drolson Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 After one year of nearly daily use of my DSSD i decided to mod the watch as it was showing minor signs of wear. I lost most of the letters of the caseback and the engraving of the bezel startet to change the colour a little bit. So i took a little bit of those: and painted the bezel and the caseback, as well as the bracelet: after it turned out that good I decided to matt the dial as well, so i disassambled the movement and dial After the first run of matt spray varnish it looked quite good. There was just a little excess around one of the indexes. I tried to solve the problem with a little paintbrush with a little bit of varnish.... It didn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Like the work on the case engravings, but wow....you sure did a number on that dial! It's fun though, isn't it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Hey that dial looks just about right to me, perhaps a biiiiiiiit more vintagizing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Nice B!!! I don't know why...but I thought of this pic when I saw that...can't figure out why... BTW...if you contact your dealer...they'll send you a new dial...about $30 + shipping...so add on a watch to the order, and it's a better deal!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolson Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Like the work on the case engravings, but wow....you sure did a number on that dial! It's fun though, isn't it??? Yes it was fun. And i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Hehe, we have all been there! Why not buy the cheapest movement version DSSD (same case), then salvage the parts from it and keep the rest as spares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krpster Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Nice work on the paint. Shame about the dial but that, unfortunately, is the learning process. May yet be some use for that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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