PUTTING A BRONZE PATINA ON STEEL FULL SIZE
PUTTING A BRONZE PATINA ON STEEL SKIN
PUTTING A BRONZE PATINA ON STEEL PLUS

They can all be used to add a rich, black, antiqued look to both fine and sterling silver.

PUTTING A BRONZE PATINA ON STEEL SKIN

I've never heard of anyone's skin going green from wearing a bronze watch, but it is worth doing some research on the specific alloy used as some aluminium bronzes contain as much as 7% nickel, and many people have an allergy to nickel.Hydrochloric acid is sold under the trade names Gosiba, Blackening Agent, Black Max, Jax, and others. I really like it.Īs for keeping bronze away from your skin - again, I think it depends on the specific alloy. My only experience with bronze waches has been two Polluce - one 10th anniversary model that I bought new and sold some years ago, and this one from 2007 that I still own. Over the last 15 years or so it seems that most brands have introdiced at least one bronze watch, some going the CuSn8 route, whist most others go with aluminium bronze (albeit with slightly different quantities of aluminium and tin). These alloys are similar but have slightly different characteristics. This alloy is therefore known as 'Phosphor Bronze'). Panerai on the other hand went for (and still use) CuSn8 for their first mass produced bronze watch in 2011 - this alloy is 92% copper, and 8% tin (with very small amounts of other metals too - one being Phosphor. Different manufacturers favour different alloys, and these different alloys don't all age in the same way.Īnonimo started making bronze cased watches for the public back in 1997, and they have always used an 'Aluminium Bronze' - the Anonimo recipe is 84% copper, 11.5% aluminium, and just a small amount of tin.

PUTTING A BRONZE PATINA ON STEEL PLUS

There are many different types of bronze ('bronze' is simply a term describing an alloy containing 60% or more copper, and normally between 8% and 12% tin, plus other metals). I suppose the issue here is that not all bronzes are created equal. I like Bronze watches and would love a Panerai Bronzo but that’s never going to happen! Like one of the other posters I like each watch I own to have a different look so a 58 bronze fits in well with my Monaco, Panerai, Willard, FXD, BBN smiley amongst others:) The bracelet does leave some green staining to your wrist if its sweaty but wipes off so no biggie. The nato is pretty short even for my 7.5inch wrists and shall remain in the box. One of the great things is that it can be worn casually or with cuffs as it’s pretty low profile and comes with a nato should you wish to go down that route. When new it felt a bit too goldie but it has now dulled down lots and looks pretty cool. I sold that and purchased a Tudor BB58 in bronze which as you may know has a bronze bracelet. I never suffered from any staining or allergy to my wrist. I have had a Tudor Blackbay Bronze (brown dial version) which was very nice and looked in my opinion great with a bit of Patina on the bronze. Does anyone have any experience of Bronze, anything I should look out for?

PUTTING A BRONZE PATINA ON STEEL FULL SIZE

I also don’t really understand why the bronze version of the Kkaki mechanical is nearly twice the price of the steel, whereas the Tudor bronze isn’t priced far beyond the - slightly smaller - full size black bays. There also seem to be lots of different types of ‘bronze’ to complicate matters further. I thought Bronze was best kept away from the skin directly (all the bronze watches I’ve seen have steel or titanium casebacks after all).

I’m really surprised that there are now quite a few watches out there from Hamilton, Oris, Christopher Ward etc - many now with full bronze bracelets too. In spite of my large wrists - I’m tempted by the black bay bronze as a larger, different flavour of a watch I’ve really warmed to - so I’ve been doing a bit of research as you do. I’ve been delighted with the bb58 I bought nearly a year ago and have been wearing it every day, properly back in love with a no date auto - and I’m now thinking of adding something else for a bit of rotation in a few months time. I’ve never owned anything apart from steel watches - ok, that’s a bit of a fib, had a 2 tone Seiko chronograph in the 80’s - didn’t everyone?!?, and a 2 tone submariner in the 90’s - but I’ve certainly never owned a bronze watch.

Putting a bronze patina on steel