16710 Dial Fade Question

[DrTed]

Hi Everyone,

I, like many other here, am a big fan of a good fading on my GMT's pepsi bezel. In fact, in additional to my usual bezel getting its gradual fade, I have a great, very faded insert that I bought from a seller here and put on my z-serial 16710 sometimes for fun. Especially off the bracelet, it does a good job of dressing the watch down a little and adding some nonchalance. But it looks a tiny bit off to my eye to have an awesomely worn-in bezel but a pristine face.

So, do we know yet whether the dial or the 24-hour hand will fade over time in the sapphire models? Or, left to its own devices and entropy, will a 16710 naturally still have that disconnect and keep an unchanged-looking face and hands? I know that the superluminova most likely won't brown from age, but I haven't been able to find any discussion here about other aging. Nor have I been able to find any pictures showing any from Google images: even 16760s with very brown lume and very faded bezels seem to have a bright red 24-hour hand and a dial without any patina or fade.

It's not necessarily a bad look, I'm just curious what the future holds for these models after some more years. And it may just look off to me because I'm used to seeing faded bezels next to plexiglass and creamy or brown tritium.

Thanks everyone,
DrTed