I'm with the OP in that timney's triggers aren't as pretty as they used to be.
Tooling getting old?
Cutting cost at the finishing stage?
Just because they could?
Who knows why they changed it.
ETA: The OP reminds me of Bill Wilson back in the day.. geez is that guy a picky bugger! He comes by it honest due to the fact that he's from a long line of watchmakers/goldsmiths.
But like Iraqguns stated.. AR's are not jewelry.
BUT!!!!!
They still work like a charm!
I've recently installed four of their trigger packs into different rifles and had no issues at all.
Predictable and clean breaking like always.... just not as pretty.
Kinda like when your favorite waitress down at the diner forgets to put her makeup on. Dinner tastes just as good.. but the delivery could have been prettier.

