Modern chromalight patina. Do you see a dufference? SubC 2014, GMT 2017

[sonin]

Modern chromalight patina. Do you see a difference? SubC 2014, GMT 2017

[jets]

Super low res photo man. I see two black circles. But hey don't develop patina it's 21st century.

[Rashid.bk]

Hard to say, but Rolex made the six digit references impermeable to patina.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by sonin

Modern chromalight patina. Do you see a difference? SubC 2014, GMT 2017

Well the older Luminover was made by Nemoto a Japanese luminous paint maker they moved a part of its factory to Switzerland in 1998 in Joint-ventured with RC-Tritec AG. This was to establish Luminova AG Switzerland for supplying Luminova to all the Swiss watch industry including Rolex and most all of the major brands.Later around 2001/2 the name was changed to super-luminover and many other names for basically the same product under the various brand made up names. But its mostly all basically the same paint with a slightly different colour pigments. And now we have Chromolight which is more of a blue/green colour again depending on persons eyes and viewing condition, Chromolight is a Rolex trademark name now, but again this could be a special colour blend of luminous paint by Nemoto for Rolex, I would doubt if Rolex themselves would make the lume paint.So have not seen any reports of any Luminover dials getting any patination. So would expect it would be the same for Chromolight unless it could be artificially done, by extremely high light or chemical process, like many of the old Tritium dials hoping to increase the value to those willing to pay for patina.

[sonin]

Thanks for the info padi56����

[GrantD]

Here’s my 2011 polar and my purchased new in 2022 black. I notice no difference in luminosity or duration.

[Gab27]

The tint of it varies a bit even when new from what I've seen. It's subtle but it definitely varies. I assume it is just minor differences lot to lot.