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Will I wind up with a frankenwatch after service?
So I sent my Flyback chrono to Blancpain for a full service. Mine has the original tritium dial and hands but I understand that when they replace the hands, they replace with the newer Luminova material so will my watch end up looking weird from green luminova hands mixed with the older yellowish tritium numerals on the dial?
I have an older Speedmaster too, and they did exactly that…replaced the hands with the Luminova and kept the dial indices with the tritium. It doesn’t bother me that much but the hands are painted white so it’s not as noticeable.
Will I wind up with a frankenwatch after service?
So I sent my Flyback chrono to Blancpain for a full service. Mine has the original tritium dial and hands but I understand that when they replace the hands, they replace with the newer Luminova material so will my watch end up looking weird from green lum...
Too late. LOL.
Plus, I read that with the flyback, the large sweep second hand really needs to be replaced due to the force used with the flyback function.
Unfortunately they will replace the hands with new SuperLuminova ones
There aren’t many manufacturers left that will even service their own watches without replacing the hands. It’s a conundrum for collectors, since it’s ideal having the watch serviced by the same manufacturer that made it, but in doing so they will affect ...
I figure that’s what will happen.
I sent an email to the guy I’m working with at Blancpain in NYC and see what he says but I’m prepared to have it come back with the superluminova I guess.
Yeah, it annoyed me a little too
But it doesn’t look that bad so I’ll just leave it. Wish they could still at least color match it somehow.
If I knew the hands had to be replaced I'd consider asking if the dial could be updated to match.
But I would need the original dial returned to me in order to do it.
Yes, I’m replacing the dial too now
As it’s only an extra $200. Might as well have everything match.
Can you ask them to return the old hands to you?
That way, you can get any watchmaker to swap the hands for future resale (if you want).
That's what I keep thinking every time I see a post like this.
Why can't they just give you your original parts back? They're yours. If it was a car that you were having repaired or modified you would certainly get the original parts back just by asking for them. I don't get it...
Won't accept a request for your original parts to be returned?
Why? What are they gonna do with them? (is that a stupid question?)
They didn’t give my old parts back
You’re right, they didn’t give my old parts back like they did with my Speedmaster.
Thanks guys for the feedback
I’ll see what the guy at Blancpain NYC replies with. I think it’s inevitable that they replace the hands and I’ll have to live with a bit of a different look like I did with my Speedmaster. They did give me back my old parts with the Speedy Pro so maybe I...
So they gave me the option
To replace the dial with the hands to all Superluminova so I agreed. It’ll come back as a brand new watch! LOL.
Not yet
They projected that it would be done sometime in January. I’ll post pics when it is done.
That was what Swatch did.
Though i requested for the old hands to be kept, it was mandatory replacement as Swatch could not promise the original hands would not break during servicing. However they returned all the old parts to me (unlike Rolex) - Hope it is still the practice. An...
It was the Flyback Chrono (like yrs) and also a FF Trilogy.
Swatch replaced the hands for both during servicing.
Ah ok
Thanks…doesn’t look bad at all. In my case, I’m asking them to replace the dial as well so I guess I’ll see how it turns out.
perhaps the rare situation where being color blind helps
I can't tell the difference between old and new luminova
UPDATE: Watch back from Service
So I got the watch back today, which is earlier than expected. 3 months for the full service instead of estimated return in January. I am pretty pleased with the service as they told me they actually serviced it in the US at the Jersey facility, which wor...
Also, if this watch was out of production
How do they still have new dials with SuperLuminova for these services? I would assume that they wouldn’t even have any more dials. I feel like I have a new watch now. ...