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Will check them out. Thanks so much for your advice! Marcel

Since I am not happy with the Yuki dials (the white lume was too white and the gilt too yellow) I am trying to source a light cream, vintage lumed Explorer dial for my rolex 5500 (gen) with 1520 movement. Thanks so much for any suggestions you might have!

Great looking watch and looking good on the leather strap! Your dial indexes have more texture to them (look more raised) which I like a lot. Gets closer to the all original Tudor 7928 which I added to my collection last year. Cheers

Just finished my 5500 (1965, gen) with Explorer dial. Got the dial from Yukiwatch in white lume and used Iodine to give the markers and hands some color after which I baked the dial. Finished it with a light matte varnish spray. Wasted one dial under the grill (paint started pealing off), part of the learning curve I guess. Far from perfect but will do for now. Cheers

Big Dazza, I was looking at your post of the vintage Invicta. Fantastic job on the aged dial. Am expecting a Yuki Explorer dial with white lume. Would like to give that a bit of aging. Not too much but definitely need to get rid of the bright white lume. In your post you mention a 'smoking technique' and a satin varnish spray. I was wondering how the smoking technique works. Is that where you put the dial on top of a funnel with a cigarette underneath or do you use a cigarette to apply heat to the lumed indexes? If you use a cigarette, does the watch not stink like smoke since smoke must permeate the dial? Personally my first thought was to bake the dial under a broil, just lightly but might be a mistake. Definitely interested to learn more about your experience. Thanks!

thanks BobandShawn! I was hoping to be able to bake the white dial. I understand you did it on broil. Does the dial paint and lettering not start to bubble or get ruined? I also read about someone who used a cigarette to work on the lume dots. Thanks

So I have 2 Yukiwatch Explorer dials, one is gilt with lume which is too yellow for my taste (ref picture of my 5500). The other is white lume which is too white for my liking. So I need something in the middle. Do you know whether leaving the yellowisch Yuki dial in the sun will mellow it? Also read about baking the white lume dial (convection oven 350 degrees) to create patina on the White Lume Yuki dial. Anyone have experience doing that to a Yuki dial? Thanks!