Just picked this up a few days ago after vacillating for about a month. I love the clean condition of the case, the domed crystal, and the minimalist text. As I posted a month ago, I was worried at first from the dealer’s photos that the hands might be re
I’m new to the vintage sub game so I appreciate your insights. The appeal of this 5513 is that it’s (1) a clean two-liner and (2) unpolished. In those two respects it has an advantage over my existing vintage sub, the 16800 pictured here. But this thread
Matching hands are not always easy to find and tritium hands degrade and will not always match the rate of the dial. If this was a gilt era watch 60's it is even harder to find hands even discounting 3-5k in hopes of finding gilt hands is a risk. On the 5
Hoping to tap into the collective watch wisdom here. I’m considering the late 1980s 5513 pictured here. As you can see, there’s more patina on the markers than the hands. I’m told that the lume on the hands is in fact tritium. A couple of questions. First