Oxidizing with meteorite dial causing a change of color

[jokgga]

I was looking at a M2M sale on a GMT Superman (Pepsi with Buff Meteorite Dial) and the seller mentioned that their Buff Meteorite dial turned to a creamy white color because the original factory did a poor job plating the dial, which was causing it to go from the original slate grey/white to this creamy color.

I have never heard of that before and wondering if this is something common with Buff Dials or if this is something to do with poor WG plating? I have seen other dials develop rust spots as well. Are there some preventative measures to prolong the life of these dials?

Link to withdrawn M2M sale

 

[Reaps]

As I stated somewhere. True meteorite dials are made of iron. Iron rusts very easily when exposed to humidity. which is why humanity invented stainless steel).

I'm not 100% expert or certain what kind of process is done on meteorite dials but acid etching and plating, depending on many factors such as material composotion of the dial, plating type, composition, etc, can result in different effects. It's too vast to tell and noone can "guarantee" anything about this.

Personally the majority of met dials I have seen haven't rusted or oxidizied.. there would be more posts about such things.... just buy and enjoy... it's a $350-400 dial....