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OldeCrow wrote:Looks good Oscar! no new watches for me today... did get a snow day though!I have bronze Morays that are at least 5 years old and they have held up perfect,not only that,but they get better with age and patina...and for those who like the original bronze finish all you need is a cape cod cloth and you can wipe away all the patina...or add a quick patina with the liver of sulphur gel,polish it,whatever...to me it's a perfect material for enthusiasts who like to use their artistic side to color the case to your desire....
I've been really reluctant to get anything bronze, any thoughts on how they are going to hold up long term?
My experience is the same as Oscar's. I have several Bronze cased watches (in both the Aluminum Bronze and Copper Bronze alloy formulations), and all have "held up" with no issues whatsoever. I guess it depends on what you mean by "held up". As Oscar has noted, the surface will take on a nice patina over time (a patina that varies based on the environments the watch experiences, or if you use one of the liver of sulfur gels to accelerate it). You can remove the patina easily with lemon juice, or a baking soda slurry (or cape cod, but the cape cod is capable of fine polishing metal so that could affect the original finish be it brushed or blasted IMO).
So, the bronze holds-up with no degradation to the bronze material itself...it is only the appearance of the surface that changes over time. It's really a personal preference thing, some people don't like this attribute of Bronze, while others love it. I'm in the Love camp.