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Re: What are you working on now?

Posted: February 8th, 2024, 2:56 pm
by Nottingham
dj57 wrote:Oops I did it again ImageImage
This time a DUGENS pocket Watch conversion.
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Nice and elegant!

Re: What are you working on now?

Posted: February 8th, 2024, 4:12 pm
by dpd3672
Fizzzz wrote: February 8th, 2024, 4:28 am
dpd3672 wrote: February 5th, 2024, 2:46 pm This is my grail...my White Whale...and as far as I can tell, there's only one photo of the watch online to use as reference.

So it'll be a gen bubbleback case I've had stashed for a bit, a negative relief gilt dial with pad printed accents (most notably the red "EVEREST" writing), and some AliX hands until I can find better. NH38 movement so no worries about ghost date position.

The Pre-Explorer 6098 "Everest"
This is my grail...my White Whale...and as far as I can tell, there's only one photo of the watch online to use as reference.

So it'll be a gen bubbleback case I've had stashed for a bit, a negative relief gilt dial with pad printed accents, and some AliX hands until I can find better.

The Pre-Explorer 6098 (photo of gen):
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This is the rough mock up at the moment, with a reject dial that I made to get an idea of the proportions. The dial still needs some tweaking of layout and fonts, but it's close (and the gen watch is so rare, I doubt anyone would call out a slight variation from the original):
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Lots of work still to go, but I'm happy with the progress so far.
I like your White Whale !
I'll be curious to see which hands you'll find,
I've searched some but never found a similar design :-(
His is the closest I could find. Not a close match, but close in spirit until I can find better.
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Re: What are you working on now?

Posted: February 9th, 2024, 7:04 am
by Fizzzz
@dpd3672
Best I have found are these ones
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Screenshot from Aliexpress, but sorry, no link :-)

Re: What are you working on now?

Posted: February 9th, 2024, 8:29 am
by NortON
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Re: What are you working on now?

Posted: February 9th, 2024, 11:37 am
by NortON
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Re: What are you working on now?

Posted: February 9th, 2024, 9:49 pm
by tafari
NortON wrote:
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very nice D

Re: What are you working on now?

Posted: February 10th, 2024, 12:59 am
by NortON
tafari wrote: February 9th, 2024, 9:49 pm
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very nice D
Thx K ;)

Re: What are you working on now?

Posted: February 10th, 2024, 2:06 pm
by Denis

Re: What are you working on now?

Posted: February 10th, 2024, 2:07 pm
by Denis
NortON friend beautiful work :wave:

Re: What are you working on now?

Posted: February 12th, 2024, 3:06 am
by NortON
Denis wrote: February 10th, 2024, 2:07 pm NortON friend beautiful work :wave:
Thx D! ;)

the case is ready to go!
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