Hi I believe this is a President B I would like members views on it . I have just bought this watch looking to have the dial refurbished if it can be done at a reasonable cost. Watch runs very well keeps time to 2 mins over 24 hours
Thanks donegd
not that i am aware of. Thats why i sent my watch to Jeff Shimp @ Timerestorations. He is a member here also. I am no watchmaker either thats why i sent it out to jeff for a cleaning adjustment and NOS crystal. He removed the dial for me sent it out then did what he had to do to the watch, and installed the new redial for me and did an excellent job.
Here is a link to Jeffs site
http://timerestoration.com/Time_Restoration/home.html
Check him out send him an email and tell him i sent you to him he is very reasonable on prices.
Why ruin the watch?
That dial has beautiful patina, sterilising it by having a redial would take away all that natural ageing, spoiling it.
If it needed doing, yes, have it repaired, but no redialler can give it that original factory finish without you having to pay extra, and it would still not be original.
I love it!
In reply to Why ruin the watch? That dial by bobbee
This was my first and was pleased with the results. I only did it because it was really bad. Out of the 70+ Bulovas i own this was the first all the rest are original. I admit that a few could use it. It is personal prefrence i think some like the old aged look while others like that crisp new look. I have no regrets for my redial donegd. If the dial id in good condition and not hit real hard i leave them but if it is to bad i say redial by all means. Looking at yours it looks like it is in pretty good shape. Why do you think it needs a redial?
Maybe this simple explanation of the aesthetics of vintage watches will help:
"Wabi
"Wabi-sabi" represents a
comprehensive Japanese aesthetic. It
is difficult to explain wabi-sabi in
Western terms, but is sometimes
described as beauty that is imperfect,
impermanent, or incomplete. A
concept derived from the Buddhist
assertion of the first noble truth,
"Dukkha", Wabi-sabi occupies
roughly the same position in the
Japanese culture of aesthetic values
as do the Greek ideals of beauty and
perfection hold in the West. In the case
of watches, many collectors use the
term to describe the patina, or
imperfect "wear and tear" that comes
from years of use, but adds beauty."
The term does not fully translate into "watch terms", but is widely regarded as the nearest thing to a correct meaning.
In reply to Maybe this simple explanation by bobbee
In reply to Maybe this simple explanation by bobbee