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eray

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  1. Hey, jmb, thanks very much! I didn't even realize the bezel was kind of problematic until the watch was about done. Do you have a good replacement you could recommend?
  2. Thanks so much for all the kind words, guys. I really appreciate that. I'm totally delighted by this watch, and it proved to be a fairly straightforward build. The only non-stock part will be a Clark crystal, which is now en route. Here are a few details about this project: It's a bit hard to see in these pictures but I aged and dulled the case, bezel and crown quite a lot, then turned to the dial and hands. I soaked them first in espresso, then in tea, but even after an hour they refused to pick up almost any color. So what I did was paint the dial and hands with espresso, tea and a very tiny bit of shoe polish. Then I sealed this tint in with matte lacquer, flicking most of the lacquer on with a toothbrush a little at a time, and allowing it to dry between coats, because slathering it on more heavily just washed away the coffee and tea beneath. Then I baked the hands and dial for maybe ten minutes beneath a 100-watt lightbulb. And voila. DuDro, thanks a lot regarding the strap. I was really happy with it. Unfortunately I can't point you to another one, if that's what you meant, because I decided to try my hand at strap-making and this is a one-of-a-kind piece that came from a $3 belt I got at Goodwill. It underwent treatment with several grades of sandpaper, steel wool, two colors of shoe polish, candle wax, beeswax and a few other things and came out looking rather well-used. Which is what I was hoping for. Thanks again for the all compliments, folks. Cheers!
  3. Thanks much, fellas. As for drilled lugs -- yeah, I'm definitely going to do that. I'm pretty new to reps and haven't done that before, so need to do a little homework first.
  4. Hi, all. I thought I'd share my recent 1016 build with you. I hope you enjoy the pictures. It began as a simple, inexpensive Silix model Then I subjected it to some aging and made a couple of straps for it
  5. Another vote for some Tudors, especially a 7924.
  6. These are great. I'd never heard of heating them before. Nice work, and thanks for sharing.
  7. What a terrific, highly detailed tutorial. Thanks much!
  8. Thanks kindly, Mr. Doug. I started out trying to stain this dial by soaking it in espresso and also really dark tea, but it just would not absorb any color at all. So what I wound up doing was essentially painting on espresso, tea, and a few very tiny spots of shoe polish, and then sealing it all in with matte lacquer. I sanded the hands very lightly and then did pretty much the same thing with them. I also baked everything very lightly under a 100-watt lightbulb. I'll put up another post with some more pictures so you can decide what you might like and what you can improve on. Looking forward to following your progress!
  9. Looking really good. And cool that you're building a watch for your brother. I did a 1016 as my second build, just a couple of weeks ago, and I really love these pieces.
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