chiman12 Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 I Believe that Stefano had a blog of a 1680 dial with no hash marks, but I can't locate it just right now...oh well something to do on a cold Canadian day! I still have to clear up the residue a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donerix Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Does it have a tropical brown? Maybe a very light coat of clear matt varnish and you get this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchurch Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 I like it. Very nice looking, I really like the one donerix has there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 How did you get it to go brown so evenly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Interesting, as it reduces the accuracy of the display, yet I really like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblueprince Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Donerix, that ^^^ watch is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 I Believe that Stefano had a blog of a 1680 dial with no hash marks, but I can't locate it just right now...oh well something to do on a cold Canadian day! I still have to clear up the residue a bit. Very nice, and very even. How did you do it? I also saw that dial on jakes rolex blog. Its a pretty rare dial, and visually, it makes a big difference compared to a regular dial. dizz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 That is awesome. Did Rolex ever do that? If not, so what, great mod/fantasy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiman12 Posted December 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 That's it L! Thanks! It was Jakes Watch Blog...this was my inspiration...It looks like I have to remove all the hour markers as well Definitely not a fantasy R! @fxr...The dial is from the PT 1680 tropical... D...that is a very nice sub my friend!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Ahhh Sheet, i thought you had found a way to make a tropic dial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donerix Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Me too. BTW - my pic is a gen that is unfortunately NOT mine .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiman12 Posted December 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 comeon fxr that would be the Holy Grail of mods! Upon further examination of the Jake Blog pics, that dial looks like it has a satin finish...so I took the rest of the markers off my dial and then gave it a quick shot of clear satin finish... The only problem is that I goofed and I tried to wipe a drop of varnish off...taking some print off. Oh Well!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donerix Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 So it is brown (maybe too brown. Shame about the blob, but a great opportunity to try out stuff. How about a few minutes in the toaster to see if the color gets any better.... just a thought maybe some coffee ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiman12 Posted December 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Yeah D, the dial was way to brown...that is why I used if for my experiment to re-create the one in Jake's Blog. Now that I know it can be done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcoast68 Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Stefano's blog entry for the red sub in question is here (replace xx with tt) hxxp://stefanomazzariol.blogspot.com/search/label/the%20first%20model In his blog in the entry called "the first model" Apparently this watch had a prototype dial that somehow made it out of Rolex's hands. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highoeyazmuhudee Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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