Teach you to identify valuable antique table

OSecond-hand table antique table is one of the most important areas of no other reason than there are two, one fine, the second is rare. Fine antique table clocks invented by three hundred years to the precious heritage, represents a culture and art. Rare is the arts and crafts accounted for the bulk of your watch should rarely, handed down less storage products.

The iris cypress books shape hangs falls the table

As for the meaning of "antique table?" Although commonly referred to as "antique" the word history is any measure required, but due to the short history of clocks, furniture, utensils do not like the move as a few generations back, as long as they are no longer continue to produce watches, are described as the "antique Table. "
Renovation of the dial
I remember when the watch market, due to technological level constraints, a luxury watch is not surprising, thus resulting in more quality watch, we could not bear to pick the more wearing, but now hard to find quality situation. So people agreed that the more massive and the table everyday wear, the longer it is good stock of goods more scarce, thus creating another line of business came into being: renovation. Renovation of technology with the times, did not pay the full tuition fees, not enough trained eyes. Watch for the pursuit of product phase, the renovation gave birth to watch the grinding process, this trade has become the market of specialized households antique table. Exquisite renovation master's "work" is really called a boutique, only read the table countless times through the eyepiece of the cousin of fans can be compared with the original process and identify the two.
Identification of an antique table, according to the degree of difficulty to identify and determine the value of an antique table of factors, as follows: dial, movement, case and buckle, certificates and other accessories.
Antique table, or general said second-hand table, its weakness lies in the dial printing. Partly because the then screen printing technology, however, partly because the material process is imperfect, resulting in a dial antique table to identify products with the font as a key. There was a very good product with Omega "song ear gossip face" antique table in my hands, I always cherish, until one day gathering of fans talking about renovation of the table to identify the dial, a rude awakening, anxious look cable Hokyo , finally found a high degree of symmetry even though the font stroke simulation, but the font is slightly under the dial trauma, stroke and dial the junction a little rough and there is oil. This situation is usually dial in the needles or other causes minor damage, so simply washing with chemical reagents and then carefully turn to write.
And rare porcelain enamel surface area compared to the green or burnt, printed dial the lowest cost, inconsistent quality, and finally resulted in today's rare original printing of the dial, "face" something big, and become the primary target watch the original degree.

Cassette mechanism way

As for the movement of identification, compared with the dial identification is not as intuitive, and requires some expertise, or even have to have maintenance experience to be competent. Different types and grades of movement, there is always a basic movement, which resulted in the movement of parts may be interchangeable. In particular, like Omega Omega, Longines LONGINES so widely owned brand. I remember years ago studied under antique table, the table assembly in a lot of strokes. Such as plywood to replace the Omega general Cal.565 movement Observatory Cal.564 movement and other techniques, novice does not seem much difference between the movement is also considered normal to go, but the veteran can be based on the inscriptions on the plates and color to determine the .

Friends of the table regardless of some years ago whether the opened cover, with or without maintenance history and other issues it is disdain, but soon realized "90% of the table is repair broken" point of view is indeed insightful. Second-hand table, especially in some relatively small antique table production, the special structure of the movement, rare parts, Xueyibujing a small matter, if the maintenance of the master just repair a mechanical products, holding the attitude, in all likelihood be a bad thing. Once for a Patek Philippe antique movement of Cal.27-460M calendar conversion action in doubt, to the same table, where fans of the maintenance of the master inspection found that the maintenance of the master calendar before the disk loaded pawl position wrong, but also spent a few screws tighten easily. So for the original antique table movement to maintain the degree of seriousness of attitude. Of course, in order to ensure the normal operation of the movement and distribution of replacement parts, can be a different matter, because another artificial heart is better than neglecting the good.

Identification of the movement are often outside the official hand, due to technical reasons, or due to lack of data files, and caused the difficulty to identify the movement and depth. Today you can hand the PP movement and the case number, send mail to Patek Philippe PP headquarters, 100 francs to spend, you can make up a factory and sold the date specified, but the movement and dial original degree no Mentioned (no comments) "certificate."

The sad case

The case of the renovation will have little technical content, and hand. I personally share in the secondary table to see a "grandfather", wearing eyepiece, grasping metallographic sandpaper on a K gold watch case back for processing.
As for the buckles and other watch accessories, not so particular about the one to watch in itself does not cause functional effects, and secondly, the value is not high. But the pursuit of integrity of the table enthusiasts, with original buckle watch, look at higher value. And like most of the antique table, in the year is the header and buckles sold separately, today's hard to find original buckle a buckle also not surprising that the. As for as the table box, a certificate (there called "birth certificate") and whether the offer is a matter of opinion, because after these things with easy, unless you like vintage Omega "Constellation" Silver Box such special packaging pursued.