aeromatic

what i mean is that you should use a tremplate

the lume darkens becase of the tritium but the printing shoiuld remain gilt

Like this photo wish i had a steady hand and relume it i will try and use a template mabe greyish black

i might try rubbing the writing with t-cut to lighten it or lighten or darken the lume markers , the lume markers would be the easier but i like the colour of the markers

The lume markers actualy look good but I have never seen a gilt dial where the gilt print is the same as the markers. If you could make a mask that leaves only the markers visible spray the teak and then spray the clear all over I think it would look far better

Right now it is just too even

I thought about it too do you mean to leave the writing yellow if the printing was white it would be better i dont intend to use this dial in anything the experiment was to remove the yellow colour

the problem is that the colour of the dial is affected by the laquer so masking would involve a template with the markers exposed

Why not offer it for sale? im sure someone building an eta rolly would buy it without the legs

Very nice indeed ! here is my aged 5513 im planning a mint great white in the near future please give us details of your watch !

waiting for a gen crown and tube !

_{Best bet would be a relume i believe that there are a few members that do this service i always try to darken the yellow markers just posted it today titled (not another dial ageing experiment) ! good luck !}

I thought i would purchase a few cheap dials and see if i could make them look better unlike my last experiment which involved 200c oven abuse this time i just used 2 acylic laquers the first was teak colour and then clear coat all sprayed at a distance away to achieve a textured semi-matt look here is the dial as purchased and then photos of the dial through various spray stages The yellow turned orange !

why do they do these yellow markers ? notice the scrape at the 1 oclock marker

all i could do with the damage was scrape it with a tooth pick !

Nice build ! and with that gen movement will last forever !

Just wondering was there ever a tudor rose dial with raised markers or is this only a black bay feature?

Very nice Red Mr !

This is one to look out for i was at a ad looking at this watch and i must say its stunning lets hope the rep makers get it right first time no more v1 v2 and so on.

Well dial arrived today very glossy one too! case, gold snowflake hands and jubilee bracelet and harley insert has got tied up with there national holidays so small delay! as i said its not going to be an exact replica of the black bay as im using a sterile raffles 6538 case !

still undecided whether to fit the snowflake hands or fit guilt merc hands so i have ordered both !

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As a side note, I think it's kinda funny that this is the first rep using snowflake hands

Yes Indeed ! and im still wondering why there is not yet a snowflake sub rep is it because its not well known ? in the mass media watch world !

Yep, happy to see this, there is alot to do, tidy up bezel numbers, centre pearl, correct rehaut but this is gonna be a big seller! He should hopefully update on progress soon.

Yep , and this watch using the 2824-2 eta will make this watch as gen as you can get without the 4000usd pricetag !

Im waiting for parts to make my own version of the black bay using a raffles sterile case not meant to be an exact copy but i want on the list to get the noob BB aswell !

Nice Sub woof!

Looks like I am starting the wristies again

Any chance of seeing a shot of the triumph? being a classic car owner myself Love the 41 !

Well its a lazy sunday and im going for a drive along the coast in my Rover ! so what watch should i wear well the rovers first letter is ® so only one watch ®olex !

Looking forward to receiving my brass tube sunflower gen crown and aged merc hands ! where are you Mr postman !

Aeromatic, try just removing the pearl, lots of old watches don't have the pearl anymore.. I always remove it looks better imo

It will certainly look better without that brass stud !

Still wearing this cartel based 6538 but damn i better get round to fitting a pearl !

Im sure a lot of gen stuff is made in china a swiss watch only needs to have 25% of the watch to be swiss, china made items is the same as anything made elsewhere you get what you pay for, quality wise as you know there are high end replicas and 10usd replicas lets put aside the flaws in replica watches a high end replica submariner as a watch in its own right swiss eta full stainless steel and so on they are very well made and a fraction of the gen price im sure with a service and tuned a basic eta 2824-2 movement would pass cosc tests ,ok on this forum we will run down a high end rep watch when its compared to the gen but these watches are made by a different factory to the gen and small details are expected but we must remember that most of the cost of the gen is in the brand name

i purchased a pair of green rayban sunglasses for 20usd the lense was glass not plastic i took them down to an optician friend to test the lense i wanted them to be safe as we have a lot of sun in cyprus and the lenses were the same with the gen the gen were priced at 165 euros i think replica makers show that this items can be made for a lot less and show what a rip off gen makers are in my view no watch is worth over 4000usd after all its just a watch ! i will happily wear replica anytime !

OK folks, lets go for a direct comparison:

Ingod44 @ $125

NDT @ $255 (discounted at the moment from $300)

Gen @ god knows how much!

Remember folks, I'm going to have the dial and hands aged and relumed. For me, the Ingod44 is the winner, various reasons but lets here your opinions.

i would say that a budget build with eta movement and mabe a cartel case then the lower price dial would be the option this is a super dial Are we being too nit pick

trying to find faults with the refinished dial i look for nice dial texture with gen like finish and crisp printing and this fits the bill nicely for me!

How about a feature on dial ageing technics and experiments with results if it has not already been done? then we can see the before and then after and see which ageing process looks the most gen like i have experimented myself some have been successful others totaly ruined ! myself i am very reluctant to age an expensive (refinished) dial

but i would like to age my 5513 dial in a supple way nothing too extreme !

Cheers for that Akira. In my defense the ever so slightly scratched plexi does not look half that bad in the flesh Also I like the well used look. Anyways I was going to swap it out for a new Clarks plexi - which I would then set to with a brillo pad

I thought i was the only one who does that to a crystsal! Lol! i use also a scotchguard pad and run it over the crystal in all directions very lightly then buff it up on a old pair of jeans without using polish i prefer to age the crystal than to age the dial and risk destroying an expensive dial which can not be reversed! after the buffing you get a watch that shows the dial clearly when viewed on your wrist but under a lobe you see an aged crystal with scratches i compared it to our gen 5513 crystal and it was damn close i dont think vintage subs look right when factory fresh and shiny it shouts fake to me but you decide how far to take the ageing my next 5513 will be aged very supple just take the factory shine off everything my last was attacked with a brillo pad and a pair of scissors much to the horror of my watchmaker relative !

Try to source the WM9 v2 version of the TT Sub.

Expensive but worth it. If I ever purchase another Rolex rep, that will be the one.

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By-tor thanks yes im very impressed i wonder if yuki is planning a stamped version on the 3135 clone