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what the hell...
happened to this marvel?
well, for a bad surprise, this is a bad surprise.
but first of all, I want to say that you are the lucky owner of a very desirable watch. (I wish my budget for "m beautiful next watch" was in the range of the price of these QP beauties)
now, where has the blue paint gone?
It is unlikely that it was caused by humidity in the safe that would somehow end up in the watch. the watch is waterproof (I suppose to 3atm or 30m) so, unless your crown was pulled when you put it in the safe, there is little chance that air inside the safe would end up inside the watch.
Humidity would not target only the moondisk, I think.
paint is not as sensitive to humidity as it is sensitive to UV light. then again, nobody expects a lot of UV light inside the safe.
you do have a piece of a small mystery for physics sciences, I think.
Hopefully, the disk will soon be replaced and you will be able to wear the watchas nice as it looked the first time you received it.
let us know the progress.
(you my want to drop an email to sentrysafe, first to let them know, and secondly to ask if they have record of anybody else experiencing the same problem)
Sentry safe warning
By: kyoung08 : July 2nd, 2009-16:01
I had placed my JLC Master Perpetual in a Sentry Fire safe last December and took it out today to wear only to find that my Moon phase dial has lost it's blue color and is now tarnished to a nice all Gold finish Here it is before: and now as it looks toda...
Sentry safe...
By: DRMW : July 2nd, 2009-16:05
Hello Keith, Sorry to hear about your JLC. Do you have any dessicant or de-humidifyer inside your safe? Which model Sentry do you have? Do you have cash/papers/documents inside as well? Lots of things will cause humidity inside of a safe. -MW This message...
bummed
By: kyoung08 : July 2nd, 2009-17:56
Hi MW The safe is a small UL rated unit model number AX-618988 and is 24"x18"x16" bolted to the floor and heavy. I keep passports, will/trust copies, kid's birth certs, etc. in there. It has always seemed to be somewhat "moist" inside and I assumed it was...
The problem is...
By: DRMW : July 2nd, 2009-18:29
Hello Keith, The problem is not from the sealant, you must have something to dehumidify the inside otherwise you will encounter the moisture problems you have now. I use and order from Brownells: www.brownells.com S It's easy to reactivate every few month...
ordering now-JLC USA Repair?
By: kyoung08 : July 2nd, 2009-18:45
Ok, Thanks for that very useful link and I will order up this stuff right now to get rid of this moisture issue. Not sure how best to contact JLC for a fix and where to send the watch. I see Virginia and NYC sales/support and wonder if those are the servi...
Hello Keith....
By: DRMW : July 2nd, 2009-18:57
Best to contact a JLC AD in your city or JLC USA to see what they recommend. FYI, PER FORUM RULES Other recommendations should be PM'd to you only . BTW, I also recommend a separate safe for just jewelry/watches and the other for your documents/cash/paper...
what the hell...
By: time2tic : July 3rd, 2009-00:51
happened to this marvel? well, for a bad surprise, this is a bad surprise. but first of all, I want to say that you are the lucky owner of a very desirable watch. (I wish my budget for "m beautiful next watch" was in the range of the price of these QP bea...
movement
By: kyoung08 : July 3rd, 2009-05:11
Yeah, I have already thought about that and unfortunately this model in Rose Gold has a solid case. You can see the hands and other finishes on the face appear to be fine so maybe I will get lucky and the damage will be limited to the Moon dial. If not, t...
you could also ...
By: time2tic : July 3rd, 2009-06:04
drop on the www.jaeger-lecoultre.com website a message similar to the one you posted here. at least to inform them of this problem. Again, may be somewhere else, someone else has had the problem ( but did not post on this forum). Although I can only read ...
Thank you
By: kyoung08 : July 3rd, 2009-08:14
I will drop a note on the JLC site and see if they have any knowledge of this happening with other moon discs. I have had the watch running now for a day or so and it seems to be running just fine and appreciate your last comment that hopefully the blue j...
So sorry to see this...
By: b_creative3 : July 6th, 2009-02:19
Difference in temperature causes humid/moist in safes. My guess is a slight humidity can't cause the blue to vanish, unless the temperature difference from low to high is tremendous, then it may do something rare. I really hope you will get a good repair/...
