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Fading a bezel with UV?


DocBotanus

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I have noticed a lot of the gen Subs out there(along with other watches with painted bezels) have had their originally black paint fade to a kind of dark metallic brown. SInce I was planning to vintagize my 5508 when I get it back from Joshua, I was thinking of some quality time in the sun(or under a bright halogen light might help take the new off the bezel. I would cover the face to avoid too much quick fading there.

Has anyone tried that? I did a search, but came up empty.

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Guest avitt

I left an aftermarket sub bezel out on my BBQ for about 3 months (Socal, springtime) with absolutely no change to the appearance.

Use the chemicals ;)

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I actually have a project in the works to try and use a high power UV light source to age dials and stuff. I've obtained a deuterium lamp which is kind of like a wide beam UV laser. I just have to figure out how to build the power supply i need to run it.

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