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Re: Wonderful job.....but.....a question....

: As ever james you've done a top job and I agree that in this case a
: re-lume'ing was justified. The only thing for me is that i'd
: prefer the lume didnt iluminate at night ie just as i'd expect
: forty year old lume not to.

: Are you able to do something like this without the lume actually
: working?*

: *I'm still trying to work out if this is an utterly ridiculous
: question.

Hi,

Yes its possible to relume without it actually glowing and no its not a stupid question, lol.

I've done a few Rolex's in the past that the owner specifically wanted it like you mentioned with zero-glow.

Best,

James.

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