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flw
路路history nerdI'll add "merkin" to your ever increasing vocabulary 馃榿
"Aged" lume: cheesy, or aesthetic high point?
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M'Bob
路Another benefit to the faux aged lume: if you wear one of your 60th anniversary watches to bed, and you fall asleep with your eyeball against the watch, you won't develop a cataract in 20 years. Like with Radium. Maybe.
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CrisROSE
路"Aged" Lume is a pet hate of mine. Very pastiche. Lacks authenticity.
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simplymod
路Die hard vintage only buyers are going to be against it, and as a vintage guy myself, I understand their point. That said, when its done well (and it appears these new LE models are spot on) without being phony looking, I think its great. As another member mentioned, new lume will never patina no matter how old they become and part of what makes the true vintage examples so appealing is the aged patina. It gives such a nice warmth to the overall look of the watch. If Omega would have released these without aged lume, my guess is there would be more criticism of not having it vs. having it.
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Archer
路路Omega Qualified WatchmakerSeems a bit of a cheat to give a new watch a faux aged look which would otherwise be "earned" over the years as @ChicagoFrog and @wsfarrell mentioned.
If Luminova actually aged in the way tritium does that might be a relevant point. It doesn't.
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