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I am almost finished the old Pallas watch with the Culmina movement I have been busy with. It is missing the second hand, the only one that I can find at Cousins is a luminous tipped one, .23 dia. Now I’m not sure what might have been fitted originally. I know it doesn’t matter really but I would rather keep it as original as possible. What style might have been on? Plain and straight or maybe it did have some lume?  Here’s a picture of the dial and the other hands, I had to repair the minute hand and relume it, it doesn’t quite match the hour hand. When the lume hardens I will try and “dirty” it a little to match.

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This is the sort of style that Cousins have. 

https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/centre-seconds-luminous-by-size-horotec-swiss1

Many thanks for any advice at all.

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