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104peterb · 21 March 2015, 07:31 PM

Hi all,

How bothered are collectors about mild radium burn on a dial where the hands have sat for a while?

I notice that in some of the pictures that get uploaded here from some collectors their watches show dials with radium burn which I assume doesn't bother people so much?

Cheers,

Peter

andromeda160 · 21 March 2015, 07:35 PM

I'm not a huge fan of patina/aging of dials. It's better than a redial, and prestine examples are outrageous, so I think it's more a lesser of the 2 evils sorta thing. I know i'd be less bothered by radium burn than a redial, but nothing beats a clean dialed BB.

R.W.T. · 21 March 2015, 08:35 PM

It's a fact of life. Very often the watches sat up in drawers with broken staffs.

Depending on the dial...the slight discoloration is not gonna cost you any money...in a sale.

And don't think it's just radium....I have a friend who let his 16800 matte sit up for about 15 years and the tritium burned the dial.

21 March 2015, 07:31 PM	#1
104peterb "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: London Posts: 77	Bubbleback - mild radium burn Hi all, How bothered are collectors about mild radium burn on a dial where the hands have sat for a while? I notice that in some of the pictures that get uploaded here from some collectors their watches show dials with radium burn which I assume doesn't bother people so much? Cheers, Peter

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21 March 2015, 07:35 PM	#2
andromeda160 Banned Join Date: Dec 2012 Real Name: Greg Location: michigan Watch: Rolex Oyster Posts: 4,046	I'm not a huge fan of patina/aging of dials. It's better than a redial, and prestine examples are outrageous, so I think it's more a lesser of the 2 evils sorta thing. I know i'd be less bothered by radium burn than a redial, but nothing beats a clean dialed BB.

21 March 2015, 08:35 PM	#3
R.W.T. "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Central Texas Posts: 2,004	It's a fact of life. Very often the watches sat up in drawers with broken staffs. Depending on the dial...the slight discoloration is not gonna cost you any money...in a sale. And don't think it's just radium....I have a friend who let his 16800 matte sit up for about 15 years and the tritium burned the dial.

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