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  1. Davidt Sep 4, 2014

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    I've read numerous times that watches from the late nineties onwards won't gain a nice patina on the indices as superluminova remains white, even after a number of years.
    However, just browsing on eBay recently I've seen a few mid-late nineties seamasters, that from the lack of a T on the dial and the production date I assume are superluminova rather than tritium, and these seem to be developing a yellow hint.
    Is the early luminova different to what is used now?
    IMO it does I've the dial a bit more character although it's not as nice as tritium.

    Ive be had to pinch the photo from Google
     
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  2. initialjh Sep 5, 2014

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    i've also noticed the same... and that red hand that fades to orange...
     
  3. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Sep 5, 2014

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    There are some that go very darkish brown, one of our members recently oven-baked a speedmaster luminova dial too which sent the lume a coffee brown colour
     
  4. Event horizon faux seller of watches and complete knobhead Sep 5, 2014

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    I'm guessing if it wasn't tritium it was a preluminova substance. It is certainlŷ ageing like tritium though. If it looks like a horse and sounds like a horse, it's tritium.
    Just checked and it is tritium up to 97 so the sm300 probably has it.