Heuer Skipper case refurbish – or not?
There are two opinions you can handle a rough weared vintage watch. First – leave it as it is. That means full weared with broken glass, round smoothed edges on the case and crumbled lumen on the hands and dial. The other option is to do a full case refurbish and some cosmetical operations with care to fix the state and have a well looking vintage watch. Of course that depends on the condition and the your own taste.
You always want to see how an Heuer Autavia case looks before and after the refurbishing by a master watchmaker, who knows what to do? Here we go…
Let´s show this Heuer Skipper black (early) edition in a 11630 case that was in a really heart-melting state. The case got quite round edges instead clear edges and was maybe polished or just heavy weared. The Skipper got also wrong pushers, a broken glass and some lumen crumbled from the hands. In the end the movement doesn´t run too.
After the treatment with a professional service and case refurbish that watch turns out a beauty and it is on good health for the next 40 years on a wrist!
We send the Heuer Skipper to the beautifarm of our friend and wellknown belgian magician and master Abel the real beauty was worked out.
Now the Skipper got the right shoes and its again a beatin´ daily rocker ! A rare Heuer Skipper 15640 with the black glossy dial in a 11630 case with the right sunburst and razorsharp edges – I like it!Thanks a lot to Abel for the amazing work and the pics! You find his website here. You might need to be very patient to get a service schedule (up to two years I heard) but it´s definitely worth to wait if he accept your watch to service 😉