yes, I took a "flyer" on Aleksandr's work and jumped in. Initially it was going to be a blue dial, with polished steel hands, but the blue color he came up had too much purple in it for my taste. As I had seen the raw brass dial prior to coloring, I asked him if we could change tack and use that, with a little bluing on the hands stalks to get to what I now have. Blue romans ties it all together. I'm a happy camper and thrilled with the result.
Cheers,
Tim