I'd be more interested in the case condition than the hands. These frenchie cases have a nice grained finish on some of the surfaces and so many I've seen have been polished away. Do you have pictures of the case(

: The two chrono hands, second hand and the ends of the hour/minute
: hands should be Red, all of them are now faded to a whitish
: pink...Getting the watch dismantled isn't a problem...I could do
: the painting with a loupe if neccesary, it detracts from the
: watches beauty being faded
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