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Re: My dial work
Posted: June 6th, 2019, 4:00 pm
by hako
Yea, one could imagine
But M, we are doing vintagized builds her
To keep to the truth, as usual, every time you do something new, you have to do something you have not mastered.
In order to chemically blacken the dial I polished it down to 0.5 micrometer grit with the result that after blackening the surface looked like mirror-polished steel. The regrinding on 1000 grit reduced the shine, but depending on the angle you see the grooves.
The dial still lacks the final coating of varnish which I expect to smooth out the grooves.
And then, the original is just 33 mm across. Nobody will notice this under the crystal.
Re: My dial work
Posted: June 6th, 2019, 4:47 pm
by Yoda
So, it was in fact a chinchilla running around there?
I once had a chinchilla, back in the 1970s, he jumped my record player and messed up a record and a pick up...
Re: My dial work
Posted: June 6th, 2019, 5:56 pm
by Mike777
Yoda wrote: ↑June 6th, 2019, 3:43 pm
hako wrote: ↑June 6th, 2019, 3:41 pm
Here we go:
And another one with more lume powder:
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WTF, Did a hamster run around on the dial? LOL?!
Re: My dial work
Posted: June 9th, 2019, 7:38 am
by norskguru88
Swapped the dial for a different colour.. tried out military green this time
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Re: My dial work
Posted: June 9th, 2019, 7:40 am
by tafari
norskguru88 wrote:Swapped the dial for a different colour.. tried out military green this time
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looks amazing
Re: My dial work
Posted: June 9th, 2019, 7:41 am
by norskguru88
tafari wrote:norskguru88 wrote:Swapped the dial for a different colour.. tried out military green this time
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looks amazing
Thanks
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Re: My dial work
Posted: June 9th, 2019, 8:23 am
by Yoda
norskguru88 wrote: ↑June 9th, 2019, 7:38 am
Swapped the dial for a different colour.. tried out military green this time
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Much better, perfect now!
Re: My dial work
Posted: June 9th, 2019, 8:24 am
by norskguru88
Yoda wrote:norskguru88 wrote: ↑June 9th, 2019, 7:38 am
Swapped the dial for a different colour.. tried out military green this time
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Much better, perfect now!
Thank you sir
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Re: My dial work
Posted: June 9th, 2019, 12:20 pm
by Mike777
norskguru88 wrote: ↑June 9th, 2019, 7:38 am
Swapped the dial for a different colour.. tried out military green this time
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The green dial looks great!
Re: My dial work
Posted: June 9th, 2019, 2:04 pm
by Yoda
hako wrote: ↑June 6th, 2019, 4:00 pm
Yea, one could imagine
But M, we are doing vintagized builds her
To keep to the truth, as usual, every time you do something new, you have to do something you have not mastered.
In order to chemically blacken the dial I polished it down to 0.5 micrometer grit with the result that after blackening the surface looked like mirror-polished steel. The regrinding on 1000 grit reduced the shine, but depending on the angle you see the grooves.
The dial still lacks the final coating of varnish which I expect to smooth out the grooves.
And then, the original is just 33 mm across. Nobody will notice this under the crystal.
Ahem, my mistake, I am in the wrong forum...LOL!
I do my best to rescue old cases and movements and you guys completely destroy hands, cases, straps, buckles and leave movements looking as if they went down with Titanic! Hehe!
Kidding! As you were!
