fatboyharris
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It is quite possible than when you see a common trait
Aug 04, 2017,01:11 AM
it may be as a result of changes in the manufacturing and application processes or the paint materials used............lots was going on at the time to remove previously acceptable materials and work practices from the workplace eg health and safety legislation starts to be adopted world wide, toxic materials in paints are being phased out, paint application processes are being controlled.....so many things that could evidence itself later in a common trait eg fading. Obviously, you may find that as these new processes materials were introduced, further refinements and changes may have occurred later as things are bedded down or new applications and materials came on line, so some of these properties may be quite short lived like the different aspects//profile of Tritium lume application on dials we see.
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I believe eg the switch from submariner laquered gilt dials to matt dials is as a result of necessary changes in the work place, application processes and materials used, and possibly the timing judiciously to denote the reduction of high US tarriffs on Swiss watches in January 1967.
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Very Faded
By: thomashudson : August 2nd, 2017-13:30
Can the bezel be replaced?
Faded or not faded ...
By: leopold : August 2nd, 2017-14:33
That's the question ... But when it' s ( natural) faded, it' s great .... ...
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By: amanico : August 2nd, 2017-15:29
thanks for the input
By: americano : August 2nd, 2017-14:47
I never thought of it that way how genuine fade matches the case patina , nice observation . The first owner of this example really took care of it although he claimed as far as he remembers the besel has faded a long time ago. Note how it maintained the ...
It is quite possible than when you see a common trait
By: fatboyharris : August 4th, 2017-01:11
it may be as a result of changes in the manufacturing and application processes or the paint materials used............lots was going on at the time to remove previously acceptable materials and work practices from the workplace eg health and safety legis...