jmb Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I worked up the nerve to try the engraver out on the case back of my silver dialed Tudor PDC. Since this had no existing engraving to remove I didn't true it up in the lathe as I assumed the back would be flat - NOT. Everything engraved pretty good except for one quadrant which appeared to be a few thousandths of an inch "lower" than the rest of the back. I guess this means that every case back will have to be milled true before engraving. I had to work up different art work for this as the PDC has the newer style engraving (like the Prince Date) so I used one of my rep Prince Date cases with some assisted tweaks from a pic of justasgood's departed gen. I also have installed a new Flip-Lock bracelet which I think looks very nice. All that is left to be done to this is lug holes - some day when I'm in the right mood. Here's a couple of pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Great effort! Keep going with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sly Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Very nice J, How does it compare to the yuki engravings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 As always, excellent work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Should the back now be re-brushed to sublimate the engraving beneath the case finish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Great job. The Tudor Prince (Pre Tiger) Chrono is one of my all time favorite chronographs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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