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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

Yes.

 

My patina

 

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.

 

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.

 

Of course and this is why...

 

I just have it Citizen trouble date...

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

105-003 aka Ed White

 

Match of Ed White

 

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?

 

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....