Making a Ghost Bezel

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Darlinboy

·Oct 31, 2018

Bleached (trick) or naturally faded (treat). It’s Halloween-ready either way. 😲

 

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Simonhedegaard

·Oct 31, 2018

All natural fade on my 145.012.67 😀

 

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Davidt

·Oct 31, 2018

 

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arvidrattlaas

·Oct 31, 2018

 

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jimmyd13

·Oct 31, 2018

Well, it is Hallowe'en ... so here's my Ghost:

 

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auxpomme

·Oct 31, 2018

Can I put some chocolate on the dial to make a chocolate dial?

 

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MaiLollo

·Oct 31, 2018

Ghost bezels are my favorite bezels...

 

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Foo2rama

·Oct 31, 2018·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

Same watch same day...

 

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Walviskroket

·Nov 1, 2018

Here is a picture of the endresult, not disapointed

 

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mancio

·Nov 1, 2018

Walviskroket

Here is a picture of the endresult, not disapointed

Looks great!!!

 

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tritto

·Nov 1, 2018

It's not a Speedmaster, but it is a ghost...

 

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ext1

·Nov 1, 2018

I think this one is quite legit?

 

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jaguar11

·Nov 2, 2018

Me being the second owner from new....

 

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Walviskroket

·Nov 2, 2018

First day at the office

 

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Tempus

·Nov 2, 2018

kov

nope !

😁

What about this 😝

 

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pmontoyap

·Nov 2, 2018

Ghost bezel and ghost dial

 

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gostang9

·Nov 3, 2018

Dero13

Lets see some real ghosts to compare. 40 years of rubbing on a cuff of a shirt did this:

I used to work in a test lab doing life cycle durability testing for automotive parts. I am currently in a role where I travel globally and often tour various labs doing other durability tests.

It would be quite easy to build a simple apparatus to simulate a worn out bezel ‘by shirt cuff’... (and many other faded / worn out looks). With the value these special versions have climbed to, the payback must be very tempting for the many fly-by-night make-shift hobbiest-err-dealers...

If you like the look, super, buy it. If it was sold to you by someone owning it less than a year... ask yourself how much of a premium you really want to pay for a look that cannot absolutely be proven as natural.

 

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Taddyangle

·Nov 3, 2018

Found this in a pawn shop. No idea if fade is natural or not, but I love the look. It's a -71 and my beater speedy.

 

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RazorFrazer

·Sep 12, 2019

Walviskroket

Here is a picture of the endresult, not disapointed

this looks amazing ! looks like a bleached bezel on an already vintage watch ? I'm thinking about doing this to my 17' speedy ... Am I nuts ? A nice grey bezel would make this watch look even better rather than black on black

 

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noiseboyuk

·Sep 13, 2019

OK - I’ll play.
My 2998-1.
A bit Ghostly and tropical.