Restoring luminosity of Rolex dial & hands

[d***@gmail.com]

The tritium charges the phosphor but I know what you mean. After about ten years, my watch face went dim. After 26 years, I almost can't see it at all.

I used to turn the watch face-down to keep it from shining in my face all night. Not a problem anymore :-(

[d***@gmail.com]

Send it back to a real Rolex service center for a new dial. Any work
involving tritium, which is radioactive is strictly regulated in the USA.
Are you sure it's a REAL Rolex? The Half life of tritium is around 12 yrs.
You should have some glow...

Considering Rolex stopped making Tritium dials in about 1989, they could certainly replace your old dial with a new one but it would also be dead if it used tritium. Rolex uses that Luminova stuff. Bleh. Dies after a few minutes in the dark. :-(

[a***@bigpond.com]

Hello there.
I have an inherited Tudor Oyster Prince circa 1940s.
The watch sat in a box in the wardrobe for nearly twenty years.
When picked it up to look at it, it started working.
The thread in the winder had stripped all those years ago, so the watch was put in storage.
Needless to say, no luminosity.
Can the actual luminous dots and lines on the hands be refurbished?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

[J.B. Wood]

Post by a***@bigpond.com
Hello there.
I have an inherited Tudor Oyster Prince circa 1940s.
The watch sat in a box in the wardrobe for nearly twenty years.
When picked it up to look at it, it started working.
The thread in the winder had stripped all those years ago, so the watch was put in storage.
Needless to say, no luminosity.
Can the actual luminous dots and lines on the hands be refurbished?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Hello, and I'm not sure just keeping the watch continuously in a dark
environment hastens the degradation of the phosphorescent paint if
that's what you meant. I'm quite sure the hands, dial, stem and just
about anything else on the watch can be restored (for a price). And
don't expect that just because Tudor is a lower-priced Rolex brand that
restoration will be inexpensive (certainly not if performed by a Rolex
authorized watchmaker). Sincerely,