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Re: Redial – Find 10 faults!
In Response To: Redial – Find 10 faults! ()

I`d say they butchered it.. thats though,but thanks for sharing it.
I`m just learning as I go here,and this really taught me the importance of picking the right guy for the right job.

Sorry Peter,hope this will all work out in the end.

cheers

Marius

: Here is the result of my first redial - and the only I will ever
: make!

: I had my Camaro dial send to the renowned company Richard Bethge
: GmbH in Germany believing that they could make my watch look
: like new. The paint on the dial was peeling.

: This is the dial before:
:
:

: - and when it came back:
:
:

: I found these faults, but there are proberly more:
: 1 - Letters for CAMARO not right
: 2 - Heuer logo to big
: 3 - No SWISS T
: 4 - No luminous dots
: 5 - No circular lines on small registers
: 6 - TACHYMETRE in stead of TACHYMETER
: 7 - Numbers on registers in wrong position
: 8 - Lines and numbers are generally to “fat”
: 9 - Lines on registers is wrong length

: I was lucky to find a NOS white Camaro dial, so the watch is OK. I
: part exchanged it for my beloved Autavia 3646 with Pär.

:

: Peter, Denmark
: www.watchsite.dk

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