A Pie Pan Story With a Fairytale Ending



True artists in the field of dial conservation are few and far between, and when encountered should be raised at least to the level of the horological deity.

This essay not only showcases the work of such an artist, but also reveals that patience and research can lead to the unearthing of a major find! The story begins with an encounter with a calibre 503 solid gold Seamaster sporting a stepped/guilloche pie pan dial and has a fairytale ending.
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10 comments:

  1. Dear Sir
    My constellation font "Y" is offset MOY test. Do you think redone or original?

    http://picture.in.th/id/d6b9d653133a50187f87838e4a5f7a91
    http://picture.in.th/id/f9b2ff0af8cfd30006ba8466f24423ad

    http://picture.in.th/id/cf4b6a6fbb785dbffc23f77c175cff1f

    Best regards.

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    1. It looks within the known variations of MOY and so may be okay, but I would need to see a close-up of the whole dial before confirming.

      Cheers

      Desmond

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    2. Dear sir
      Please confirm off-set font "Y" whole my two dial original from factory or redone?

      http://picture.in.th/id/f2c4f619e3bc5434bf9c2a63d998702b
      http://picture.in.th/id/360227b43ed9c7d027c9a34adbbf726f

      Best regards.

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    3. This dial looks fine to me. The Y is within known variations.

      cheers

      Desmond

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  2. Dear sir
    Do you have only pie-pan dial dog lugs & arrow head picture and edges. I suspect is a real deal. I was the administrator of the constellation in Thailand.I would like picture for member to view.

    Best regards.

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    1. I have pictures of two pie pans with arrowhead markers in case 14902 from my collection. I have also seen verified examples in case 14900, in both cases the "officially certified" lettering is not present. I have also seen arrowhead pie pans in earlier production 167.005.

      I have sent one of your members a pic and hopefully he will share it.

      Regards

      Desmond

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  3. Dear sir
    What are the code of ZJ and MU?
    It has code additionally?

    http://picture.in.th/id/0e7ce910ab1236d166a7fc51b626f77d

    Best regards.

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    1. ZJ is a mark for the Swiss dial maker ZJ Fluckinger and is usually stamped on the rear of the dial. MU I'm not sure about. Is it on the rear of an Omega dial?

      Cheers

      Desmond

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    2. Dear sir
      MU is a marker rear of the pie-pan constellation dial.
      http://picture.in.th/id/8ccdeaa736909fc303c76a9c38c27846

      Best regards

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    3. I have seen MU on occasions always on non precious metal dials. Looking at the other markings on the back of the dial MU will be the makers mark, but I do not know who is stands for.

      On precious metal dials it is easy to determine who made the dial, because each maker has been allotted a code, but on non-precious metal dials I do not know of a specific record keeping or code allocation system.

      Cheers

      Desmond

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