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Old 6 October 2020, 12:36 PM   #31
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Old 6 October 2020, 08:54 PM   #32
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Just leave it on your window sill for a few years.
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Old 6 October 2020, 09:21 PM   #33
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Just leave it on your window sill for a few years.
Left my Sub insert out on the balcony in the sun for two years. Barely changed at all.
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Old 6 October 2020, 09:28 PM   #34
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Left my Sub insert out on the balcony in the sun for two years. Barely changed at all.

Maybe go for another 2?


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Old 7 October 2020, 12:48 AM   #35
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Artificial faded bezels - ghost bezels
Artificially aged lume plots - phony patina
Cracked dials - Spider dial
Aftermarket internals
Laser welding of cases
Aftermarket acrylic crystals

Vintage is not for the weak of heart.

I believe the only one you missed are the re-lacquered/repaired dials.
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Old 7 October 2020, 02:42 PM   #36
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I believe the only one you missed are the re-lacquered/repaired dials.
Yep, I forgot that one as well as ridiculously perfect chamfers on the 50 year old "unpolished" piece.
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