Fading a bezel with UV?

[DocBotanus]

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.

[chubbchubb]

Look here:

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...l=insert+bleach

... if at first you don't succeed, search, search again...

[chubbchubb]

BTW.... I don't think that UV is going to do the trick.... unless you have a loooooooooooot of time.

[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

[mucrewbtp]

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.