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thebutlerdidit · 26 March 2011, 11:47 AM

My 16 year old Air King watch has been perfect.. until all the luminous dots began falling off the face of the watch. They began gathering inside the watch case. You could shake the case and the dots would dance around.

Just got the watch back from repair. It's good as new except, since the face wasn't replaced, the hour markers are no longer luminous. Only the hands.

Rikki · 26 March 2011, 12:21 PM

Have the dial relumed Rik

Jan Davis · 26 March 2011, 12:34 PM

Replace the dial with a NOS, if you have it relumed will degrade the value of the watch.

oneillba · 26 March 2011, 12:36 PM

Very Interesting!

Art161 · 11 April 2011, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jan Davis

Replace the dial with a NOS, if you have it relumed will degrade the value of the watch.

If by NOS you mean a dial that has been sitting around since about 1998 (when Rolex switched from tritium to superluminova), wouldn't it still have little or no lume? The tritium is going to lose most of its lume over that time, whether the dial is in use or sitting in a drawer.

Jan Davis · 11 April 2011, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Art161

If by NOS you mean a dial that has been sitting around since about 1998 (when Rolex switched from tritium to superluminova), wouldn't it still have little or no lume? The tritium is going to lose most of its lume over that time, whether the dial is in use or sitting in a drawer.

as it is authentic and not some dial repair that will degrade the value of the watch.

BTW: 12 years for Tritium to loose it lume.

sherwin · 11 April 2011, 02:38 PM

Agree with Jan, don't get it relumed, it will not look the same but a NOS dial will look just at home. Don't worry too much about lume.

Rikki · 12 April 2011, 06:31 AM

Well 15 to 20 years ago having a dial refinished or relumed was the norm now with all the collector nuances with it being original or not things have changed. What's a watchmaker to do hehe Rik

Jan Davis · 12 April 2011, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikki

Well 15 to 20 years ago having a dial refinished or relumed was the norm now with all the collector nuances with it being original or not things have changed. What's a watchmaker to do hehe Rik

Well, dial refinishing is a art, not just anyone can restore a dial, that is why we have professionals who only work on dials and not a person wearing several hats calling themselves a watchmaker. Refinished dials fall into two categories professional and junk. Professionals are excellent quality craftsmanship and they are costly, someone like Orchi would not be able to determine if it was repaired. The other is pure junk, some monkey with a paint brush that calls themselves a dial re-finisher that a half blind person could see the quality is piss poor.

26 March 2011, 11:47 AM	#1
thebutlerdidit "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 2	Luminous dots fell off face of Air King My 16 year old Air King watch has been perfect.. until all the luminous dots began falling off the face of the watch. They began gathering inside the watch case. You could shake the case and the dots would dance around. Just got the watch back from repair. It's good as new except, since the face wasn't replaced, the hour markers are no longer luminous. Only the hands.

26 March 2011, 12:21 PM	#2
Rikki TechXpert Join Date: Jun 2009 Real Name: Rik Dietel Location: Seminole Fla Watch: 5512 s/s Sub Posts: 1,818	Have the dial relumed Rik __________________ Century 21 Certified watchmaker Omega Service Provider Trained Omega OWME Certified. Rolex Parts Account Holder.

26 March 2011, 12:36 PM	#4
oneillba "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Real Name: Brian Location: Hamilton, MI USA Watch: My beloved TT DJ Posts: 3,831	Very Interesting! __________________ My Trusty TT DJ

11 April 2011, 02:38 PM	#7
sherwin "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Perth/Singapore Posts: 1,764	Agree with Jan, don't get it relumed, it will not look the same but a NOS dial will look just at home. Don't worry too much about lume. __________________ Want to Buy:SS GMT black;116509 WG Daytona Metrorite

12 April 2011, 06:31 AM	#8
Rikki TechXpert Join Date: Jun 2009 Real Name: Rik Dietel Location: Seminole Fla Watch: 5512 s/s Sub Posts: 1,818	Well 15 to 20 years ago having a dial refinished or relumed was the norm now with all the collector nuances with it being original or not things have changed. What's a watchmaker to do hehe Rik __________________ Century 21 Certified watchmaker Omega Service Provider Trained Omega OWME Certified. Rolex Parts Account Holder.

26 March 2011, 12:34 PM	#3
Jan Davis Fake Identity Cyber-Criminal Join Date: Jan 2011 Real Name: Jan Location: Hong Kong Watch: DateJust Posts: 394	Replace the dial with a NOS, if you have it relumed will degrade the value of the watch.

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