Re: replacement dials


"jdh" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi all. I've recently had a problem that I am hoping that someone here
> can help me with.
>
> I have an Elgin pocketwatch, c.1905-06 according to the info I've found.
> I got it off Ebay and bought it because it was the first watch I saw that
> really jumped out at me. I loved everything about it, but mostly how
> distinctive it was (to my inexperienced eye anyway). But it had been
> stored with no crystal and the dial was quite dirty and I wanted to get it
> cleaned.
>
> So I emailed an online shop to see about it. I told them I didn't want to
> mess up the dial more than it already was by working on it myself so I
> wanted a pro to work on it. The Man said that after the dial refinish 'an
> expert could tell it had been worked on' which I took to mean that I
> probably wouldn't be able to tell.
>
> Long story short ("Too late!") the dial that came back was not the dial I
> sent out. It was totally different, and I was crushed by it. I couldn't
> even look at it or think about it for a month because I just got sick
> every time I though about it. It was so different I thought that the dial
> had been replaced rather than refinished. But The Man says that it is the
> same dial, which means that the watch face I loved so much is gone
> forever.
>
> But I am hoping that someone here might know of a shop that can reproduce
> my original dial from some detailed photos or know of where to look where
> I might find another dial like the original. I'd even take a dirty, soot
> covered face like my original dial. Maybe someone that can recognize the
> face and know what it is I am looking for exactly? I'll take any hints or
> help at all to get my dial back.
>
> Pics:
> http://snipurl.com/dials - overall view, new and original (119kb)
> http://snipurl.com/secs1 - second hand dial, new and original (99kb)
> http://snipurl.com/secs2 - second hand dial detail, new and original
> (227kb)
> http://snipurl.com/bm91 - detail photos of the original, with index page
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>

Josh

I really feel for you. He's completely changed the character of the watch!!
I can understand why you feel sick!

>From what you say he didnt make it at all clear that he would attempt to
reproduce the dial by making a new copy.

The re-finished watch is very good and would be acceptable to someone who
didnt see the original.

However, would an art collector put up with this having taken a prized and
valued original for cleaning only to find it had been painted over!!!!

How long ago was the work carried out?

Do you really have no re-dress?

It was wise of you to take such detailed photos before the work.

I'm really pendantic about things like this and completely understand.

I would certainly get some legal advice.

Rob


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