SAS Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 At this day, I bought 5 ROO, 2 for me, and 3 for friends. I have the same problem on all of them : the tritium witch compose the markers has turned from a bright white texture into a dark grey color, due to the simple exposure of the bright light of the sun (... its summertime...) even after several days, they don't come back to its original color. I asked my watchsmith about this quite strange change, he answer me that it can happens sometimes when the quality of the tritium is very poor. I must say I'm very disappointed cause I spend a lot of $$$$ into those famous ROO !! I would be surprised to be the only one to notice this? Maybe my body is getting radioactive ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlsbadrolex Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I have had three, still have two... no change to the color of the markers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bosk Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Which versions did you buy? On the secs at 12 versions, not all of them have lume on the markers.....so the white paint it turning gray? Are u leaving them in the vegas dessert or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAS Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Which versions did you buy? On the secs at 12 versions, not all of them have lume on the markers.....so the white paint it turning gray? Are u leaving them in the vegas dessert or something? Bought the sec at 12 of course, white & grey dial and black & white dial. both has lume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztech Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Wow, this is another surprising turn of events with the AP ROO with secs @ 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) I would love to see some pics of the grey color lume after the "sun" mod! I was considering picking one of these, but right now I am miles away from doing so...mvt, lume,...what's next? Edited August 20, 2008 by dadog13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I would love to see some pics of the grey color lume after the "sun" mod! I was considering picking one of these, but right now I am miles away from doing so...mvt, lume,...what's next? ....and not to forget the bad quality of the micro-thin rubber layer on the Rubberclad I did not face the lume-fading on the ROO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosk Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Actually, on my rubber clad, there is a small gray spot on the lume at the 8 marker but the watch arrived that way...it just looks like uneven luming but its tiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAS Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 The difference is really obvious, I'll post a pic comparing one witch had been exposed to the sun light and a new one when I get back in EU (I'm surfing in Bali actually, sorry guys...) I could wrote the same description as PAM1A on his PAM187. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I am sorry to hear this. It is odd as no one else has reported this with the dozens that have been sold. Could it be the temperature or humidity in Bali? Did you buy all the watches from the same dealer? Well, I guess it is just another reason to take my time and wait to see what MBK's looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Actually, on my rubber clad, there is a small gray spot on the lume at the 8 marker but the watch arrived that way...it just looks like uneven luming but its tiny. there seems to be an updated version of the rubberclad on J's website.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peto Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 This colour changing is happening in my swiss mbw too. When i received it the lume was creamy white,and now its a dark green colour,almost grey,and im not leaving in the dessert. So this [censored] not only happens with the newests models. Cheers,Peto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAS Posted August 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 And now, one of them has stopped... the first one... the others will follow one by one I'm affraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 The same happened on my iwc ingy,turned from bright white to dark grey.Now i am looking for someone to rellume it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellomen Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 When i read things like this i know again why i'm holding back buying reps of $500+ ... on a gen you have warranty, on the rep... well... that's always a surprise. And after paying the $500+ bill you will have to invest more to get it real good fixing the flaws like AR, lume, day/datewheel alignment etc... Sorry to hear about the problems of your and your friend's ROO's, SAS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkdk Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 same happened to mine. Im on holiday in mallorca, and mine has turned from white to a dark green greyish color. Not so nice. Well at least it is waterproof:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itseme Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 can someone please upload a picture of the changed color?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 This has just happened to my new ap roo rubberclad... Turned from the identical to gen light green pale lume to grey who do we send it too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 This has just happened to my new ap roo rubberclad... Turned from the identical to gen light green pale lume to grey who do we send it too? Three year old thread resurrection, really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 This has just happened to my new ap roo rubberclad... Turned from the identical to gen light green pale lume to grey who do we send it too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 This has just happened to my new ap roo rubberclad... Turned from the identical to gen light green pale lume to grey who do we send it too? I am getting a feeling of déjà vu here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 LOL sorry man... I was on my iPhone and it double posted I did a search and this was one of the only threads that came up, so, I just decided to post to resurrect and see if people fixed it, or... Who to go to.. Sorry :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 No worries, only fix is to have the dial/hands relumed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Who's the man to go to, preferably in the states?? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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