Trtium Question
Hello, have a few questions hope you can share with your knowledge..... 1. Noted most (may not be the case) that the trtium dial on the PreA tends to age faster with more creamy patina than a PreV dial eventhough they are some 6 years apart, possibly that...
That is the magic of the Patina ...
Nobody can seriously tell you how it happens. It has been said that it was due to the effect of light and darkness, heath / cold, U.V Sun, humidity ( which in this case would be catastrohpic for the tritium, as humidity ruins it ), etc ... What I can tell...
Patina Magic of a
1970 5513 with patina starts changing to lighter orange color Best Regards Tuscanii...
Nicolas, agree without a doubt that
a 17 years old tritium still has some life.....abeit a bit weak.... None of us know (and I am merely speaking for myself...) what will happen to this tritium in the next 5 years or even 10 years later when the lume finally "dead" will the patina then deve...
Difficult to answer, Tuscanii.
To this question. I know some much older tritium dials which still glowed in the dark, and some others which didn't. There are a lot of factors which are important to consider: What kind of tritium? T < 25 or T Swiss T, this last one, being, if I remem...
It really is hard to tell.....
Here's an example of two exactly same watch about the same age and look at the difference ... The one on the left is more of a creamy / beige color while on the right is more of orangy yellow color Best, Sam...
