What’s the serial on this beauty? Mine is 9.03 m. 16550. So roughly 1986.

Jul 16, 2019,21:40 PM
 

Clearly mine got service hands

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There she goes...

 
 By: StanWok : July 16th, 2019-12:33
Now on a lookout for some tritium hands with patina. ...  

Agree

 
 By: Boris : July 16th, 2019-15:51
It is actually quite rare to find matching indices / hands on this model. Typically, the indices tend to have aged darker than the hands.

Didn't know that was common 'problem' with this model

 
 By: halkcb : July 16th, 2019-18:39
Mine seems to have the same anomaly thanks for your input best ...  

For example, mine is from 1996.

 
 By: amanico : July 17th, 2019-01:01
But I must confess that I prefer a warmer patina, like those you find in the early 16570, from 1991 / 1992... ...  

Same here

 
 By: Boris : July 17th, 2019-07:30
Mine is from 1995, and has a consistent ivory patina across hands and indices. I concur that late 80's / early 90's 16570 can be found with stronger patina for the indices, but mismatching hands patina is frequent, with matching patina being the exception...