Where does it come from???

[samuelhuntington]

Patina

As I was looking at my 91' 16610 and noticing some small signs of a nice patina on my dial and I got to wondering what actually causes a dial to gain patina. Now I know it comes down to age, but will two watches from the same year have the same patina after 30 years if one was kept in a safe all it's life and one was an everyday wearer? I assume the sun probably has a lot to do with it, so will a watch that's worn outside all day have a nicer patina then one that's spent it's life sitting in an office? Maybe nobody knows but any insight would be interesting. Thanks