Lume Question!

I think the thoughts behind it are all of these modern watches will eventually age and it’s going to be weird for faux Tina to patina. The cool part about patina is that it’s a natural process. I don’t mind it a lot of the time especially if it’s done to just switch up the colors likeIWC does with the spit fire.

It’s a silly term. It’s just tan coloring. Stark white doesn’t always look good to me.

The Sinn is a great watch and surely well made and all that but I prefer the look of the Ranger because it avoids that strong contrasting of the white indices. This is, of course, my preference and if you want the white indices there are options for both of us.

The idea of faux-tina like its ’stolen valor’ or something is just not something I subscribe to.

I don’t think my CW Aquitaine would look better if the indices were true white. The tan looks more at home in that case, on that dial.

To me it’s an individual watch-to-watch issue and sometimes it looks good, sometimes not so much.

I will usually pass on the fauxtina but I admit it can look good in some situations.

Pro faux

If the 10000 Submariner homages/knockoffs are ok, “fauxtina” is just fine. 💁

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I'm not against it.

It depends on the watch. Some watches look really good with fauxtina and some are awful

I've really enjoyed my C65 Dune. I think the slightly creamed lime tones down what would be a very bright dial imo.

Say no to faux!

Your comment just made me realized I should've titled one of the choices

Fauxti-NO!

I love patina on Lume. I mean… look at this speedy.

But not every watch suits patina or faux patina. It greatly depends on the dial and design for me.

I may be wrong here, but I believe that modern superluminova will not change colors over time, or at least nowhere to the same extent of watches pre 2000s.

Definitely not to the same extent but I am sure the modern watches will age somewhat maybe in unpredictable ways

I'm sure they'll look older.

but assuming the watch isn't left in direct sunlight for 30yrs, the dial paint they use now is pretty UV resistant, hands and applied markers are typically plated in something corrosion resistant like rhodium or gold (Rolex for example uses white gold markers/hands), and the lume has a significantly longer lifespan so it'll take much longer to deteriorate.

Plus with the adoption of ceramics, steel coatings, and alternate materials like tungsten carbide (Omega) even bezels are basically approaching scratch proof on *some* new watches.

Brands spend obscene amounts of money on R&D trying to find ways to keep the watches looking new and shiny for as long as possible, because that paints the brand in the best light. For better or worse, there may come a time where patina develops so slowly we'll be dead before we get to see it 😂

edit: yes there is also the possibility that they'll age in a way not anticipated, but can't account for that necessarily.

Very true