I agree with Rich's assessment on this one. On some of these damaged dials / patina-heavy watches, the question for a collector (who wants to wear the watch) is whether you can look at it, on your wrist . . . or perhaps it will hurt your eyes.

Interesting how the early lume dots have often survived, where later lume dots more often have gone missing.

Here's the image . . .

Jeff

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: Ah cool, got it.

: Well for an all original Transitional 1133b, with mk1 bracelet, I
: think this is the right money, certainly not expensive in todays
: market and I've seen far worse dials than this go in the
: £4500-5500 range head only. Whilst a mint dial version would be
: worth twice as much as the Bonhams watch and is always
: preferable any transitional 1133b is a rare beast, much rarer
: than a std production dial 1133b and when mint, (at least to my
: eyes) a much more beautiful watch. I hope the buyer is a
: regular, congrats to whoever it is...

: Rich