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Old 18 November 2017, 08:13 PM   #1
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Ghost bezel black bay?

Anyone seen online? obviously the watch is too new for this to happen naturally, but I do wonder as they are aluminum inserts. If anyone has done it with chemicals to get the look, and has a picture that would be cool to see. Anyone know how long it takes naturally and the conditions. Black bay black with a ghost bezel would be pretty amazing. I think this watch will look better with age even tho I baby the hell out mine lol
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Old 18 November 2017, 10:48 PM   #2
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Mine is first-year production, 2012; still looks as good as new. Normal use around the world.
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Old 18 November 2017, 11:20 PM   #3
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I have not seen one.
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Old 18 November 2017, 11:25 PM   #4
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the only way i see this is if someone used bleach
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Old 19 November 2017, 01:11 PM   #5
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Just leave it outside in the sun on a tar roof everyday for a year, or wear normally for forty years.
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Old 21 November 2017, 08:13 PM   #6
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Thanks Adam for the real world testing i wear my often but I think they fixed the fading problem at rolex so we are out of luck for awhile I think. Anyone use chemicals yet?
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Old 23 November 2017, 11:54 AM   #7
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Any updates on this? And does anyone think the black bay steel is nod to the ghost bezel as bulang and sons said in their article could be if so I think that great that tudor Swedes the ghost bezel as important part of collecting vintage watches and putting that idea into a new watch.
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Old 7 March 2018, 05:33 PM   #8
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Well with the hype around the eta now this is will never happen to anyone’s bb :(
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