Help with Hands...1997 Speedmaster 3572.50

Hello Forum, I've now owned my 3572.50 for three weeks and love it more every day! It is the early version with tritium markers and gold 863 movement.

My big question regards the hands...are they too white? I'm pretty sure these are recent superluminova replacements because they glow bright green after sun exposure.

(second pic is against a background of bright white photocopy paper for reference.)

question 1: did my model originally ship with hands that were painted bright white like the current hands, or painted a color more off-white/cream?

question 2: are the replacement hands available on ebay (often omega p/n 67PP00001, like this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-O...623223&hash=item46973aadea:g:1XIAAOSwo3pWfYAx) similar bright white painted and superluminova like the ones mine currently has?

question 3: any recommended watchmakers etc. who relume and/or repaint these hands to colors I specify with excellent quality?

BTW, I really don't care if the hands glow in the dark. I just want a correct aged tritium look in daylight, even to the point of a darker lume on the chrono/second hand.

Any other advice?

Here is my 3572.50

Yes, should be tritium hands for this model. On your watch do the hands glow way longer than dial plots?

I'm not sure what the price is these days for a tritium handset, but they do come up every now and again.

Yeah, those are definitely super luminova as the markers show some patina, but the hands not at all. Try avoid re-luming as its rare to find a watchmaker who is really good at re-luming. I would suggest finding some NOS tritium hands. Maybe even contact some service centers to see if they have any in stock.

Kent Parks at Everest Watch Works. Rare indeed.

My '97 "57 Replica" was all Luminova. Perhaps a transition period and a mix is correct?

Tom

Thanks very much for the replies, especially @Donn Chambers for confirmation that the "bright" white paint is period correct and @VetPsychWars for suggestion of Everest Watch Works.

My current plan is to send the watch to Everest and have them 'relume' the hands with non-glow tritium-colored material. I will ask if they can make the hour and minute hands match the patinated tritium color of hour indices, and ask for the chrono/second hand to be the darker gray color typical of aged tritium on these hands.

That is, current photo of watch:

and my intended 'after' look:


I've been watching ebay for NOS tritium hands but the few offerings tend to be very pricey (>$900) and a bit too beat-up looking. I think I can get the authentic vintage colors/look I want more economically with a relume.

Let me know if this is a reasonable plan.

Someone mentioned the risk of a botched relume. I suppose I could protect against that by buying a set of replacement Superluminova hands (around $75+ on ebay, it appears) and send those to Everest for the relume, just in case I don't like the result. Is that crazy?

Thanks in advance for your expertise and help.

--Ken.

Looking on James Hyman's Instagram you can get an idea of his excellent work
e.g. Speedmaster dial and hand relume
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvtHJojnCSU/

Isn't Mr Hyman in the UK? Kent Parks at Everest is in the USA and does equivalent quality.

Good to have choices. 😀

Tom