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get my new dial,thank you ingelero for a great dial but looks too white and crown looks baad. get a cigarette smoking,matt paint,new lume and a better crown

1665 today

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Saw Them on rwg.bz from a guy gazzla over there and Wanted to share he's amazing pictures Like i did before with he's accept All credit goes to him

I wonder if this is one made by our own Mikellum? He made a few of these, not sure if he sold any outside of our forum. I got a couple of them from him as gifts. Here are mine, very similar although none of mine have the hands attached to the dial. These were from several dials that I sent him a to use for his project. I don't think these pens are easy to make and require a lot of time. I'm not sure what his health status is now, but you might try contacting him to see if he has any left. He did have and Ebay store, but I haven't checked there in a while. Here are mine

Titanium Planet Ocean on an Isofrane.

5513 again today! Gen 1520 mvmt

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5513 - finally a shot out in the wild, with NATO strap That is just gorgeous man! I second that - geez that's a serious plexi!

Here is the thread with the vectorized open 6, flat top 3 DWO. I used this to make the roulette red/black used on the 6542. The water slide decals are far too difficult to work with when that small. It's like trying to center an egg noodle. http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/150660-vintage-dwos/page-2?hl=%20overlay So, I took another member's idea, I don't remember who it was, and I print on clear, self sticking address labels Avery #18660. I size the numbers to 2.04978cm, and print 2 on the label. I know for certain I will mess up one. I print at the photo setting for highest resolution, and size it using a Photo Shop program. Any basic photo program will do. The attached pic is saved in my computer at 3000dpi, which is why it is so big here. Obviously, when sized it becomes more crisp. I paint the blank overlay to the color I want, white, aged, etc., and then the fun begins! Centering the label on the overlay is a pain, but you can gently pull it off and reposition a few times for correct positioning. I try to apply about half way and judge the position from there. Once centered, the next bit of fun begins. Positioning the finished overlay on the date wheel may take a few attempts before you get it right. I use a spare dial so that the on and off isn't being done with a good dial. Too many things can go wrong, broken dial feet, or messing up the dial face itself. Be certain to secure the dial feet to the movement, clamps on ETA, screws on DG, as that will make the dial move. Been there, done that. Once you have it set, triple check it! I have experienced 'magical wandering' of date wheels with an overlay. Quickset all around, but then use the hand set a few times to make certain it has not shifted. It's a real pain to think it's all lined up, and find that you have to tear the whole thing down because it is off a bit. Done that too. In regards to the problem of the date showing "if it is the 7th of the month of the 17th", that is an issue with the dial. The rep manufacturers have done a good thing finally positioning the date window in the correct place for Rolex crystal magnifiers, but they make the window a tad too small. I think it's about 1mm too narrow, and needs to be enlarged to the inside - towards the pinion - using a small file and large testicles. Making my own dials with the decals makes this easier. As always, better ideas and methods are not only welcome, but garner eternal gratitude!

Just posted this one for sale

Definitely not dot matrix. Looks like typical offset printing to me. The rosettes are a normal fingerprint of 4 color offset printing

Thread is worthless without pics.

Chances are that even if the ETA stamp is there, it's not necessarily a gen ETA. When buying from a dealer (trusted or not), I would not recommend buying the ETA. At best you will get a Swiss movement that is from an old watch and needs to be serviced. At worst you will have paid the higher price for an ETA clone anyway. Better to buy the clone movement and save the money, IMO.