2998-1 Tropical or Oven Baked?

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Tad

·May 4, 2022

Came across this 2998-1 for sale and whilst I appreciate that some dials can turn tropical under the right conditions this one seems suspicious. The lume plots all look like they have melted. I’m not sure this would happen under normal conditions.

Thoughts?

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Dan S

·May 4, 2022

Yum ... caramel.

 

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Om3ga321

·May 4, 2022

60 degrees Celsius to high and left for 10 minutes to long in the oven.

 

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ghce

·May 4, 2022

tad

Came across this 2998-1 for sale and whilst I appreciate that some dials can turn tropical under the right conditions this one seems suspicious. The lume plots all look like they have melted. I’m not sure this would happen under normal conditions.

Thoughts?

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Tabasco sauce to make that lume extra spicy!!

 

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Faz

·May 4, 2022

If you like your dials well done, this one’s for you!

 

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Tad

·May 5, 2022

The seller has a bit of a rep for being disingenuous and is fond of paper clips 😉

 

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Scarecrow Boat

·May 5, 2022

Dan S

Yum ... caramel.

Looks like paperclip-boy has ventured into the culinary arts 😗

https://lunaroyster.com/product/196...-tropical-caramel-brown-dial-base-1000-bezel/

 

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Tad

·May 5, 2022

I can’t get my head round why someone would risk ruining a perfectly good dial to obtain this type of patina. Appreciate that tropical dials are more attractive and command a higher price but there’s no way I would have the balls to cook one up.

 

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Spacefruit

·May 5, 2022·Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder

Anyone ask him the price yet?

 

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watchyouwant

·May 5, 2022

Min. $100,000.00 . Prototype.

 

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Larry S

·May 5, 2022·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Lovely caramelization.

 

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KnoP

·May 5, 2022

hmm... could be seen as fraud!

 

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Faz

·May 5, 2022

Larry S

Lovely caramelization.

After the chocolate dials, here come the caramel dials!

 

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TLIGuy

·May 5, 2022

Dan S

Yum ... caramel.

This appears to be a classic 2998-7 brûlée dial delivered to France in late 1959.

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Tubber

·May 5, 2022

Spacefruit

Anyone ask him the price yet?

Is that the same one that has been up for Donkeys and did have a price of US$98,000?

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Dgercp

·May 5, 2022

To me it's more the color of bullshit.