themannier thank you, very clear. So it’s not just about pushing down the minute hand which has been wrongly installed - the factories have clearly used short CPs again.
I wish after all these years they would just use tall CPs - surely the cost is negligible.
We need to replace the rep short CP with a tall CP for the best outcome. Which reminded me of Francisco’s CP mod tutorial many years ago.
Your photos also show the XF dial lume clearly.
The gen 005 is a single layer dial that is engraved, then filled with lume up to just below the surface, leaving an indent around the edges of indices as below, also called a ‘sausage’ dial:
As we know the 111/112 etc dial is a two layer ‘sandwich’ dial, which is completely different from the 005/000 single layer engraved + filled ‘sausage’ dial.
While in themannier photos the XF is clearly a ‘painted’ dial, the lume has been just painted on top on the dial - without first engraving the indices into the dial and then filling the indices - as there is no ‘indent’ along the edges of the numbers/indices.
Though sometimes the words ‘sausage’ and ‘painted’ are used interchangeably, there is a distinct difference between the two.
Painted is obviously easier and cheaper for the factories to rep. While the XF 005 replication is very good, this is a clear tell for someone who knows what to look for - all the gen 005/000 are engraved/filled ‘sausage’ dials and not ‘painted’.
Well and of course the short CP is clearly another tell haha ????
I wish after all these years they would just use tall CPs - surely the cost is negligible.
We need to replace the rep short CP with a tall CP for the best outcome. Which reminded me of Francisco’s CP mod tutorial many years ago.
Your photos also show the XF dial lume clearly.
The gen 005 is a single layer dial that is engraved, then filled with lume up to just below the surface, leaving an indent around the edges of indices as below, also called a ‘sausage’ dial:
As we know the 111/112 etc dial is a two layer ‘sandwich’ dial, which is completely different from the 005/000 single layer engraved + filled ‘sausage’ dial.
While in themannier photos the XF is clearly a ‘painted’ dial, the lume has been just painted on top on the dial - without first engraving the indices into the dial and then filling the indices - as there is no ‘indent’ along the edges of the numbers/indices.
Though sometimes the words ‘sausage’ and ‘painted’ are used interchangeably, there is a distinct difference between the two.
Painted is obviously easier and cheaper for the factories to rep. While the XF 005 replication is very good, this is a clear tell for someone who knows what to look for - all the gen 005/000 are engraved/filled ‘sausage’ dials and not ‘painted’.
Well and of course the short CP is clearly another tell haha ????
