What is the general feeling on sunburnt dials? Do you find it attractive? Or is it, like patina, in the eye of the beholder? I think I prefer an original silver dial, but some can be quite nice. I'm interested in members' thoughts on (a) attractiveness, and (b) valuation. Cheers!
I think sunburst just refers to the pattern and texture, and not the color. I am often turned off by the yellow/champagne hued sunburst dials, but sometimes the color is in the crystal and not the dial. I have had a couple champagne sunburst dials that turned out to be silver after polishing the top layer of the crystal away.
Apparently I can't read. I read sun burnt as sunburst. I guess my original response still holds in the sense that sometimes it it the crystal that is sun burnt and not the dial.
Love em! The yellowed lacquer on this Constellation has a bit of a mottled finish that reminds me of the sun, so I nicknamed it my "Icarus Dial" Constellation.
I was always curious what caused a silver sunburst dial to turn a champagne color. Wasn’t sure if it was due to smoke or sun.
Why do some go champagne and some brown? Perhaps original silver dial and black, respectively. Funny how light gets darker, and dark gets lighter. I have read of people baking their dark dials to get to brown. I wonder if people artificially sunburn silver dials
My true love King Seiko on the right - I don't know whether the "damage" can be called a sunburnt - but I value it immensely, for me it's more valuable than a pristine one I like it so much that I paid $300+ for a display caseback made from an original caseback
I really have no idea, I was hoping someone else could chime in! But if a case isn't well-sealed, I don't see why it couldn't. Whether it does anything to the dial or not is beyond me.