lanikai Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 The silver dial Searambler is not as rare a catch as other vintage 300T's , but with it's silver dial another nice vintage for the collection.. and very pleasing to look at.. Thanks to Arthur once again.. I'm sourcing a modern bracelet from Doxa for this one and sourcing end links for a modern Doxa bracelet that found it's way to Hawaii from Conus for my Divestar.. Here are some pics.. thanks for viewing the 300T Pro. has been an elusive beast.. the Icon of the Doxa Vintage .......someday.. at least I have the hunt to look forward to.. AC/Lani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWG Technical Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Wow, very nice. A bit of india ink and orange paint and that bezel would really stand out. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Nice one Lani - What JoJo is to Vintage Rollies, you are to Vintage Doxa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 @Zig.. I started colouring in the inner markings with a roller ball , I need to get a super fine art brush for the orange markers, with a loupe, it'll be like painting in between the lines.. gotta mix up the correct match for the orange a bit more red in this orange me thinks Thanks DL.. but.. the quest for the elusive 300T US Divers.... continues.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzanooo Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Holy cow a very nice pickup Lani, she`s a beaut !! Another 300t to the collection. If this keeps up maybe a subform for Doxas or divers at the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Holy cow a very nice pickup Lani, she`s a beaut !! Another 300t to the collection. If this keeps up maybe a subform for Doxas or divers at the least. The doxa gents here are more lively than the orange fora.. fo sure hows "your" silver dial coming along P ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzanooo Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Confusing responses from that guy, it`s like two different people are answering the questions I have at the same time? Maybe just a language thing, as always if it`s meant to be it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Confusing responses from that guy, it`s like two different people are answering the questions I have at the same time? Maybe just a language thing, as always if it`s meant to be it is. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Wow Lani, that is gorgeous! I didn't know you had your eye on one of these beauties. Verrrrry nice. A word of advice, the endlinks for thin/vintage cases won't work for the 300T, as it's a much thicker case. I have about 20 pairs of endlinks for the thin SUB 300NT or possibly 600T reissue. But I doubt they'll work for a 300T. I tried 100 different combinations of techniques and paints before I found what I like for the vintage Doxa bezels. I use Testors competition series paints from a hobby shop, they're lacquer based. I use gloss black and competition orange. The trick is to do TWO coats of paint in the bezel to get the rich saturated colors. Clean it throughly, I used alcohol on mine. Make sure it's completely dry before beginning. Use a toothpick and paint in the orange numerals on the bezel, and expect it to be sloppy. It will spread out over the engraving onto the metal next to it. Wait for it to dry. This is the hard part. Seriously. You can even use a hair dryer to speed up the paint drying process, but it still won't be dry enough to really stick to the numerals. Wait. Be patient. Overnight is good. Next morning, find a tongue depressor or a cheap/thin chopstick with a square edge. Use that to push the extra paint off the bezel, leaving the paint down in the grooves. It sounds very tricky but it's remarkably simple. You'll mess up a couple of numbers... don't sweat it. Remember you're going to do this twice so go ahead and repaint the mistakes. Wait some more, and next time push the excess paint off with your chopstick (or a sharp thumbnail) from the opposite direction. See how easy that was? Now do the inner bezel markings, and here you want to try and keep the black paint from bleeding out to the little track that connects the depth numerals to the ring separating the inner track from the outer track. You'll see what I mean when you get going. In this case you want to push the excess black paint out of that "ring" with a perpendicular motion (to the ring). Patience, it can be done. Give it two coats and the final result will be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Before After Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikellem Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Wow, Gorgeous Nanug! MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 thank you for the tips B.......great minds.. and all that jazz the bezel colour for my 300NT is black and reddish/orange..same with my Divestar.. so what I did was use a permanent marker and coloured the numerals and ticks with black and red markers.. since the bezel numerals and lines are a little worn I did the same that you did with paint.... only I used the markers..and used my finger to rub away the over spill from the numerals and ticks, and a toothpick to get rid of the left over ink in the tracts, it came out rather nicely .. tomorrow I'll get an orange marker and go over the red..in the same manner .. hopefully this will produce the reddish/orange colour.. Doxa service dept. tells me the 1000T bracelet will fit the Searambler.. so I'm gonna call them this week and order one up.. the silver dial really need a ss bracelet to accent the dial I really like looking at the silver dial.. it is really appealing to the eye.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzanooo Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 God damn Nanuq, every time I see your Black lung my gonads clinch.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Would you like me to forward your contact info to Miss Understood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Well.. got the the bezel all done.. the black looks good.. the reddish orange is too opaque.. I'll give the enamel a go.. my 300nt looks reddish.. then under strong light looks dark orange.. I'll give "scarlet" a try.. the orange enamel from the craft store looks toooo bright orange.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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