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Is this a relume job, or does tritium smear over time?


HauteHippie

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What do ye vintage enthusiasts think of the tritium on the stick markers here: normal or a bad relume?

I've been eyeballing older Speedies, and am interested in this one. But if it's a relume, I'll definitely pass. Rolex tritium does not seem to smear like this, so I'm a bit skeptical.

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This is not news to chieftang, but...

I'm leaning toward natural, given the color match with the hands (unless they were also relumed a long time ago), and the way the lume has migrated more on the downward slope on the dial. Maybe the Speedy was stored dial-up for an extended period?

And I have definitely seen Rolex dials that have had worse cases of "migration". Check out the down-right shift of the '3' on my 1016 franken's dial.

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Of course, movement of vintage Rolex lume is nothing compared to what I've seen on some Tudors!

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