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Prescher with a new face....

Darren
As many of you know, I truly adore my custom Thomas Prescher timepiece and wear it quite often.  As a quick reminder, here are scans of the front and back:


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A year or so ago, while in the midst of wearing this watch for a week or so, I started to envision an alternative dial which I thought would work well with the case and movement.  I sent a feeler e-mail to Thomas to see what may or may not be possible, and within days we were exchanging ideas and thoughts.  The beauty of working with a watchmaker such as Thomas Prescher is that you can go right to the source with questions and ideas, silly as those ideas may be!  Thomas is truly a gentleman, and is open to anything and everything when it comes to his timepieces.

Shortly thereafter I sent my watch back to Thomas and he got to work on the new vision.


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The updates looked promising.

This morning I was thrilled to accept the return of my Thomas Prescher timepiece, with an altered front side.


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This main dial plate is a bit darker on this one - more of a blackish hue as compared to the gray hue on the original version.   I was also pleased to see that Thomas created a custom dial holder for my original dial, so when the mood strikes, I can return to version 1.0.

So, which dial do you prefer?

Darren

Comments:
social December 2nd, 2013-20:35
Thanks for posting... ....your custom made piece is so beautiful!
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dedestexhes December 2nd, 2013-22:05
The first one for me It looks somehow more coherent, balanced to me. But the new dial is still beautiful! Enjoy! Dirk
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small-luxury-world December 2nd, 2013-23:09
+1 .
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amanico December 2nd, 2013-22:22
Well both are very nice, but I prefer the arabic numbers version. Lighter, ore sober and clean. Really superb, my friend. WOW! Best, Nicolas
secretlife December 2nd, 2013-23:26
Winning! There is no loser here! Congratulations on a gorgeous piece!!
andrewluff December 3rd, 2013-01:10
Love the watch.. personally my preference is for the old version, but would be happy with either! Congrats! Andrew
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Ancienne Le Brassus December 3rd, 2013-01:41
You need to find another Zenith movement... Beacuse BOTH dials are spectacular!! Wow, really amazing dial, it would be nice to have the two watches with these diff. dials so you can just alternate one each day :) I like both quite a lot, thanks for sharing this and congrats!!
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alex December 3rd, 2013-02:40
both are fantastic!  
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Ronald Held December 3rd, 2013-04:52
I prefer the Arabics numbers but it comes down to what you like. (nt) NT
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matto1 December 3rd, 2013-08:57
Version 2.0 Both certainly look great and typically I would go with the Romans, but in this case the Arabics are my preference.
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