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Mobile vetting test* for THF members only

Select a category or scroll down to select
an imperfection number to vet your object.
 


*
this test is about weighing imperfections,
not establishing
imperfections.


 
Imperfections Index:   
(Legends)
Dial Repeater train
Case Musical train
Ornaments Going train
Movement Alarm
Striking train General

4 False signature
5 Marriage
   
Dial
7 Hands NA
8 entire dial NA
9 entire dial PR
10 dial repainted
11 enamel restored
12 chapter ring NA
   
Case.
14 entirely NA
15 partly re-gilded
16 re-gilded all over
17 repainted all over (V)
18 re-veneered all over (V)
19 watch case worn out
20 bracket missing
21 bracket PR (V)
22 Longcase hood PR
23 Longcase plinth PR
24 badly restored, per part
25 protective case missing
   
Ornaments  p. piece
27 side frets (2x)
28 front fret
29 Cresting missing
30 Cresting PR
31 finials, statues (4x)
32 feet (4x)
33 doors
34 back-door/plate
35 escutcheons (4x)
   
Movement General
37 poor restorations
   
Striking Train
40 striking train missing
41 striking train PR
42 Bell
43 Bell-strap
   
Repeater Train
45 repeater train missing
46 repeater train PR
   
Musical Train
48 musical train missing
49 musical train PR
   
Going Train
51 escapement reconverted
52 escapement converted
53 weights NA
   
Alarm
55 Alarm mechanism missing
56 mech. + disc missing
57 mech. + disc PR
   
General
59 Unkempt condition
60 badly restored per part
61 artificial additions
 
Level
2 Exhibition grade I
3 Exhibition grade II
   


  Legends.

V

= To be mentioned on label, otherwise #
NA = Not Authentic.
PR = NA, but Properly Reconstructed.
   
(. = see legenda.
0 = Acceptable.
   


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