fitch

Great job on the dial! I can imagine your excitement keep us posted! Cheers

it's PVD

lume shots added

 

 

 

Just brilliant!

 

Can't wait to see the finished product!

 

Actually, the dials are finished for more info you can contact FGD (fishgodeep) (contact details are in my first post)

 

The dial is so beautifull I for one couldn't resist, please find attached some pics of the dial installed in my JF case:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definatly know what you're talking about

Hi guys,

 

When my pvd’d parts arrived from Rolli I found included in the package his PAM 002/009 dial for my review and I must share this with you because this dial is in one word spectacular!!!!

 

Rolli (known for his extended knowledge on PAM’s and for his services like pvd coating) and FGD (known for his pre-v dials) have partnered up some time ago and together they are working on small series of OEM quality dials (with matching hand sets).

 

About the dial; as you can see it's thick and made out of one piece; a special brass alloy (not your ordinary brass).

 

The entire process to give the dial it’s spetacular color is pretty intense; the special brass alloy has been given a fine glass bead blasting followed by a galvanic bath. This is the only way to really create the various color shades like black, blue, champagne, silver and green when sunlight hits the dial.

 

The indices (0.5mm deep) and printing are very well done, the lume (a beautifull burned out tritium color, superluminova A-grade rc tritec) is applied very evenly by the best machinery you can wish for! It has the beauty of the vintage tritium look (the color I believe is custom made for Rolli) and all the advantages of superluminova; it glows like a torch at night

 

The hands also have superluminova A-grade lume (also made by rc tritec).

 

Rolli and FGD have been working with top of the bill machinery and the result is a top of the bill, truly OEM quality dial which is unprecedented in our little community! 

 

For more information regarding these dials you can contact FGD http://www.rwgforum.net/user/5292-fishgodeep/

 

Enough talk Enjoy the pictures :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So this has taken me about 1,5 years to complete (perhaps even longer) but yesterday my Pvd coated parts returned from Rolli and i immediatly put everything together

After having purchased Olreon's pre-a i noticed how beautifull Rolli's pvd coatings are (EU based) so I wanted his coating for my beloved 202/a. The procedure Rolli has worked out over the years is meticulous an the results are amazing!

So here are some pics

And with my 201/a:

And the complete pre-vendome family:

I'm happy it's finally on my wrist

Cheers,

Fitch

Beautifull dial as well

definatly interested

a small test run was done..and all the pieces were sold off....I got one of them...so if anyone wants dial feet repositioned I could do it for them....I don't know if anymore will be made in the future...

thanks for your offer, were are you located? If you're in the EU i have two dials that need ETA positioned feet.

any update on this? I'm still interested in the outcome of this project

aw.. sorry; misread your first post; i thought you only meant gilt 1016 but you also meant in a gold case, as far as i know this never excisted (but it would look good )

Jep, i believe so (but a good gilt dial will be expensive, even 'aftermarket')

Thanks!!!

 

Right here my friend   www.tickintimeworldofwatchtools.co.uk

Great looking 1016!! Can you tell me what the source of the hands are?

you don't need to shave the rehaut, you just need to deepen (Expand) the groove a tiny amount. I guarantee if you take your dial off and look at the case, the groove under the rehaut that the dial sits in is not the same all the way around. Probably when they were milling the groove the jig was not set up dead on, so the groove got milled out a little more on one side. Probably did a bunch like that before they realized the mistake, only solution was to scrap the cases, or ream out the dial hole a tad so the movement would fit. Guess what they did???

 

@panerai153 (or anybody else that could help me out); I might be able to source and older MBW so I can finally start building my 1680 and I will encounter the same problem with the dial opening of ~26.1 and the dial size of 26.5, could you please show my in a picture of the MBW case what the groove looks like and which parts I would have to mill to solve this problem? (if I understand correctly I do not have to thin the rehaut on the inside?) thanks very much in advance for your help!

Yes! I'm sorry to see I missed out on this (been away for a while) but if possible I would like to purchase/order

5. 1680 red mk 3 (26.5mm) $180

6. 1665 drsd mk 2 (26.5mm) $180

I would like to sign up for a 201/a and 202/a non matching dial Great work!!!!!

no more distortion yeeeej!!!

 

 

me happy

ok, I couldn't wait any longer so I tried it the "Nanuq way" and it seems to work fine happy with the new plexi and happy to wear it again (before december 21st )

 

Thanks for your input and advice guys!

sorry i meant "Inox Premium Grease" that should be ok...?

ok, I can always give is a try I have a tube of silicon sealant coming my way; shouldn't that do the trick as well?

Hi guys,

a quick question; I wanted to change the plexi on my MBW 1665 and in the process of removing the old plexi I noticed the gasket was missing (go figure..) I searched my toolbox but unfortunatly I'm out so I was wundering if anybody perhaps has a spare gasket they can miss..?

It would be highly appreciated

Thanks in advance!

cheers,

Fitch

Thank you for the update and all your hard work! Really looking forward to this!

 

Ditto!

hoping to have 20 made at first for around Oct

I hope to be included in the first 20pc batch