jmb Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 After a suggestion from alligoat I ordered a pair of lumed Dauphine style hands from ofrei and decided on a black sweep hand after looking at tons of pics. I "gently aged" the case and also brushed out the old dead lume and slathered on some Glow, Inc., V10 lume. I can now see it in the dark but I'm a bit disappointed in the V10 stuff but the hands are like a beacon... Here is a "ingredient list" and some final pics. 1 - Vintage Tudor no-date Oyster dial (flea-bay) 1 - 34mm a21j Tudor Prince Oysterdate for case and crown (unapproved vendor) 1 - Clark 25-12 crystal (flea-bay) 1 - ETA 2783 movement (flea-bay) 1 - Dauphine style lumed hour hand (ofrei) 1 - Dauphine style lumed minute hand (ofrei) 1 - Black sweep hand (ofrei) 1 - Smooth bezel (homebrew) 1 - ETA 2783 stem (Jules Borel) 1 - Movement ring/spacer (homebrew) 1 - Dial/rehaut spacer (homebrew) What better place for a Tudor to rest... Back to a more mundane background... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Looks fantastic, I must say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 "A Rolex by any other name... would be a Tudor." It looks terrific head-on, but the lugs are a bit trapezoidal in profile. Is there any way you could soften the curves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted May 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 LH, I was just thinking about that, it didn't really strike me until I posted the profile views! I'll probably grind them down to more follow the general profile of the end-links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Looks great, buddy! Those hands are a very nice compliment to the dial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 It looks great, amigo The dauphine hands really are the icing on the cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 LH, I was just thinking about that, it didn't really strike me until I posted the profile views! I'll probably grind them down to more follow the general profile of the end-links Ah, I was hoping you'd say that... The slab sides on certain Oyster reps have always bugged me, and I knew you'd be up to the task of sorting them out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest al12 Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 The work of the master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted May 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Master Hack, maybe, but thank you. I'm still learning this whole watch thing in real life I make what amounts to very large pipe bombs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Excellent JB! That's quite the vintage Tudor now. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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