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Excellent! Welcome aboard.

Dang, Freddy I didn't think of lightening the black with brown! You da MAN.

Excellent! Which part of the White North are you from? And welcome aboard. This is indeed the friendliest forum on the Internet. Anyone says otherwise, we sic Ken on them.

Thanks Freddy, that was a great description. This is the effect I'd go for.

A man after my own heart.

My favorite version is, "If it isn't broke, I ain't fixed it enough yet".

Slightly less gaggage. Mostly because I've raced sloops for years and that's easier to time with than a Sub's bezel. Now you just get some secretary's white-out fluid and you can fix that beauty right up.

I'll say it again: *gag* Looks like something that came in a specially marked box of Kool-Aid.

Sorry, but *gag* Not my cup of tea. I imagine this is an über rare, ultra expensive variation?

That's amazing, Joey. You should think about making these for sale! I love the gorgeous tropical color you got. Looking closer at Ingod's dials, his black 2-liner gilt dial has a silver depth rating and gilt "SUBMARINER". But his tropical brown gilt dial has both the depth rating and "SUBMARINER" in gilt. Does anyone else think this was just a brain fart on his part?

Welcome! Enjoy your time here!

E, take a look over on the Homage forum. They talk about this a lot over there.

@Pan153, what do you think of Phong's riveted oyster? Is it much/a lot/no better than Yuki's?

@jpz5142 Big props to you! Whoever I pooch the keyless on my watch I just smash it with a hammer, usually squashing one thumb or the other too. It's less painful than me attempting what you've accomplished. Nice work!

Wow, that's a lot of good information. JoeyB, your results are amazing. Are you the one that did the lume after applying the decal? Wow. Freddy, I like your idea of the boot polish to make the dial less homogeneously brown. All gen tropical dials are faded lighter at the hole where the pinion protrudes, and at the date opening. So how do you apply the polish so it doesn't smear over onto the chapter ring or the minute tic marks? I could see dabbing it on with a q-tip and then polishing, but I'd want the darker tint to extend all the way to the edge, leaving it lightest in the middle. I don't know how you'd do that. cc33, I really like that coarse finish you achieved. Now I'm off to find Mq's entry level dial for comparison.

Ohhhhhh really! Got a 2846?

I thought that originally showed up as a "Marine" Tudor?

Yeah that's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay outside the skill set of someone whose favorite tools are an axe and a chainsaw. Boot polish? That's called "motor oil" to me.

Now that's what I'm talking about! Beautiful. I need to find Mq's $300 tier online. Link? I like the ingod too but I'd love to have a glossy look. Freddy, do you spritz yours with lacquer, then apply the boot polish over it, to make the brown less uniform?

Holy smokes! How did you make that?!! Do you trake eldest sons as down payment for another? That's reallllllllllllllly nice. And you can see the Daz Lovin' it's got. Do you have a link for the Mq listing?

Some people here are putting together the pieces to build high ticket vintage watches. With the plethora of parts available out there I thought I'd start a topic to get people's opinions. I'll start... I'm looking at gilt 6538 dials. Ingod and Natalie both have tropical brown gilt dials. Here are the photos from their sites. Can anyone put up better pictures, or offer opinions? How gilty is the gilt? How glossy is the finish? How durable is the paint? Your opinions please? Ingod's dial Natalie's dial

That shows the thinking Rolex put into the Triplock crown and tube. When the wearer leaves it unscrewed there's still that one last pair of o-rings inside the tube hanging on for dear life. Nice! Rice anyone?

Pffffft!! Who needs Polywatch? Put a dab of toothpaste on there and buff the hell out of it with your thumb. Rinse and repeat as necessary. When the scratches are gone use your tshirt and buff some more. Presto.

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