Greenish lume tritium dial - 145.014 Speedmaster Mk II

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Hello all, I just got a 145.014

It has a slightly greenish tritium dial(T SWISS MADE T)
but the tritium color on the hands is pretty normal.

I'm not sure if it's a repaint or a service dial.
The lume looks clean and flat, doesn't look like it's been restored.

Like the hands, dial lume only glows for a few seconds.
Aside from some water damage on the edge, the dial looks like new.
Does anyone know anything about this dial?


Also this watch comes with a movement cover (096FE0037). I'm not sure if this is correct.
Does the MKIIs have a movement cover like regular moonwatch?



Thx.
 
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Tritium from early 1970s is often this minty green color. And with hands more yellow different lume. I have -69 from 1970 like this

 
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It’s quite normal.

Here’s mine, which was delivered within Switzerland on the 17th of November 1972.

 
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You should be really careful handing these parts with your fingers, without fingercots. You might make the damage on the dial edge bigger, with the humidity coming from your fingers. Also, there is a huge fingerprint on the antimagnetic cover.

This lume colour is quite typical on 70s Speedmasters so don't worry for that.
 
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You should be really careful handing these parts with your fingers, without fingercots. You might make the damage on the dial edge bigger, with the humidity coming from your fingers. Also, there is a huge fingerprint on the antimagnetic cover.

This lume colour is quite typical on 70s Speedmasters so don't worry for that.
Yeah. Every time I see a picture like that, I shudder. I see a large number of vintage watches for sell where the seller shows off the movement this way. Nope!
 
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1970年代早期的氚通常代表薄荷綠。西裝顏色比較偏,夜光黃效果也不同。我已經遠1970年的-69了,就像這樣。
It’s quite normal.
This lume colour is quite typical on 70s Speedmasters so don't worry for that.
Yeah. Every time I see a picture like that, I shudder. I see a large number of vintage watches for sell where the seller shows off the movement this way. Nope!
Thank you guys.
it's just been serviced, my watchmaker sure there's no moisture or fingerprints left inside.


I'd also like to know about the movement cover.
I've seen some restore videos, and it seems many MKIIs don't have that cover?