Interesting, I was told rather rudely that the hands were 100% original and that re-luming by the factory is perfectly acceptable and that I didn't know what I was talking about. He insisted that only two missing hour plots were replaced by TAG and that all the remaining was original. I questioned the hands multiple times. In the course of a dozen emails, his story changed every single time. Stay away from this seller who claims to be an "amateur collector" in one breadth, and then a collector for over 30 years in another.

: You are correct..as the story unfolded today. TAG not only
: butchered the lume, but the hands were replaced as well.

: I agree regarding embellished stories... I heard two: 1st was to
: raise money to replace a lost Seifert and the 2nd was that it
: was a gift to a relative who now wants to sell.

: Moral of the story= know your source...and pay that sources premium
: for their expertise.

: Cheers