timoss
·Hi, folks-- The simple question is whether the darker areas around the lume plots can be considered "normal," ie original and consistent with age and dial type, etc. Or not.
Dial is from a late '67 production and to me the lume looks consistent with some other wide T dials of this era (and it glows and fades quickly under UV as expected). The "halo" I am asking about around the lume plots is not very visible in most circumstances; I did not notice this on the dial below until it was out from under the plexi, tilted at an angle, and in bright natural sunlight.
I know that "cloudy" residue around the lume plots can be a sign of a scraped and relumed dial (or perhaps a stabilized one), but this doesn't look QUITE the same (to me) as at least the more obvious scraped/relumed dials out there. Since noticing this, I have started to search around a bit and found several other apparently original dials which also have this sort of halo effect--in fact, I have seen some in the OF sales forum (example pic included below).
Eager to hear your opinions!
Now for the pics--all taken in bright natural sunlight, at different angles (the "halo" more visible in the ones toward the end).
Zoomed in:
And, finally, just for comparison, one from the OF sales forum:
Dial is from a late '67 production and to me the lume looks consistent with some other wide T dials of this era (and it glows and fades quickly under UV as expected). The "halo" I am asking about around the lume plots is not very visible in most circumstances; I did not notice this on the dial below until it was out from under the plexi, tilted at an angle, and in bright natural sunlight.
I know that "cloudy" residue around the lume plots can be a sign of a scraped and relumed dial (or perhaps a stabilized one), but this doesn't look QUITE the same (to me) as at least the more obvious scraped/relumed dials out there. Since noticing this, I have started to search around a bit and found several other apparently original dials which also have this sort of halo effect--in fact, I have seen some in the OF sales forum (example pic included below).
Eager to hear your opinions!
Now for the pics--all taken in bright natural sunlight, at different angles (the "halo" more visible in the ones toward the end).
Zoomed in:
And, finally, just for comparison, one from the OF sales forum: