If, like us, you are a tiny bit impatient and it feels like your watch is “taking forever” to start patinating, then you’ve probably considered doing something to speed things up a little. The patina we see on our bronze and brass watches is simply a layer of oxide, which darkens and protects the surface of the metal these watch cases start to darken naturally when exposed to the air, but the process is very slow and as such we don’t always realise it is happening! At SeriousWatches, we are always looking for new ways to help our valued customers, so (with the ever growing popularity of Bronze and Brass watches) we think it’s time we offered you all an insight into our experience / experimentations with forcing patina.
Hi everyone and welcome to our new blog, A Guide to Forcing Patina. What it is, however, is a terrific Tudor wristwatch (with the caveat that you have to be into the whole patina thing) and one that offers a delightfully different take on the Black Bay's vintage inspired vibe.PATINA – A BRONZE ODYSSEY Part 1 By Adam CleggĪ ‘SeriousWatches’ guide to forcing patina. The Black Bay Bronze, in this context, is I think a great addition to Tudor's lineup – it's not, after all, a lesser version of a Rolex, as it's a watch I don't think Rolex would ever do. What the two do have in common, however, is fantastic fit and finish at their respective price points, and, in the tool watches, a very compelling technical value as well. Obviously, Tudor offers a different, more affordable, and in some ways, more down-to-earth kind of watch than Rolex. It raises, also, some interesting thoughts about where Tudor stands with respect to Rolex, especially with the in-house movement starting to find its way into more and more Tudor watches. And at $3,975 I think it's a fantastic value. It's a large, bold but not garish, very well made watch with just enough of a different feel to stand out from the rest of the Black Bay crowd and offer its own, unique proposition. I had a lot of fun wearing the Black Bay Bronze.
BRASS FORCED PATINA SKIN
There seems to be a little bit less of a tendency for discoloration to stain the skin on the fabric strap, which holds the case edges up a bit higher from the wrist than the leather strap.
The fittings on both straps are made of marine-grade aluminum bronze as well and will darken along with the case.
You really do get the feel of having a purpose-made instrument for marine exploration on your wrist, and even (or especially) if you're not a diver, you feel a bit closer to the undersea world than you might with a conventional stainless-steel dive watch. The darkening of the bronze also starts to give the case a very interesting contrast with the pristine gold of the lume plots and the hands, and the whole watch takes on a very different kind of appeal than it did fresh out of the box. I really enjoyed watching the patina develop As it does, you might occasionally notice a bit of green on your skin – from my experience, this happens mostly in the early stages of the formation of the patina, while the stable outer layer is developing, and it tends to diminish as time goes on.
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