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Old 5 November 2020, 12:01 AM   #53
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Regarding the lume color topic, I tend to shy away from lume that has been "aged" to match what a vintage piece looks like "today".

Then there was the big debate re. the latest $14K Speedmaster (321 Ed White) where the colored-lume camp argued that it was never sold with pure white tritium lume and was indeed off-white. I'm no expert as I wasn't buying new watches in the 60s (or 50s) but in the end, I like what I like...

...which brings me to the topic of the two recent Breitling re-editions. Both have colored patina but for reasons beyond (my own) logic, I like the 806's color very much "as is" but less enchanted by the 765's and would have been just as happy had it come with pure white lume.

FWIW, here's a mosaic of shots I took of both; I tried to select photos that best represent the real color as seen in good daylight (& not in direct sunlight):

l. 806, r. 765


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