Do you love "Patina"? show us why.

Mr.Bliss · Sep 1, 2020

After staying away from dials with any signs of imperfections, i found myself "mesmerized" by this Omega Suveran 1940's and ended up purchasing it.

Marsimaxam · Sep 1, 2020

Do I love patina, let me count the ways...

Mr.Bliss · Sep 1, 2020

Marsimaxam, nice photos, great watches.
I guess i don't fully understand "patina" as i cant really see any on your watches. I see darkened lumes, is that patina?

Marsimaxam · Sep 1, 2020

Mr.Bliss
Marsimaxam, nice photos, great watches.
I guess i don't fully understand "patina" as i cant really see any on your watches. I see darkened lumes, is that patina?

Exactly, when most say a watch has patina they are referring to the natural aging process of timepieces that generally alters the hands, hour markers, and dials of the watch face. Collectors believe this patina adds character as every scratch, discolored and faded numeral, marker or dial represents a story of the watch's past. Patina is not just changes in the dial, i.e., spider webbing, bubbles, tropical, etc, but it's so much the lume in my opinion.

Mr.Bliss · Sep 1, 2020

But don't all lumes fade with time? all dials age with time, right.

VintageMasters · Sep 1, 2020

hoipolloi · Sep 1, 2020

My patina

rootbeer7 · Sep 1, 2020

Here’s a few in varying stages, from tropical where the dial has changed from deep blue to silver to my late Tritium Speedmaster where the tritium has become a creamy colour.

Mr.Bliss · Sep 1, 2020

Lovely! Will the patina continue spreading? What causes it? On my omega for example the omega symbol
is barley noticeable, will it disappear with time? Love to hear you opinion.

Hamish02 · Sep 1, 2020

Of course and this is why...

Mr Vo · Sep 1, 2020

I just have it Citizen trouble date...

janice&fred · Sep 1, 2020

gbesq · Sep 1, 2020

I guess that I'm an exception to the I love patina crowd. I'm ok with some light spotting or yellowing of a dial. Likewise, I'm ok with graceful aging of the lume on certain models - the way that tritium turns a creamy yellow on 90's Speedmasters, for example. But after a certain point, it's just dial damage and puts me off as a buyer. I get much more excited about finding vintage models that are original and in really good shape. Harder to accomplish, yes, but I enjoy the hunt and am willing to wait for exceptional examples and pay for them.

Mr.Bliss · Sep 1, 2020

This one by Marsimaxam looks almost new, cant see any patina of am i missing something?

snunez · Sep 1, 2020

gbesq
I guess that I'm an exception to the I love patina crowd. I'm ok with some light spotting or yellowing of a dial. Likewise, I'm ok with graceful aging of the lume on certain models - the way that tritium turns a creamy yellow on 90's Speedmasters, for example. But after a certain point, it's just dial damage and puts me off as a buyer. I get much more excited about finding vintage models that are original and in really good shape. Harder to accomplish, yes, but I enjoy the hunt and am willing to wait for exceptional examples and pay for them.

You're not the only one. My preference would be a vintage piece with zero patina; showroom new out of the box is much more interesting, and rare, to me. Of course those are few and far between.

Vale21 · Sep 1, 2020

105-003 aka Ed White

Vale21 · Sep 1, 2020

Match of Ed White

janice&fred · Sep 1, 2020

snunez
My preference

We all have our various preferences.

Mr.Bliss
This one by Marsimaxam looks almost new, cant see any patina of am i missing something?

He already answered that.

Mr.Bliss · Sep 1, 2020

janice&fred
We all have our various preferences.

He already answered that.

Yes he did, but there are no signs of aging on the Rolex (or very very little), if that is the case all watches have patina.
Or have i missed something?

allwoundup · Sep 1, 2020

Pristine and patina both have their charm. However, I find my appreciation for patina has probably grown as I've gotten older and acquired a certain patina myself....