AP - Minute Hand v. Hour Hand Patina Difference?

[illiguy]

Just acquired a Royal Oak Chrono 25860ST (Blue Dial). Noticed that the hour and minute hands on my watch aren’t the same color. The minute hand is more cream, whereas the hour hand is more white like the rest of the dial markers. Is this known to happen, or is this odd?

The seller has a good reputation here and the watch came with AP extract, so I don’t doubt its authenticity. I plan to have AP Clearwater service this piece, but just curious if any AP experts here have seen something like this before.

Cheers and Happy Holidays!




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[fullofboats]

I'm no expert but my guess is that one of the hands may be a serviced part. Otherwise the two hands somehow patina'ed differently, but I would be surprised by that. What's for sure is that it wouldn't have left the factory like that.

[Tomas Eriksson]

Hour hand hand has most likely been replaced during service. Hands are thin and fragile, it’s common that they get damaged and replaced during service. I came across a 14970 recently that according to records was factory serviced and also had non matching hands.