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I wish I'd entered this into the photo contest

No change....

I generally try and spend as little as possible It's certainly easy to spend a lot of money on them, all the time the cash-flow is there to support it

Not exactly a wrist shot (like there's ever any huge changes from me anyway ) but this was a project I did this afternoon. The dial is regular printer paper, colored with a Sharpie, and lumed with Night Color. The lume was like painting with cottage cheese, dried very inconsistently, so needed several coats, and pretty much looks like junk... But, it glows in the dark, so at least I won't be woken up in the morning to be asked what the time is

It looks fantastic Out of curiosity, does the bezel rotate?

Low profile case, my man, so no need for filing the CGs I have to admit, I think the low profile case is the most comfortable and easy to wear of all the Rolex cases

I wouldn't have immediately thought of a honey tan strap for that watch, but, now you mention it, yes, I think it would bring out the dial quite nicely, and probably give it a slightly less formal tone, although still 'smart'

Very tasty, bro A slightly more padded strap will look fantastic on it

personally speaking, I don't think the factories would produce a Snowflake Tudor, simply because it is something more appreciated by 'collectors', rather than the average JoeSixpack, who wants his rep to say Rolex on the dial Looking back at my last post, the Tudor I'm wearing now is very much a custom-built watch (which wound up being suitable for this kind of project) but the parts were all very much from budget sources. The most expensive steps in Project Snowflake, will be the acquisition of the 'swiss' movement (cannibalized from another watch, of course) and the MY hands. The only other potentially expensive part, is the dial, as the rest of the watch can be found in existing Submariner reps

I didn't realize the rep dial was made, but yes, I'm sure MY would print up a dial upon request I'll have to total up the costs for mine once it's finally completed I realized the other day, that I gradually completely assembled the watch from the ground up. The case and bezel were the GMT I bought to take to Tokyo, appx $30, the insert was about $8 off eBay, the crystal was from my first GMT Master II, which I think cost me £20, the links of the bracelet and caseback were from the Silix vintage, which I bought in the initial 'group buy offer', I think the hands and movement are from my Yacht-Master (with replaced second hand from 'somewhere'... and the bracelet's clasp was from a budget Submariner which also cost about £20, and the dial was a gift from Slartibartfast. Eventually, the dial will be going into my fixed-lug NATO case (which was about $30), which will be getting a new insert, a 'Swiss movement', a correct case-back from a rep of a Tudor 'DateJust', and a set of MY hands. The current case, will then have a 79190 dial installed in substitution for the Snowflake dial

Thanks for the feedback, it's very much appreciated I did consider using just the coronet marker, but I added the 6 marker just to give a little extra detail, although that said, I could indeed do v1.4 to only feature the coronet for the true 'Mystery' effect. When you say different type of wood, what did you have in mind? Bearing in mind that I'm using a wood-patterned vinyl sticker... There is still quite a bit of variation on the roll though, so would you think more grain, less grain, more 'knots'? The section I chose, was simply because it had enough 'grain' to look like wood, but not enough to appear 'banded', or with 'knots'... Any clarification would be much appreciated I did see an all gold DayDate Presidential woody online, with what appeared to be a walnut burl as the dial, but I felt I wanted to see more of a 'wood grain' than the whorls of the walnut... Indeed, I think I might just have to do v1.4 to achieve that very look

I don't think I've ever seen reps of it commercially at all... I think most of the ones folks are showing, are using gen dials and aftermarket (or gen) hands... Mine's using a home-made dial... Best of luck with your search though

Many thanks indeed I think this would have to come under the class of 'exotics', which I'd admit might not be to everyone's taste (even the gen Rolex wooden dials were not extensively produced) The Rudis was a wooden sword, given to Roman gladiators to show their freedom I figured as the dial had a Roman numeral, it was somewhat fitting :thumbsupsmileyanim:

Thanks I did consider adding the 9 marker to balance the datewindow, but when I test-placed it, while it did balance it, the large 'wood' area was suddenly broken up, which I felt reduced the impact of the dial. If I could have had all the markers in place, I would have been happy with it, but with only a few markers, I think that keeping it to the 6 and the coronet, lets it work as a 'mystery' dial V2.0 will definitely have the full complement of luminous markers, so with that as my wood dial, I'll probably replace this vinyl with gloss black for something closer to Freddy's 'mystery'

What a worm He could've at least have been man enough to admit it was a rep, rather than some story which will only get torn apart and add to his shame I wonder how long he'll remain 'a name' in politics

Doh I wonder where he got it from... Maybe he thought it was real

Wood-dial v1.3 satisfied (partially) my artistic pride, but was still not the ideal dial I intended for a wooden-dialled watch. I wanted something which would look formal, but, also be functional for day-wear as well. Not necessarily as a 'day in/day out' beater, but something which could be worn during the day, without looking 'too fancy', and still be functional. Mystery dials, don't really give me as accurate a display as I would like, so, while I think the dial is fine for formal wear (where time is not really the main consideration of the gathering) it doesn't cut it in he 'day to day' use. To that end, I still plan on doing a v2.0 which will use luminous markers to give a more easily readable display. Even with v1.3 being more for formal wear (and the dark dial 'toning down' the bling of the presidential bracelet) I still felt it was a little too showy for my tastes, so, I took a Scotch-brite pad to the bezel and mid-links, to achieve this result, which I am dubbing the Rudis. I think the dial looks elegant. I think the case and bracelet look elegant, but, without the polished surfaces, not as 'showy'. I know I couldn't wear this kind of dial as a daily beater, but someone else probably could, especially if their wardrobe leaned towards long-sleeved shirts/suits

Excellent result

Thanks, bro I was debating with the idea of the 9 marker as well, and actually test-placed the marker to evaluate it. It does balance the datewindow, but it also detracts from the 'blankness' of the 'mystery' dial. While I prefer full markers for time-keeping, adding the 9 still wouldn't provide a full set, so it really only takes away the 'blankness', which is what gives the 'mystery' dials their appeal. I'm good for maxi markers at the moment, but if you'd be interested in a woody-conversion, just let me know

Thanks, bro, much appreciated, as mine's still very much a work in progress

I don't know why, but I have a hunch that they may be after-market, but, the person who sold them, probably did think they were genuine...

I've got wood at last Not quite what I'd originally had in mind, but hey, sometimes the unexpected can be good as well That's three snowflakes (well, two and a half ) in a row, I wonder what'll be next

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