Quote Originally Posted by helidoc View Post
As we all know, vintage is a minefield that requires enormous diligence.

I will never be in this market, but out of shear morbid interest I would be interested to know the loss of value difference value difference, assuming equivalent condition and originality.

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Difficult to answer, but logically serious collectors wanting an original watch wouldn’t buy it - full stop. Think of a DRSD or a Red Sub that has had those dials replaced by a standard white service dial, the cash reduction would need to be in five figures. In the case of a DRSD it could be £20k to £25k.

There may be someone who would buy it if the price was competitive, but are there bargain basement buyers at this level. I would very much doubt it.

I suppose the correct answer is that changing the dial sort of destroys the value of the watch.