Very interesting topic and one I have thought about from time to time. Don't get me wrong, I love patina and faded bezels, but some of these prized flaws (and that's exactly what they are) may be a little rediculous. To each his own but if the bottom ever falls out of the collector market, my guess is, it would start with these little questionable oddities. As we say, buy what you like and I agree with that. I recently purchased a faded bezel for a GMT and I intentionally picked one that had a variation to the fade (more fade on the periphery). I feel this would be harder to fake. My 2 cents anyway.
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