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Khandro | 11:55 Wed 18th Jan 2017 | How it Works
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I have a 50s or 60s 17 jewel, incabloc, Montine gold watch in good order (value about £175.) but the dial has a scratch due to someone in the past opening it clumsily.
I have seen a similar watch non-working for repair or spares on the internet with a good dial, for a tenner.
Does anyone know if changing dials is an expensive operation please?
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Any good "old fashioned" jeweller should be able to put a new glass in this for you....ie, not a High Street one.
I remember having a Montine watch bought for me as a birthday present on a flight to Majorca in about 1977.
Hope you get it sorted Khandro.
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mikey; thanks, but it's not the glass that's scratched it is the dial face.
I've signed up to a website called Watch Forum and I hope to get some info from there.
Zacs, what happened to the watch?
Khandro, do you know, I've no idea. It had a metallic blue face and a SS strap. That's all i can remember.
It would not be difficult to change to the dial from the nonworking watch. You could do it yourself if you feel confident to remove the hands and refit them.
But I would get a jeweler or watch repair shop to do it. Shop around and don't take the first price offered. It will only take a watch repair place a few minutes but they may try to charge a lot of cash trying to claim it is a difficult job when it's not.
I once had a vintage fountain pen with a Silver band that had come apart at the seem. The first place I asked wanted £200 and to take a week to 'silver solder' it back together, I went to a small independent jeweler who did it while I waited for £15 !
shouldn't be too difficult and you can practice on the donor watch, so you will know exactly how it works when you change it on your existing watch. worth a go, don't force anything and if you can't get it right take the lot to a watchmaker but I reckon you can do it. Also get a loupe they help enormously.

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