Thanks omgiv and marlin: once I get my 372, I am ripping out the stock rep movement and fitting a vintage movement until I can get my hands on something better. These faux plates are just not my style.
Finally had time to get it back together again. I decided to leave the faux plates off for now since the movement looks pretty nice. There are a few scratches on the CDG from removing the adhesive, but I think it gives it character. A lot of people are bashing the PT version for having blue screws but this one had blue screws for the pallet for bridge. I went ahead and polished those to match the rest. Another interesting note is the screw heads are slightly longer so as to stick out the right height with the faux plates. Go figure..... Thanks for looking!!!!
Thanks omgiv and marlin: once I get my 372, I am ripping out the stock rep movement and fitting a vintage movement until I can get my hands on something better. These faux plates are just not my style.