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  1. offrdmania Dec 6, 2020

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    Mine does the same thing if I expose it to bright light. I believe they all do this. Its just the way the black pigment reacts to bright light.

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    High intensity spot light
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  2. Glaze88 Dec 7, 2020

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    I have one of these arriving tomorrow and wondered why they looked Grey/Blueish in some pics. Now I know:)
     
  3. vbrad26 Dec 7, 2020

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    I mean, if I wanted a watch with a black dial, I would not be happy.
    But as I already stated I actually like that grey color they are turning into.
    Just gives you an excuse to get another watch with a black dial...
     
  4. Syrte MWR Tech Support Dept Dec 7, 2020

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    Isn’t it something like an anti-reflection technology that diffuses or absorbs the light in a peculiar way?
     
  5. S.H. Dec 7, 2020

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    AFAIK, Rolex does not use any AR coating on sapphire. They shine a lot in bright light. This may reduce contrast.
     
  6. YY77 Dec 7, 2020

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    The strap in the comparison pic from Offrdmania is also grey under the spot light so IMO not related to AR technology.
     
  7. offrdmania Dec 7, 2020

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    I dont know the answer to reflective coatings question. What I do know if that I have never seen one discolored to that extent in normal light without being baked in an oven or having gone through a fire in a safe.
     
  8. Longbow Dec 7, 2020

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    Is it gray or is it black or is it just a Fresnel reflectance of circa 4% due to intense light hitting sapphire at about 1.7 refractive index compared to the surrounding air which is a smidgen over 1? You can get a similar result with Hesalite.
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  9. Mossback Dec 8, 2020

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    Is it patina or damage?
    What I see is a very lovely watch and the fact it changing hues over time is intriguing and tells a story.
     
  10. nkhandekar Apr 19, 2021

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    And here is an update with the Milgauss next to a Sea Dweller. The two are photographed in the same conditions, and the SD dial is black (maybe not as black as its ceramic bezel) so its pretty clear that the Milgauss's dial colour is not the result of some trick of the lighting . I am coming around to the grey dial on the Milgauss...for me it can fall into the patina bucket! Mil and SD cropped.jpg
     
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  11. Amg786s Apr 26, 2021

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    I had the Z-blue and think this greying is bloody gorgeous. Wish i'd kept it now to experience this.
     
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  12. Dan S Apr 26, 2021

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    I like it.
     
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  13. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Apr 26, 2021

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    Love the fade. Hell we pay premiums for tropical dials etc,... I’d have its service done by an authorized watch maker. Never let it get near the factory.
     
  14. watchdanny Apr 26, 2021

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    that's awesome. great story
     
  15. DaveK Yoda of Yodelers Apr 27, 2021

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    I want one
     
  16. abgul Apr 27, 2021

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    Grey is in. Look at the new Tudor. By all accounts its a hit.
     
  17. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Apr 27, 2021

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    Just to mention I had my brothers cream dial Daytona sent in for a full service recently, it looked amazing the colour was very rich compared to my white Daytona. Rolex noted dial needed replacing, I declined. More back and forth and they say that they can’t service the watch without replacing the dial, I asked how and why that was the case l, after a bit of a wait I get told the dial surface had separated from the dial, I still have the detailed pre service photos and find that very hard to believe, the independent who had taken it apart a few weeks earlier and declined the job on the basis that it needed Rolex parts he couldn’t source agreed the dial was fine, just cream. Rolex didn’t want it going back cream, they won in the end and now it’s getting replaced, and my brother is paying a lot of his own money to fix a defect in that batch of Daytona dials around 2002 that he was perfectly content with keeping.
     
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  18. glownyc Apr 27, 2021

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    Are they charging extra for the replacement?
     
  19. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Apr 27, 2021

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    Yea, a fair bit. And you don’t get the old one back of course.
     
  20. glownyc Apr 27, 2021

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    Wow, talk about adding insult to injury.
     
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