Which Railrouter do you keep?

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beerdeliveryguy

·Oct 13, 2026

Good day, inherited these 2 1205s and both run, the gold plated one exceptionally well. Which would you keep, the great looking one or the one with more character?

 

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JimInOz

·Oct 13, 2026·Melbourne Australia

Not being a UG collector, or a gold plated case fancier, I'd put the good movement/dial in the stainless case and keep that.
Cruddy dial/movement into the plated case and put it on eBay.

 

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Caliber561

·Oct 13, 2026

If it were I, I'd consider just keeping both? Especially the rational option would be to sell off the one in worse condition, and if it isn't worth much due to the damage, what's the point in selling it?

 

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bgrisso

·Oct 13, 2026

Agreed, I would keep both, because the gold one is obviously the keeper and not sure the SS is worth much due to the dial. I'm not familiar with these models, but given that the dials are different, I'm not sure you can swap them without creating something that is incorrect.

 

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beerdeliveryguy

·Oct 14, 2026

bgrisso

Agreed, I would keep both, because the gold one is obviously the keeper and not sure the SS is worth much due to the dial. I'm not familiar with these models, but given that the dials are different, I'm not sure you can swap them without creating something that is incorrect.

the temptation is that there is a mint dial on ebay for 225 cdn and I have the ability to swap them in the ss. My collection is already 40 watches lol

 

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bgrisso

·Oct 14, 2026

beerdeliveryguy

the temptation is that there is a mint dial on ebay for 225 cdn and I have the ability to swap them in the ss. My collection is already 40 watches lol

well 40 is not so much, I would definitely go for the mint dial swap! (But that's because I would get a lot more use out of a SS watch).

 

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Carlton-Browne

·Oct 28, 2026

I would keep both and set up a load of Ebay saved searches for a loose dial for the one on the left. I can't sat that I have followed railrouters that much but I believe that I've seen loose dials come up.

40 is not so much.

 

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beerdeliveryguy

·Tues. 8:20am

Carlton-Browne

I would keep both and set up a load of Ebay saved searches for a loose dial for the one on the left. I can't sat that I have followed railrouters that much but I believe that I've seen loose dials come up.

40 is not so much.

haha thanks for encouraging my bad habits. I see dials for 200 cdn, so might be time to talk to my repair guy on prices for dial swap

 

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Carlton-Browne

·Tues. 12:07pm

You know it makes sense.