at least two months. If you see it pop up again here you’ll know that the gamble paid off. If not, lets never speak of this watch again 👍
I assume - a redial sold today for EUR 12.000 excl 35% fee. Serial: 753553. Very strong price IMHO
It looks like a re-made Tri-compax dial no? Look at the concentric lines in the top sub-dial with the XII- not sure why they'd have made that indent. Maybe they got cheap and tried to re-purpose excess dials?
Another vote for some kind of redial here.
The Roman hour numerals on the dial look imperfect to me. You can almost sense the pencil tracing lines above and below the markers.
The track inside the rolling seconds subdial at 9 o’clock is too far away from the boundary of that subdial to my eyes. Lots of other things look off. No ‘Swiss’ at six as noted by others.
Even if I’m wrong (likely) and all is well (possible) and correct (at a push) it’s still not one that sings to me.
