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RELUMED | 4 | 15.38% | |
No, this is original! | 22 | 84.62% | |
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1 April 2017, 09:48 PM | #1 |
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Help! Great White - Relumed or Not?
Hey guys, being offered a 1665 great white outside TRF by a private seller. Just wanted to see if these markers are a red flag for relume.. what do you think fellas? You opinion would be much appreciated. Cheers
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1 April 2017, 09:50 PM | #2 |
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1 April 2017, 10:42 PM | #3 |
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I would not mess with this watch.
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1 April 2017, 10:50 PM | #4 |
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1 April 2017, 10:51 PM | #5 |
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http://www.isringtime.com/downloads/...example-48000/
Same lumes structure as this one sold by geoff |
1 April 2017, 11:23 PM | #6 |
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The lume looks OK to my eye in the close-ups, but hard to tell 100 percent. What leads you to think it might be re-lumed? The slight uneven texture? Old lume is rarely perfect under a loupe or macro photo. It can shrink, expand, bleed, flake, etc .... through the decades.
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2 April 2017, 04:43 AM | #7 |
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There are plenty here that know more than I, but I have seen a few references to tritium lume 'puffing up' with moisture?
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Exactly. The whole dial will tell the story.
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2 April 2017, 07:29 AM | #9 |
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3 April 2017, 01:03 AM | #10 |
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Doesn't appear re-lumed to me
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3 April 2017, 10:57 AM | #11 |
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Lume appears original.
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4 April 2017, 01:37 AM | #12 |
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They look fine to me, but I am far from an expert. Do they look drastically different from the other lume plots on the dial? Could you possibly do a side-by-side pic of the plots in question vs. the plots that do not worry you?
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5 April 2017, 10:14 PM | #13 |
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All feedback are well noted, and thanks for the information. Watch did not end up with me, it went to another lucky individual. Thanks again everyone!
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