These are parts of PM's from BK
"2. paint mod for extra $70. It brightens up the bezel markers. They are kind of dark straight from the factory and they get even darker with use I highly recommend this option. Pics:
2017 Paint Mod by Bklm 1234 | Photobucket. Note I put a top coat of clear epoxy to protect the enamel paint which is pretty hard. But I don't know how people wear their watches. Some people might still be able to wear out the epoxy coating and enamel paint. Please consider that when deciding on this option. You can also learn to do it or do touchups yourself. I can give you the instructions"
then later,
"sorry I wrote paint mod as an option. I don't offer that anymore. I actually don't think it's needed on v9"
Next day
"How to do paint mod
0. get yourself Testors brand metallic silver or chrome (chrome is even brighter which is my preference) enamel paint , small paint brushes, acetone, 2 part epoxy (slow drying type is better), and cotton tips
1. clean up the markers with alcohol
2. apply enamel paint with small or model paint brush evenly
3. soon as you finish painting all the markers, start wiping off excess paint with acetone. Dip a q-tip with acetone. No need to super saturate the q-tip. For example, pour some acetone onto a small dish, dip and lift up the q-tip from the acetone. That's it. The idea is to have a wet q-tip but not a dripping one. A dripping q-tip will take out the paint on the markers too. Now start wiping the excess paint off the insert. If you wait too long, the paint gets too dry and becomes hard to wipe off. That's why you should start wiping off excess paint immediately after painting the markers
If you screw up, just start over by wiping off paint from the markers. Easy and forgiving
4. wait one day
5. mix 2 part epoxy. Apply it on the markers. Try to lay it thin. If it's thick, you can use a dry brush to take out excess epoxy. With slow drying epoxy, you have a lot of time to do that. So don't worry
6. do steps 3 for the excess epoxy. This saves a lot of work for final scrapping of excess epoxy
7. wait 1 to 2 days depending on how fast your epoxy dries.
8. Wait one day. Scrape the excess epoxy off the insert."