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Old 3 May 2021, 10:08 PM   #1
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Pearlized or opalised tritium

Have a 16610 dial, tritium, with this odd opal look in the markers and hands under UV light. Thoughts??
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Old 3 May 2021, 11:36 PM   #2
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Looks relumed.
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Old 4 May 2021, 12:21 AM   #3
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Need better photos. Initial impression it looks original.

Different UV wavelengths can sometimes leave different "Sparkles" but you need better photos.
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Old 4 May 2021, 10:54 AM   #4
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I've never seen Rolex hands look like those found in either photo in this thread. I've seen the old "green glow" hands sparkle under a blue light but those hands were pretty much out of production by 1968.

I've purchased a couple watches in the past with hands that had these same type of characteristics/colors but once removed and examined you could tell they were aftermarket.
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Old 4 May 2021, 10:20 PM   #5
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Yea, all original. But my photos are poor. You have the exact same look.
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Old 4 May 2021, 11:11 PM   #6
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I've never seen Rolex hands look like those found in either photo in this thread. I've seen the old "green glow" hands sparkle under a blue light but those hands were pretty much out of production by 1968.

I've purchased a couple watches in the past with hands that had these same type of characteristics/colors but once removed and examined you could tell they were aftermarket.
I have a couple late 70s / early 80s watches, zero glow, completely dead, do this under certain UV. Some UV won't do it or does it less, which is why I think wavelength (anecdotally) has more of an impact than generally thought.
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I've seen tiny traces of those little sparkles on original tritium under UV. My (former) 1655 had faint traces of it. However, the OP's example looks a lot more extreme. Not saying it's not legit, but I agree with Springer that it looks a little odd.

I don't have a better photo of my old 1655 under UV, but on the 6 and 7 o'clock markers had faint traces of those tiny sparkles.
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Old 5 May 2021, 04:08 AM   #8
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My 5513 does that. Now JP has me nervous.

Glow falls off immediately and completely. I’m using a flashlight I bought off Amazon to look for puppy mistakes lol



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Old 5 May 2021, 04:10 AM   #9
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Tried to post higher resolution. Unsure if it works lol
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Old 5 May 2021, 04:43 AM   #10
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Go through all of them, particularly the 80s and 90s, and you will see this.

And get one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Old 5 May 2021, 06:57 AM   #11
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[QUOTE=GB-man;11433383]Tried to post higher resolution. Unsure if it works lol


Your dial/hands looks fine.
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Old 5 May 2021, 07:00 AM   #12
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Your dial/hands looks fine.

Thanks I can relax and have a beer now.
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Old 6 May 2021, 09:54 PM   #13
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I think it may be an anomaly like the purple sub dials, a slight change in the formulation or a switch from vendors.
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Old 14 May 2021, 10:16 AM   #14
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So I was just looking through some GMT hands, and found another set with the same effect. This was off of a X serial number and the original was off a N serial number. Dates it to 1991, anyone know what year the purple subs were?
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Old 16 May 2021, 12:10 AM   #15
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Your dial/hands looks fine.
Super fine!
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Old 8 June 2021, 12:07 AM   #16
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Ok, just finished working on a 1984 submariner, this has the purple dial. It also has Opal hands and markers. I will post magnified pictures this week. Definitely not a relume. So do I get to patent this as Opalised??
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