what2 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 came across some pictures by Kin Tan of an explorer 1 he aged, looked like it had spent the last 10 or so years in a cement mixed.. or the last 15 minutes being played with by my 4 year old. All beat up, can hardly the see the almost decrepit looking dial through the glazed, scratched almost opaque crystal and the riveted bracelet looked like it was held together mainly by the dirt, sweat, and gook you would assume is inside it from years of wearing. Naturally I cannot get this beauty out of my mind and now want one just like it. The point of this rambling is which rep would I best choose to start as the base watch? Thanks
kin tama Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 hello, its a vintage 1016 asian rep..i would think most of the dealers have them
kin tama Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 heres another thats been pounded upon ...im now saving my pennies for a tornek rayville
what2 Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Posted June 27, 2009 and just think, when you were little I bet you got in trouble all the time for beating the #(@&* out of your toys.. who would have thought it would now be a valuable skill
alligoat Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 Certainly kin has done a beautiful job vintagizing his Explorer I. But I noticed his case has no lugholes. Unfortunately, lugholes have been disappearing lately which is unfortunate. I'm sure it's just a cost saving measure over in China. I noticed that Narikaa's and Paul vintage Explorers didn't have the lugholes, but Silix has one w/ the lugholes: http://www.silix-prime.com/product.asp?id=1644 But you'd certainly have to confirm this w/ him, since it may just be an old picture. But Jay was the one largely responsible for getting the factories to drill lugholes in the vintage 'Bond type' subs a couple of years ago.
kin tama Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 alligoat is indeed correct...now the big question .....how does one go about drilling lugholes? is it hard to do? kin tama
jockl1978 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 Narikaa has (at least had two month ago) an Explorer I with 21j Asian for the correct beat, lugholes and plexy. The lugholes are only drilled half ways from the outside though, I am going to change this the next week. For the dial ageing, I used the the oven method; 250 degrees celcius - the dial took only some minutes, the hands an eternity, seems they don
alligoat Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 alligoat is indeed correct...now the big question .....how does one go about drilling lugholes? is it hard to do? kin tama I leave the lughole drilling to the pros, like Omega. He drilled the holes on a noob case that I used for my 16800 franken. Before that, I had already ruined one case trying.
jockl1978 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Posted June 28, 2009 So here is mine with dial and hands aged, on a historically correct swiss army 1950s backpack. Still not beat up enough, but will do that during my next deployment
freddy333 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Posted June 28, 2009 alligoat is indeed correct...now the big question .....how does one go about drilling lugholes? is it hard to do? kin tama You need a drill press & vice (to hold the case in place during drilling). I use an inexpensive press I got from Sears that works with any standard hand drill. This thread discusses the procedure for drilling the duo-hole required for a working Hev, but the same procedure (minus 1 step) produces lug holes.
TeeJay Posted June 28, 2009 Report Posted June 28, 2009 heres another thats been pounded upon ...im now saving my pennies for a tornek rayville That's some good scuff-work, you've got a real eye for vintagizing
TeeJay Posted June 28, 2009 Report Posted June 28, 2009 So here is mine with dial and hands aged, on a historically correct swiss army 1950s backpack. Still not beat up enough, but will do that during my next deployment Awesome How long did you have to bake the hands for in the end? I'm guessing about 5 minutes for the dial?
jockl1978 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Posted June 28, 2009 Baking was the second method, first i tried watercolors which didn
TeeJay Posted June 28, 2009 Report Posted June 28, 2009 Baking was the second method, first i tried watercolors which didn
gavidoc Posted June 29, 2009 Report Posted June 29, 2009 Just use the Mrs. and give her a rep$ she'll never notice.
professor_yaffle1 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Posted July 2, 2009 That's some great beating on those watches, mind if I ask what method you used? I've got a sub case that I'd like to look vintage...
what2 Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Posted July 4, 2009 now that is a set of instructions even I can follow... and to think my wife thought the new toaster oven was for her to use
mellus Posted July 4, 2009 Report Posted July 4, 2009 how did you age the dial? Study the pictures ...
charmquark Posted July 4, 2009 Report Posted July 4, 2009 how did you age the dial? I think that was the oven at 230C bit - right?
mellus Posted July 5, 2009 Report Posted July 5, 2009 I think that was the oven at 230C bit - right? Yes, you are right
gavidoc Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 Thanks. Was having connection issues yesterday. That image wasn't loading. How long did you leave it in for? Yes, you are right
Guest HaloArchive Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 Now you need to do the case and coin trick Cheers~ H
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