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Vintage Speedmaster broad arrow hands, original or later replacement

  1. Delbok Nov 2, 2018

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    hi

    I would need your help to determine if the following hands are original vintage broad arrow for Speedmaster 2915 ref of course.

    On the back of many excellent topics in this forum, original hour hand should be slightly curved. It looks like the minute hand is probably a later replacement due to the shape of the lume.

    What do you think about these ones? knowing they have the correct size for this reference (1,9 for the hour hand and 1,05 for the minute)

    Now the pictures
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    8BCDADCB-407D-4B11-97FA-A6A3E6DFB861.jpeg
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    Thanks a lot for your help
     
  2. trash_gordon Nov 2, 2018

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    Lume looks like relumed luminova. But there is a brown trace on paper where another minutehand was. That trace is a sign of radium that burned into the paper. A Geigercounter would help alot.
     
  3. Delbok Nov 2, 2018

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    The lume on these hands are indeed a relume discloses by the seller, but I did not see this stain on the paper ;)
    I will ask if the guy has a Geigercounter

    Thanks a lot
     
  4. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Nov 2, 2018

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    Modern hands on this one... I think the OP's look too new.

    ...but generally

    I will not comment on 2915s
    I will not comment on 2915s
    I will not comment on 2915s
    I will not comment on 2915s
     
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