yes, it appears that this one was damaged by the sun . . . remaining blue paint is densest where covered by the hands / needles . . . suggesting that it is sunlight that caused the damage, rather than any sort of chemical degradation or water damage.

It's a cool looking companion to the "Paintless Wonder", but I will leave it for someone else!!

Jeff

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: I was browsing Andy's site and I noticed this
: Silverstone....take a look at the fading on
: the dial. Very similar to your
: "new" Monaco, but there still is a
: trace of blue paint beneath the needles on
: the subdials.

: Anyway...food for thought and here are the
: pics.
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