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Old 21 March 2018, 03:12 AM   #13
Vincent65
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Originally Posted by photoguy View Post
My sub 168000 is 30+ years old. It has been worn daily since I bought it new with the exception of the one time in it's life that it went off for a service. While it's difficult to be exact, the hands and markers appear as white as the day that I got it. It's never been babied, has spent considerable time in the sun and waves and while the insert has a few marks and scratches, it could almost pass for close-to-new to the untrained eye.

When I see watches of similar age (or even newer) with dials/markers/pearls/hands, etc. that have changed color and/or texture so much over time, it makes me wonder how'd that happen?
Probably the opposite of yours - in the case of Tritium, it apparently goes darker when NOT worn, but stored away in the dark.
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