My watchmaker is Tag Heuer Italia, maybe they have no experience with vintage watch. And me too, I just found this watch in a drawer 1 month ago.. Never had vintage watch before.
Thanks to you I realize right now that was a bad idea give it to them. Amen :) next time I will search for someone else. I'm happy anyway.. I gotta use this watch in this condition. And I don't care too much about his value because I don't want to sell it.. This watch was of my father and he likes a lot too after the service.
I'll enjoy it anyway with a bad repainted hand ;)

: Your watchmaker repainted a hand on a highly valuable watch without
: being asked to? He just decided to do it for no reason
: whatsoever without asking you?
: Sorry - but your watchmaker is either a blithering idiot, or I
: don't believe you.

: Sorry, but that is insane.

: Stewart
: - Heuerville