I have long wondered why so many folks moan and groan 'oh no, that watch is bla bla rubbish bla bla faux-tina'. For instance, the new SS 321 'Ed White', or the SpeedyTuesday 'Ultraman', or even the 60th Anniversary Speedy.
Guys (and girls)! Radium/Tritium Speedmasters (and I am certain other watches...feel free to add photographic evidence) lume was never white to begin with ... it came, new, with off-white creamy radium/tritium...or as every youtube-watchpro-wannabee calls it 'faux patina' or 'fauxtina' ... pretty much how the new 'Ed White' has it. Omega has actually nailed it pretty spot on. So, please stop calling it 'faux patina' or 'fauxtina' or 'faux', or whatever, please stop complaining, please look at historically accurate (to details as fine as lume color) modern watches that DONT have white lume in a positive way, and
please please pretty please when you are GTG'ing with your watch buddies, educate them. And if you know any of the said Youtube-watchpro-wannabees, definately educate them. Thanks.
Here are some color pics from the 60s when these watches were new ...using the white hand and dial text as a reference for white, its clear to see the tritium/radium indices are not white...very much like the modern watches mentioned above...and very much like vintage watches today.
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(If anybody knows where to find a good res of this pic, please PM me)
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And feel free to add more evidence, or prove me wrong!
Edit: PS, and to the choir who I am preaching too (I know you are a minority), I humbly apologize.
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