Help please with my UG ref 12250

Larry S
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Assume Dial was damaged. Damn
 
bgrisso
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I guess not surprising that current "UG" staff cannot spot redials?
 
dave w
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LouS LouS
Here is a relevant thread regarding the (indeed, very rare) dodicione: https://omegaforums.net/threads/another-original-ug-dial-design.56120/#post-691093

hard to believe anyone would dare to redial a dodicione....
Thank you for the link @LouS. Well, I guess I have my answer although anyone who could have told me about the watch (or the redial) has left this mortal plane.

I do have a photo (below) of the back of the dial, can anything be learned from that?
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dave w dave w
I do have a photo (below) of the back of the dial, can anything be learned from that?
Back Dial.jpg

Is a dial made by Singer, as it should

And don't put too much hope in UG informations, they know very little (or nothing) about their past productions
 
Florent
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It's a really nice looking watch but obviously a redial.

Lack of "Compax", wrong universal geneve fonts, rounded 3, not centered sudials, undocumented dial ...

However, this dial was originally a "dodicionne" as the dial texture include the circle at 12 ...

I vote for late damaged redial...

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Larry S
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So you have long and short term options:

1) finish the repair and wear this lovely watch. (ST)
2) begin a search for a proper dial (LT) ... won’t be cheap. Wouldn’t surprise me if someone out there is sitting on one. I suspect they are looking for what you have though.
 
Larry S
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Option 3 (LT) just occurred to me...

Have a proper dial restoration done!
 
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gop76 gop76
Is a dial made by Singer, as it should

And don't put too much hope in UG informations, they know very little (or nothing) about their past productions
I believe this dial was made by Stern Freres, not Singer.
 
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I believe this dial was made by Stern Freres, not Singer.

You're right, I saw the star and anyhow confused them 👍
 
bgrisso
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Yes if you could get a really high quality redial that might be most realistic. Has digital entered the world of dial printing yet?
 
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bgrisso bgrisso
Yes if you could get a really high quality redial that might be most realistic. Has digital entered the world of dial printing yet?
I think, were this mine ...That is what I'd do vs expose myself to extortion by the UG parts cartel.
 
dave w
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I think that I'll (at least) look into restoring the dial...
merchandiser: is there a tachymeter scale on the outer edge of that dial (that we just can't see)?
 
LouS
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Dave, I'm not sure anyone has the correct pattern for that dial, or even a better one that you have. If you find someone, I would be very interested to know the details.
 
Mark020
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Nice! Can you tell us more about it?
 
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Mark020 Mark020
Nice! Can you tell us more about it?
Well,nickel/chrome 35 mm ref:32407 serial Number: 843004, cal 285. Bought it a year ago on eBay from NL. CLÃ, and is working fine. Never saw another like this one. What do you think ?
 
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