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Vintage VC Redial?
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Tony C.
··Ωf Jury memberLikely original.
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Dials like this are virtually impossible to redial.
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Tekashi_145.022
·Dials like this are virtually impossible to redial.
Just curious- why is that?
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Syzygy
·Just curious- why is that?
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ALEJANDRO BOVONE
·nice. movement and caseback pics?
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Not really - look again...
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ConElPueblo
·The plate and logo?
As Tony says, the textured parts have no print to redial. If anything, it is actually a fairly easy dial to repaint - completely flat surface for the logo uncomplicated, bold text and no minute hashes. I don't know enough about VC to say anything about it being original, but it appears fine 😀
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rkman11
·Vintage VC definitely brings up questions, between no Swiss marking on some dials, and the exact cutoff date for dropping the “&” it’s tricky.
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nitediver
·the dial and print is looking pretty good to me.
In the same vein, i have seen this VC Ref. 7397 and the dial looks doubtful to me - it is just too perfect condition and the print is not completely regular. The O is Vacheron is taller then the other letters and the S iin Constantin is very wide. Looks like a reprint to me. What is your opinon?
Stefan
In the same vein, i have seen this VC Ref. 7397 and the dial looks doubtful to me - it is just too perfect condition and the print is not completely regular. The O is Vacheron is taller then the other letters and the S iin Constantin is very wide. Looks like a reprint to me. What is your opinon?
Stefan
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Tony C.
··Ωf Jury memberLooks like a reprint to me. What is your opinon?
Very likely original, especially given the apparent condition of the rest of the watch. While it may seem odd, neither V&C nor AP, despite being two of the "Big Three" early/mid 20th century manufacturers, employed particularly high quality or consistent dial signatures.
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nitediver
·Very likely original, especially given the apparent condition of the rest of the watch. While it may seem odd, neither V&C nor AP, despite being two of the "Big Three" early/mid 20th century manufacturers, employed particularly high quality or consistent dial signatures.
Thank you for your comment Tony. However i remain doubtful. i just dont see how an original print can be so irregular. My impression / feeling is, that this watch may have seen a full refurbishment, which leads to the excellent conditon of the case, movement and so on.
best,
Stefan
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Tony C.
··Ωf Jury memberIt is possible that it is a redial, but given the apparent condition of the hands and movement, I see no reason why a clean dial might seem out of place.
As I mentioned previously, quality control of signatures was not perfect at V&C, but to my mind, the strongest argument for it being a redial is the use of a serif font, while the signatures were typically sans serif.
As I mentioned previously, quality control of signatures was not perfect at V&C, but to my mind, the strongest argument for it being a redial is the use of a serif font, while the signatures were typically sans serif.
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TheGreekPhysique
·the strongest argument for it being a redial is the use of a serif font, while the signatures were typically sans serif.
This ^^^
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nitediver
·the font seems correct to me, when comparing to reference pictures. But the O has a different shape, which made me think it is a redial. below pictures are taken from the web.
