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Originally Posted by WatchFred
... we went through all (hand colored, originally) catalogs from the 1940s onwards, the earliest color catalogs in the museum, spoke to witnesses that knew the watches when they were launched ...
Radium lume never was white (we have a slighty lighter yellow w/ the early Tritiu on the Mk3.2 and later reverse panda Navitimer, then some batches of greenish lume in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but also never white Tritium)...
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Thanks for your feedback, Fred! From those catalog pics, there can be little doubt that the Toptime & 2005 have a cream tint. The image of the Navitimer is not clear enough (for me) to make a decision but I'll accept it's off-white too.
Your comment about "never white Tritium" - I assume this is limited to Breitling or at least pre-80s because for sure there are enough Submariners & Sea Dwellers (like the "Great White") where the white tritium never "aged" and hence, still white... .
p.s. Enjoyed my 765r yesterday for #FliegerFriday
