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datejust&gmtfan · 10 April 2014, 08:57 PM

Hi guys,

I'd be grateful for your thoughts on the hands on this Submariner 79090.

http://www.ebay.it/itm/orologio-Tudo...-/261392883472

The seller has told me that the hands glow after being exposed to strong light, but then fade within an hour after that (luminova?)

The dial markers don't glow at all (tritium?)

But, the hands match the pip in the bezel. SO maybe it is all original (the seller doesn't know - he's a jeweler, not original owner). I also know that Tudor hands and dials are known to fade at different rates; but on this one the hands still glow and the dial doesn't. So it's not just a question of different fading speeds; it appears to be different materials.

I'm thinking that at some stage, due to tritium dust/specks or something the hands have been swapped at a service. Or maybe a previous owner wanted to be able to tell the time in the dark. But then I'm stumped how the hands' lume matches the lume in the pip.

Grateful your thoughts please experts.

padi56 · 10 April 2014, 11:40 PM

Perhaps the bezel insert has been changed quite normal as they are just serviceable items markers look tritium but hands look luminover but its well over priced..

Lgear080 · 10 April 2014, 11:50 PM

Considering I just snagged one for $2200 usd I think the price is laughable.

10 April 2014, 08:57 PM	#1
datejust&gmtfan "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 13	Calling all Tudor sub experts Hi guys, I'd be grateful for your thoughts on the hands on this Submariner 79090. http://www.ebay.it/itm/orologio-Tudo...-/261392883472 The seller has told me that the hands glow after being exposed to strong light, but then fade within an hour after that (luminova?) The dial markers don't glow at all (tritium?) But, the hands match the pip in the bezel. SO maybe it is all original (the seller doesn't know - he's a jeweler, not original owner). I also know that Tudor hands and dials are known to fade at different rates; but on this one the hands still glow and the dial doesn't. So it's not just a question of different fading speeds; it appears to be different materials. I'm thinking that at some stage, due to tritium dust/specks or something the hands have been swapped at a service. Or maybe a previous owner wanted to be able to tell the time in the dark. But then I'm stumped how the hands' lume matches the lume in the pip. Grateful your thoughts please experts.

10 April 2014, 11:40 PM	#2
padi56 "TRF" Life Patron Join Date: Jun 2005 Real Name: Peter Location: Llanfairpwllgwyng Watch: ing you. Posts: 53,063	Perhaps the bezel insert has been changed quite normal as they are just serviceable items markers look tritium but hands look luminover but its well over priced.. __________________ ICom Pro3 All posts are my own opinion and my opinion only. "The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop. Now is the only time you actually own the time, Place no faith in time, for the clock may soon be still for ever." Good Judgement comes from experience,experience comes from Bad Judgement,.Buy quality, cry once; buy cheap, cry again and again. www.mc0yad.club Second in command CEO and left handed watch winder

10 April 2014, 11:50 PM	#3
Lgear080 Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NYC Posts: 3,506	Considering I just snagged one for $2200 usd I think the price is laughable.

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