Watches with GOOD LOOKIN Patina maybe even made better with age Better with patina, Tho unlike many I DO see the point in redials sometimes a watch is messy illegible or damn right filthy beyond salvation or repair... Ok NOS examples are praised by collectors but sometimes patina looks RIGHT and is unique to your watch.. Patina TYPES named (if any) eg rolex spider dials / Omega chocolate dials / Ghost bezels etc etc So pretty ugly watches please! ill start im sure this has a "Real" name i like to call it "Starry night" dials metallic blue dials with that gold under layer shining through
It sure doesn't hurt that the case on that is gorgeous! Can't recall seeing one of those before - what a fantastic piece.
Nice! Looks to me like a view of a night sky on a clear, moonless night.. duh! I just noticed the nickname you are giving it!
Its a "Double whammy" patina white 18ct gold plate with an ultra light brass bottom where the edges have worn (ooh just) you get the bottom layer technically "damage" but it does look good! and wont ever really look "worse" sadly you can barely see the effect in the photographs its very tonal and i cant get the light balance right for it I was messing around with these brass cases not just stripping stuff randomly but there were some really badly pitted cases we had... so...
"Spider Web" dial in pottery "Crazing" of the enamel due to kiln misfire / error or age. caused by changes in temperature to a glaze finish resulting in the appearance of fine cracks in the glazes surface Most common and well documented examples appear on SOME transitional rolex's First one i have ever seen on an Eterna pair that with the fade to centre deep chocolate toffee dial looks bloody ace!
This watch is now unrecognizable for the watch I originally acquired. In the condition in which I acquired it, it might seem as though the previous owner(s) had set out to totally demolish it, then to turf it. Turfing it didn't happen. The watch as you see it has a donor dial, donor hands, donor case, and many donor movement parts. So, restored, salvaged, frankenwatch.....maybe. You be the judge. But I like it. At least it is not in the landfill, a fate suffered by so many unloved watches. Early 1950s bumper automatic, caliber 341.
No patina at all.. But i dont want to keep starting threads i feel like its "messy"... anyway anyone know if this dial has a "name" a generally used descriptive etc anything better than "the shiny silver one"
Just shown both to wife - according to her, the one you've just shown does look linen whilst the silver one she says looks like raw silk (she's a fashion designer..) "Silver silk dial" has a nice sound to it...
It does!! But hey, question was: what is that called. Answer: that is often referred to as 'linen'. My2Ks (and not a penny more)