Rolex watches - tritium patination

hughtrimble

hughtrimble

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Afternoon all,

Just a quick question about 'vintage' watches...do tritium inserts on dials and bezels patinate at roughly the same rate, or will one age faster than than the other?

I ask as I'm aware the trits on the hands tend to patinate faster than the dial but can't find info on the bezel trit's patination rate compared to the hands and dial. I'm guessing it's faster due to increased exposure to the elements, but have no evidence to support that.

I'm looking into a 16610 from the 1990s, so am trying to find out which parts look to have been replaced. The hands look to have much newer trit vs. the dial, and the bezel's trit looks much closer in colour to the hands than the dial.

Any information at all would be much appreciated.

Hugh
 
Thank you both.

I'm aware tritium patinates due to a variety of things, however I'm just trying to find out whether a bezel trit would age at the same rate as the dial or hands. Consistent patination seems to be reported more than dial being heavily patinated but with fresh-looking hands and bezel trits.

This one is listed as unworn, and that seems strange given the potentially replaced hands and bezel.
 
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Acme said:
I'm not sure you mean this. Doofer is being a doofus as always. :D
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He wasn't far off! The article linked to mentioned being exposed to water and being exposed to constant sunlight as having an effect, so in his attempt at humour, he actually got things quite correct.

But some genuine responses as per the first respondent, would be lovely, if possible!
 
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