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27 September 2013, 05:28 AM | #1 |
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Tropical dials... how are they formed?
Hey all, anyone ever see their dial start to turn tropical? What does it look like if so? What should one look for or notice? What causes it? Just curious!
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Proper ones .. Chemical reaction in the paint over time exacerbated by such non invasive things as the sun.
Nonsense ones ... Ones that have had moisture ingress , often unpleasant bubbling or smudging of the paints ... Big difference between the two. |
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Defective paint and sun creates color change. Many people turned them in when dials changed colors while servicing. Therefore true chocolate or color change dials are rarer as well as desirable by collectors. It wasn't only black dials that changed by the way due to defective paint. It also affected some blue dials on 1680/8's as well as white Exp II's known now as cream dials.
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Long term exposure to the sun as well as age.
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Great info! Thanks all! So question, is it a uniform process or do you see it in small segments? I noticed two slightly browner spots (hard to see very faint) near the 3 and 12 o'clock markers on my '68 Tudor sub. Dial is in fairly flawless condition otherwise. Could it be turning slowly I wonder?
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