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Ridges in Registers? Do You Have the Watch in Hand?
In Response To: Jo Siffert Early Execution ()

One question: Are you sure that there are no ridges in the regsiters? It can be very difficult to capture and detect these ridges in photos (even high resolution photos), and you may need to have the watch in hand (and under a good loupe) to be certain.

Jeff

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: Someone is shopping an early execution Jo Siffert to me - one with
: horitontal markers and all steel polished hands, everything
: looks good but i noticed one thing that troubles me- the
: registers are not fluted! how concerned should i be?

: any help would be appreciated.

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