Before and after.....better or not?

[Justasgood]

Birthyear 1963 Rolex Zephyr with Cal. 1560.

Before:

After:

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Regards,

Kurt.

[freddy333]

It looks great with either, but which is correct (or closer to the hand that came with it)?

[Stephane]

I prefer after Kurt.

Maybe it's the photos but I have the sensation that the dial is better seen ...

[ThinkBachs]

Before. It doesn't look right with a black second hand. Blech! OK, after looking at it a few more times, it you just have to have a black second hand, at least find one that matches/compliments the original hands. The new second hand is way out of place style wise. IMHO that is...

[mikellem]

After...

[Justasgood]

It looks great with either, but which is correct (or closer to the hand that came with it)?

Well,

both the gold and Blued hand were used in 1962-1963.

This blued hand came from my donor watch that I pulled the 1560 mov't from to build my 5512 Franken. I forgot about the handset and came across them yesterday.

Kurt

[Justasgood]

I prefer after Kurt.

Maybe it's the photos but I have the sensation that the dial is better seen ...

Thanks Stephane,

it certainly gives some defintion. I think once I clean/polish the Dauphine hands and re-lume them, the set will look better.

[Justasgood]

Before. It doesn't look right with a black second hand. Blech! OK, after looking at it a few more times, it you just have to have a black second hand, at least find one that matches/compliments the original hands. The new second hand is way out of place style wise. IMHO that is...

Thanks TB,

Actually the hand is Blued. Oddly, the original owner had the Hour and minute hands painted black for visibility and the seconds hand was painted Red.

It was during the cleaning that the tail of the seconds hand broke.

I am searching for a gold replacement so the Blued hands is a stand in. Rolex actually used both gold and blued hands for 1962-1963.

regards,

Kurt.

[FxrAndy]

I think it looks better before and on the leather, but that is just my oppinion, a nice watch either way!

[freddy333]

Kurt - If you can match the color of the hour marker lume, I would definitely relume the hands. I debated whether to relume the hands on my OPD, but the dial lume was much darker than yours (it matches the darkened lume in the hands), so I decided to leave it as is (also note the (proper) blued seconds hand)

[Justasgood]

Kurt - If you can match the color of the hour marker lume, I would definitely relume the hands. I debated whether to relume the hands on my OPD, but the dial lume was much darker than yours (it matches the darkened lume in the hands), so I decided to leave it as is (also note the (proper) blued seconds hand)

Man,

The old style dagger/Dauphine hand and markers really exude style and class. I will Rolex would find their way back to these cues.

I especially love the Red/Black datewheel....or is it all Red?

Since my dial was re-done, the lume is still clean and glows. So I figure no harm in cleaning up the hands and re-luming them as well.

[Justasgood]

Here is the donor watch that gave up it's Mov't for my Franken 5512, And now it gives a hand to my 1008 Zephyr:

Stay tuned for the project I am completing with my watchmaker using the case from the donor as well......