Justasgood Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 My watchmaker has a customer who wants to.....gulp..........put a modern dial and hands on this: I tried to talk him out of it, but he wants a dial and hands that glow. Some people just shouldn't have nice watches. Anybody have a modern dial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I'm certain that you WILL talk him out of the old obsolete useless bits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I have no new dial, but if he wants to sell the MKII dial give me a shout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib0rgman Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 My watchmaker has a customer who wants to.....gulp..........put a modern dial and hands on this: I tried to talk him out of it, but he wants a dial and hands that glow. Some people just shouldn't have nice watches. Anybody have a modern dial? He'll be better off buying a modern GMT and selling this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjjoyce1 Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I'd be very interested in the hands. Has your watchmaker told the owner that putting a modern dial - and I'm assuming by modern he means glossy dial with Luminova and metal surrounds and not a tritium dial- that a.) the dial feet will need to be removed and the dial mounted in a mikey mouse way because of the different calibers b.) it will now say "date" at the end of O..P.. c.) will destroy the value to anyone whom he intends to sell it to in the future. A 1998 or later dial on a 1970 watch. . .As you said. Some people shouldn't have nice watches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Sacrilage to some, I know, but personally, I view this like the cars on Overhaulin, which get modernized rather than 'simply restored' (not that there's anything simple about true restoration, of course) and put it under the 'different strokes for different folks' folder... It'll be interesting to see how it looks once the work is finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Wow! That is a beauty! Too bad he wants to destroy it like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I'm certain that you WILL talk him out of the old obsolete useless bits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Oh, while it's outa the case get a couple super hi-rez macros of the dial from straight-on, minimum angle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 crazy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Oh, while it's outa the case get a couple super hi-rez macros of the dial from straight-on, minimum angle... I feel a decal coming soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimster Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Interesting hand marking on the dial.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 He could send it to the RSC and Rolex would do it- new dial and hands with (super) luminova. And the parts are 100% genuine Rolex. Of course, the RSC would keep the old parts! I've seen these watches showing up from time to time on the sales forums- 1675s and 1680s. Jacek and Jared come across them regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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