Personally, I would never dream of touching the dial..

Jun 28, 2008,18:41 PM
 

 

It's a magnificent and rare watch;  the first series Patek perpetual- chronograph.

Beautiful watch, your friend is a lucky man indeed.

Cheers,

Arthur.

 

 

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Patek 1518 - dial dilemas

 
 By: Rollie : June 28th, 2008-12:13
Dear Guys, A friend of mine recently received this Patek 1518. It had spent 40 years in a safety deposit box...so the good news is that it was never polished and the hallmarks are unbelievable. The bad news is the degredation of the dial (sorry the photo ...  

keep as is...

 
 By: Roni M : June 28th, 2008-12:32
I would not mess around with the dial and keep it as is. lovely watch !! Roni

Agree with Roni-Keep as is,

 
 By: watch-guy.com : June 28th, 2008-15:55

Dealing with the fungus

 
 By: eric.vonschonberg : June 28th, 2008-18:56

It is really a dilemma...

 
 By: mac_omega : June 28th, 2008-23:56

Here's a resource.....

 
 By: chezlaskin : July 3rd, 2008-15:51