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Stock Rep Black Bay Dials vs Helenarou

est4129

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I have a ZF BB, the shield version, that I am going to be upgrading with a ETA movement with the date position removed. While this is being done I was thinking about upgrading the dial, are the Helenarou dials better than the stock ZF rep dial? I have searched and could not find much on the differences.
 

k4jun

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Yes, HR dial printing is much better, it is more protruding and crisp.
Out of the box this dial comes with a white lume, this is a problematic area cause it won't match to the ZF lume on hands.
Eaither buy dial and hands with HR's aged lume or relume the dial to match ZF hands.
 

est4129

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Thank you. Just to clarify - I need to buy both the dial and hands from HR to get them to match, also you said HR has white lume and aged lume, do they have two colors?
 

k4jun

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Yes they do have two colours. White is a standard, aged is payable extra iirc.