Speedmaster straight writing repainted dial or?

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Igora

·May 21, 2018

Hi
Recently I bought this beautiful speedmaster straight writing with very early serial number 3100xx.
I am not sure wether this dial is repainted or original.
It is very hard to catch true colour of dial, but it looks it is getting brown slightly.
I did my best taking photos with my phone.
Thanks for advice..

 

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Foo2rama

·May 21, 2018·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

From the pictures I see no obvious concerns. What is your concern?

 

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Dan S

·May 21, 2018

Nice one! Congrats.

 

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JustTheBezel

·May 21, 2018

Great example of that ref. The indices look to be the right color to me. Enjoy it.

 

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Igora

·May 21, 2018

Foo2rama

From the pictures I see no obvious concerns. What is your concern?

My concern is that tritium on dial is not same on all numbers. It looks to me there are some white parts where tritium didnt cover all white indicates. I have seen something similar on other speedmasters, but I am not sure if it is relumed dials or factory lume?

 

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Dan S

·May 21, 2018

Igora

My concern is that tritium on dial is not same on all numbers. It looks to me there are some white parts where tritium didnt cover all white indicates. I have seen something similar on other speedmasters, but I am not sure if it is relumed dials or factory lume?

I have always assumed this is the uneven deterioration of old lume. As you mentioned, it's common. If it had been repainted or re-lumed, I think it would probably look much more uniform.

 

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Davidt

·May 21, 2018

Dial looks completely fine. I don't see any brown though.

It's also much easier to post pictures direct to this forum and it makes close inspection for others much easier.

 

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Sukurux

·May 21, 2018

It’s called rot or patina. Maybe just resell it and clear your worries.

 

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hendra324

·May 21, 2018

nice catch

 

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onthedial

·May 22, 2018

@Igora
You described your new watch perfectly...it is a "beautiful Speedmaster."
Judging from your pics, the lume is original. It's not at all unusual for Tritium to shrink over time--that's why you can see the white base layer on the hour plots.