What is the most sought after 1000 model these days?

RMerckling
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Not necessarily trying to force my watch to patina... but does anyone know how this bezel fading process begins? or what the bezel material is, aluminum? I absolutely love the faded bezel and kind of want to see mine fade with time. Thanks.
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The common theory on this is lots of UV exposure (aka direct sunlight). Some people fade their inserts with bleach though. This process can easily go too far if you are not careful though.
 
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The common theory on this is lots of UV exposure (aka direct sunlight). Some people fade their inserts with bleach though. This process can easily go too far if you are not careful though.

Yeah, I don't think I'm prepared to bleach the bezel, not too sure how to remove it either so I'll just leave nature to that. Another quick question, do you happen to know what type of lume they used? Specifically, I've got the 980.613B, want to see how that will age as well. Thanks again.
 
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The dials marked with a T should be only Tritium. After that they may be luminova.
 
OttoWilliam
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The dials marked with a T should be only Tritium. After that they may be luminova.
Another quick question out of curiosity.

Which one is the better lume ?

Luminova or tritium

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Luminova (and more so SuperLuminova) far out glows tritium which by now probably doesn't glow much anymore. They stopped using Tritium primarily in the mid-90s.
 
RMerckling
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Luminova (and more so SuperLuminova) far out glows tritium which by now probably doesn't glow much anymore. They stopped using Tritium primarily in the mid-90s.
Tritium does achieve that lovely patina though 😉
 
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It certainly does! I am torn between the aesthetics of aged tritium and the performance of luminova. I hate to have to choose.
 
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