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So it is there, terrific. That's a nice 5508! It looks immaculate

Brown is the new black I saw this one on vrm yesterday for 990 euros, ouch! You came very close, for a fraction of the price, congrats

For 5508 it says depth rating always printed on the dial, could it be a dif dial in a 5508 case?

They are both super nice but I love the darker one, mmm chocolate!!

I thought that all 5508's had depth ratings? I've never seen or heard of one without

Thanks for sharing, that brown one is very cool, It looks great!

Wow!! 6205 or 6204?

Phong

I would kill to find a rep bezel like the one in your first pic. All it takes is a t19 instead of a t17 and that bezel to turn a 6538 into a 6538A

To take that dial from what it was to what it is now is amazing. Great job, very tropical indeed! Congrats and thanks for the post I for one love love love no crown guard subs. They are so special.

Thank you! I've always admired your aging techniques. I was actually inspired by your red depth explorer dial. Great job on yours! I was impatient in waiting to get to a store to find matt spray. I put the dial in a ziplock bag, closed it and made a hole for a straw. Then I lit a Cigarette and blew the smoke into the bag through the straw. It only took 3 tries til the bag was filled with smoke. I plugged the straw and waited until the smoke settled, then I took out the dial and was pleasantly surprised. The smoke settled evenly giving it a much less shiny appearance. Hopefully it won't come off when my watchmaker installs it into the case. On a side note the dial was slightly too large to fit in the phong case so I had to sand the outer edge.

Wow Stan, holy tudor!!

Yes, I agree that having some knowledge will help dealing with Minh. He seems to put on a show of ignorance when it's convenient for him, and at other times he's very knowledgable himself. Toss up I guess as to which side of Minh people will have to deal with on any given day. Not for the faint of heart!

No, it's not correct for an explorer dial, I think it's supposed to be a gilt seconds hand.. Oh well..

Thank you E, I will leave it as is. I actually had a set of MY hands that I aged last week.. I took a mock pic with them before I worked on the dial so excuse the shine of the dial

Rollie

Thanks mj and E. I tried toning down the shine it looks a bit better now. Ill keep playing around til I'm satisfied.

LOVE that double red N!

Looks very very good. Congrats to the lucky owner

How did you get the yellow bezel markers looking so creamy/yummy??

Awesome!

I will definitely practice a bunch first, thanks. This is the look I'm going for..

Thank you ill give that a try.

Ummm that was a little easier than it should have been! Wow.

It's bothering me lots! I will prob figure out a way to erase the white lettering completely and make it a red depth 2 line. Thanks correctime, it's a phong case.