Thank you Zaf, for your fast and helpful reply.

Can someone please advise? My watchmaker is currently servicing my gold European Futurematic, and has asked me to obtain replacement 3rd and 4th wheels (parts 210 & 224) as the originals are rusty. When I looked on the Perrins Canada website, they show both parts in stock at reasonable prices - but ...

Eventually.... It turned out that I did not need to consider the dial restoration decision, because that "stain" was just not there - it was entirely a trick of the vendor's camera, which is weird. The dial certainly has patina, but not such that I (or probably anyone) would want to mess with it. ht...

Hello folks, This is my first post here, so please go easy on me... I just bought this rare steel-cased Futurematic, branded "Automatic" which I understand was for the European market. I'm a trader, so the watch will be for sale once renovated. The movement is faulty so it will need a full service -...