deterioration kicked in ...

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Gstp

·May 7, 2020

This rather nice old thing, running spot on suddenly got worse. Was lying on a window sill for 3 days, there were sign of dial problems but this happened over night. Glad I didnt sell it as planned last week, bet buyer would be less than satisfied

Last week

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Vitezi

·May 7, 2020

Ouch. 🙁 How warm did it get on that window sill?

 

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DaveK

·May 7, 2020

😲

 

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Als 27

·May 7, 2020

That's a great pity 🙁 love the piece & the hands...

 

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JimInOz

·May 7, 2020·Melbourne Australia

Black dial. Sunlight. 🙁

Black absorbs all wavelengths of light and converts it into heat. White reflects all wavelengths so stays cool.

Just leave white dialed watches on the windowsill in future.

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Gstp

·May 7, 2020

Vitezi

Ouch. 🙁 How warm did it get on that window sill?

Not very ..I live almost on the north pole and the weather have been not too good but still enough ..

JimInOz

Black dial. Sunlight. 🙁

Lesson learned ..

 

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Dan S

·May 7, 2020

Wow, that is crazy.

 

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chipsotoole

·May 8, 2020

Was it lying behind anything like a bottle or a glass ornament on the windowsill that could act like a magnifying glass?

 

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nkhandekar

·May 8, 2020

If you know what you are doing, you can humidify the paint and lay the flakes back down. If you don't know what you are doing, it will end up a mess.