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Re: Relumeing a vintage Heuer 2446 Autavia?

: James - any chance of finding out what lume you use. I like water
: based lumes the best as they can be colored for vintage
: appearance. I used the Bergeon water based lume for years but
: they discontinued it a couple of years ago - it was great and
: easy to use. Have not found anything as good and I do not like
: their chem based replacement.
: FYI - I had a customer jump all over me for replacing the lume in
: some hands that had 40 year old lume that was falling out and
: looked really bad. He thought it would reduce the value of his
: watch. I have used superglue on the back sides of some hands
: that still had all of the original lume in tact to stabilize it
: so it would not fall out. This was not the case with the watch
: referred to above - you could see through the hands. I can
: understand not wanting to have a case polished or not using
: correct parts (new or used) but I just don't get leaving old bad
: looking falling out lume in the hands. Besides - old lume is not
: a good thing for the dial or the movement.
: Nice work.

Hi Craig,

Yes certainly, i'll email you in full over the weekend when i get some spare time to discuss further,

Best,

James.

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