Duometre chronograph case back?
Good evening everyone. I started looking for the Duometre chronograph and was leaning towards the original yellow gold version. I found one that seems to be a good price and includes papers (somehow even dated 2020 so still under the new JLC 8 year warran...
Is it polished or just edited out in photos as it is commonly done?
If the number is really not visible, I would say it is a red flag. My first thought would be that someone wanted to make the watch more difficult to trace, but then on the duometre the number is also on the dial ...
Here’s a pic
Enter text I added the red lines. Serial number is intact, it’s just the limited number that must have been polished down. And yeah, still visible on dial without issues… ...
Unfortunately, not.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t edited by him. I added the red line, but he said that the limited edition number was only visible with a magnifying glass so either worn off or gone with a refinishing.
Interesting!
Methinks if worn off or refinished, some adjacent information would also have been affected. That is a very small "specific" area for the info not to be intentionally removed.
Hmm
It’s a reputable seller so don’t know what to make of that. I had initially thought that it was an edit too so had asked and unfortunately that was the answer I got. Otherwise seems to be in great shape. ...
Maybe some other spots?
It almost looks like the little line under “JLC” and the markings between that and 600.0.28.S And again Swiss made Are worn down a bit too…