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  1. cc33
    If you go for it, it'll be a fantasy model. There was never a gold pn daytona dial in an ss case but I have seen a custom made to order 6265 with a black (gold subdial) dial. They used gold hands for that one. I tried to replicate the look myself, I came close. If you love it who cares if it was a real model! Pic 1: gen custom made to order Pic 2: my version
  2. cc33
    Haha, no link just a tiny little jumping spider that hangs out on my window ledge. Thanks for the compliments, anyone can do this because I use an iphone and olloclip macro attachment. Then I find some natural light like in the window and voila!
  3. cc33
    Lv today.. Spider came along while I was taking my macros
  4. cc33
    Always though that's how they made the earlier ones, although I don't have nearly as much exp with them as I do with the gilts
  5. cc33
    He's right it's in relief, the black part is the dial showing through
  6. cc33
    The first pic is not gen but made the same way, the underline, certified text and swiss is painted on top of the lacquer with paint. The gilt is below the lacquer. Second pic shows a gen dial where the lacquer has been damaged, you can see the diff layers well. Third shows how the gilt sits below the galvanized black layer and how the printed white paint sits on top of the lacquer.
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    "Oh, so would the "white" or "silver" gilt have just been paint? The thing I'm thinking of is like my gen 5513 dial, which has a silver underline and a silver underneath a white SWISS at the 6 o'clock position...." Yes, white and silver gilt is just white or silver paint it is not true "gilt". The base plate has to be showing through for it to be gilt. Gen 5513 with silver underline (paint) and a silver swiss (paint again) is really cool but the silver and white "gilt" you refer to is just paint It's hard to see but under extreme magnification, the gilt (base plate) is visually below the black galvanized areas (in relief)
  8. cc33
    The text is printed chemically I think, like negative printing. Basically the parts that the galvanic process leaves exposed are the gilt parts
  9. cc33
    Yup!
  10. cc33
    6538
  11. cc33
    What an amazing shot, It certainly does look the part. Magnifique!
  12. cc33
    The base plate is treated chemically and then enters a galvanizing bath. Once that is done, the only thing you can see is the matt black galvanized parts and the gilt parts which are just the base metal showing through. (No such thing as white or silver gilt) At that point the dial gets lacquered, once dry the depth rating is painted on top of the lacquer. Then a protective white enamel based paint is applied to the lume areas (this was done on the gens to protect the dial from the damaging effects of the lume. All that's left to do is lume it at and voila. Pic 1: after galv Pic 2: has been lacquered and had the depth rating painted on Pic 3: enamel base lume applied Pic 4: completed, lume applied and mounted in watch
  13. cc33
    That's a great way of making a budget gilt dial Joey
  14. cc33
    No he won't, his work is based on gen owners needs not ours. Nobody comes close except maybe minh
  15. cc33
    Too much! They used to be around 1400$ but with the recent economy the 1100£ he requires ends up being very close to 2k. He provides the plate, that's part of the reason why it costs so much
  16. cc33
    Right, because the "gilt" is just the base plate showing through, it's impossible to recreate unless done right. Printing gilt colour on a dial is great but not correct
  17. cc33
    That was made by my dial guy, same as nanuq's and my 6538 dial (galvanized, gilt, lacquered) made using a gen dial plate
  18. cc33
    I made one of those once, I sold the dial to a fellow member a while ago.
  19. cc33
    I have a long 5 insert that was printed with a worn out pad and it's one of the nicest I've seen. They are extremely rare too.
  20. cc33
    Mk1 beauty!!!!
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    6538
  22. cc33
    I can help with that, this is what his dial and hands look like. This was before being transferred to his watch.
  23. cc33
    Lv again
  24. cc33
    I'm in montreal Canada! Next door to you I would love to try one can I order through you?
  25. cc33
    Thanks, do you have a link to more for sale?
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