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I just got this from the Sales Corner. It is running not too bad. Gain 20 secs a day. However I cannot hand wind it. I know it will need a spa treatment by Shane Ede. My two burning questions for the expert are is this an original dial and will you sent it for a redial? One can see there are a lot of grey spots and scratches but the printed lines and marking looks sharp. I guess the dial is original but it has aged and have been mishandled by previous watch makers who had service this watch before. All comments apprecated. Thanks. Could you please post a BIGGER picture? This one's file size is wat too small! It's a beautiful watch and if you've only just gotten it I'd wear it for awhile and see how it grows on you before deciding. There are certainly situations in which you stay put unless there is a clear, overwhelming conviction to do otherwise. Particularly when it's difficult to pull it back. I'm sure we can think of many many examples where this is an appropriate course of action.

DId that help at all? The dial has been previously refinished and it was a nice job. Too bad about the scratches. If they don't appear obvious just looking at it with your naked eye, then keep it the way it is. If your not happy with it, then you have several dial refinishers that you could contact. Dial refinish is between $140-$200 depending on who you use.

You can regulate the movement to keep better time, but wear it for a few days first. You may find that it looses a few seconds on your wrist, then if you put it down at night with the dial up, it may gain a few seconds.

Nice pie pan connie.

hockey Iamk,

I was just at Shane's place this evening(he lives about 10 minutes from me). Great guy and an excellent watchmaker!

Best of luck with your new connie.

DT
Sorry about the "SMALL" image. This is the first time I post with a picture. I drop the file directly from the camera into the server. Next time I'll crop and adjust the file size and picture size before I post. Sorry for hogging the bandwidth.
Ken as it may be marred making the dial appear less legible. The dial is in nice enough shape to not warrant redoing yet. If you want a "new" looking vintage Connie though, go for it. Rapunzel, let down your hair, the crocs are coming and my Vacheron will get eaten. Hi Derek:

I know it is in fact a redial because the minute markers do not line up exactly with the edge of the pie pan.

Please view the close-up photo below of a verified original dial of a connie that I used to have.



If you look around the dial at all of the faceted edges of the pie pan, you will see that every minute marker lines up exactly on the edge. Refinished dials have a gap between the minute markers and the edge of the dial - this is very difficult to duplicate from the factory.

In addition, on a sunburst pattern dial like the example I show, note that the radial sunburst pattern also extends to the entire outer edge of the dial, even on the pie pan part of the dial. Another give-away that the dial is refinished is that the pie pan portion finish is not radial to the outer edge of the dial, refinishers finish the pie pan portion in a concentric circle around the edge in a circular finish rather than a radial finish.

Cheers,
hockey
I am leaning towards getting a redial since the dial is not original and the scratches and spots are quite obvious to the naked eye. My wife spotted than immediately which is not a good sign. Will repost when I got this watch completely restored. I will replace the crystal because it looks like a generic one given no omega sign on it.
THANKS for all the comments.