The Blazer Boy: Wind Vintage Quoted on Tropical Dials

Daniel Wisner recently wrote about tropical dials. Within the article, he quotes Eric Wind and Charlie Dunne.

“To help bring some clarity, I turned to my friends Eric Wind and Charlie Dunne at Wind Vintage.

Charlie: A tropical dial would be considered damaged from a manufacturer’s perspective and often there would be a rush to get a fresh replacement/service dial, or refinished dial mounted into the watch. I would argue that a “tropical” dial has turned brown evenly. But you’ll often hear collectors and dealers mention “hints of brown” and that a watch “appears to be turning” into a tropical dial. Most sophisticated collectors prefer an even and coherent discolored dial with attractive lume. The more symmetrical it is generally will lead to more appreciation. However, a dial does not have to be “perfect” to have a strong reaction.

Eric: There are a lot of tropical dials that are a “beautiful fiction” and were altered to be brown, or that are actually water-damaged dials where dealers have decided to call them tropical to make them sound more attractive.”

https://theblazerboy.substack.com/p/dial-talk-tropical-or-trash