question about aged lume

TNTwatch · Sep 27, 2015

Varnado
You never said the watch was heavily polished? Am I seeing things? Let me quote you a few times..
"the case has been polished all over"
"There's no more sharp edge left on this watch"
"the case back has been polished almost to death"

You interpretate too much.

I used indicate because I didn't want to say definitively "because of rust".

"Polished all over" because it's been polished all over, as in every where around the case. There's no way it means heavily polished.

"No more sharp edge" can be because of not too heavy polish. Not too heavy because I've seen much more heavy.

"Almost to death" because it's not to death yet. 😉 It was an exaggeration after you called me name.

My opinion is this case has been polished everywhere. I consider it not heavily polished because I've seen much worse.

Davidt · Sep 27, 2015

I agree that's it's had at least one good polish. The sharp edge between the outside of the case and the top of the lugs is clearly rounded, which is what we see in polished cases.

I have a '66 CB case that is clearly worn, with scratches, bangs and nicks, but it's unpolished and that sharp edge is still there, even after 50 years of heavy use.

It's a nice watch, but with a polished case and other potential (albeit small) issues, I'm surprised it went that high. Perhaps the box and guarantee made the difference to a couple of people.

oddboy · Sep 27, 2015

I was mainly wondering about lume aging. In my case, the older 2998s are all orangey/brown and the Ed Whites onward are all yellowish/green.

But I guess that doesn't mean anything and it's more subtle than that.

Thanks for the info gents