Jaeger-LeCoultre

I have an opinion, but I'd like to hear others...

I would say NOS dial, but I would like to see macro pics of this dial before any definitive judgement.
Your opinion?
Best,
Nicolas

To me the cross hairs seem too thick/bold. I have to say though, it's very nice.

Cheers

David

This is an interesting one, as the script (which is very difficult to copy well) appears to be original. I also have a hard time faulting it in most other respects.

Having said that, I posted it because I believe that there is a "dead" give away, suggesting that it is almost certainly a redial. I welcome any corrections if I am wrong, but this is my perspective: It reads "T SWISS MADE T", yet this dressy style of dial and hands typically had no luminous material applied. So why, pray tell, would a simple, elegant dial such as this have not one, but two references to Tritium?

Regards,

Tony C.

Tony,

I agree with everything that you've said. Everything looks good with the exception of the "T Swiss Made T". Two problems: it shouldn't be "T" with the reasons you've stated, and the location of it. Otherwise the watch does look very nice. Am I correct the crown is after market?

Tony, Couple pictures for your reference.

I don't know very well this model, but I made a search, and you're right, no T Swiss Made T dial!

Bloody well redone!

Best,

Nicolas

that someone would have produced such a good redial, yet made such an obvious mistake!

Best,

Tony

Tony, it is indeed a very nice redial job. Normally the "Swiss Made" would have been placed a lot higher on the dial with a less skillful craftsman. This one is actually almost as good as the original one. I suppose it's not possible to get the replacement for "Swiss Made" and only the "T" version was available. But then of course why can't the craftsman just cut out the "T" portion?

I also never pay much attention to the thickness of the cross hair until David mentioned it, and sure enough when you look at the two set of photos, there is the obvious difference in the weight of the lines.

with my opinion...... but redial.... the cross is a bit too thick also

Cheers

I honestly didn't know the difference in the weight of the lines. So I can say about two things: learn something new everyday, and I was lucky to have bought mine.

... and the crown looks a bit too large as compared with MartyW's example. 

While the "T"'s are incorrect, although I've seen a before and after on a dial of a similar watch where the restoration work was done through JLC.    It looks like a good quality job otherwise.

Hope this helps,

gatorcpa