Halcro
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Not original....
I'm sorry....but for me the clincher is the script....PATEK PHILIPPE & Co
GENEVA SWITZERLAND
The letters are poorly done and IMO....definitely not the quality that PP would ever allow from their factory....and if you compare the quality to that of the picture submitted by happyg......you can see the obvious differences...as well as the fact that the two lines of script are 'centred'..but do no align in his example whereas they do in your dial?
Redial
By: sam1234 : December 11th, 2013-03:14
Condition aside, I strongly suspect that this is a redial. The font appears inconsistent with other examples I've seen from this era and the tracks on the dial periphery are not symmetrically spaced (esp. top right corner). Details unlikely to be overlook...
Not original....
By: Halcro : December 11th, 2013-20:19
I'm sorry....but for me the clincher is the script.... PATEK PHILIPPE & Co GENEVA SWITZERLAND The letters are poorly done and IMO....definitely not the quality that PP would ever allow from their factory....and if you compare the quality to that of th...
Rolex Doc's Analysis
By: patekova : December 12th, 2013-09:06
Rolex Doc has written a thorough analysis that IMHO seems to hit the mark. I would only add one other possibility, however unlikely, namely that even if "Swiss" might not have been printed on an original 1917dial, if the replacement dial was made many yea...