Junglecat Posted August 21, 2011 Report Posted August 21, 2011 (edited) It's actually a bastardised clock face but I think it's quite interesting. Will probably need to be about 37mm. Anyone know anywhere which will make up custom designs for you (I only want one). Also, I'll be using a 6497, do you think it's ok to not have a seperate dial/markings at 9 o'clock but still have the second hand, or do you think it'd look a bit strange? Also could be too crowded to be able to be made into a watch dial, I'm not sure. Hope some of this makes sense, I'm a total watch noob and never put anything together before really , so any help is greatly appreciated! Also I'm aware that I have terrible taste, it's just a bit of fun Edited August 21, 2011 by Junglecat
subbiesrock Posted August 21, 2011 Report Posted August 21, 2011 It's actually a bastardised clock face but I think it's quite interesting. Will probably need to be about 37mm. Anyone know anywhere which will make up custom designs for you (I only want one). Also, I'll be using a 6497, do you think it's ok to not have a seperate dial/markings at 9 o'clock but still have the second hand, or do you think it'd look a bit strange? Also could be too crowded to be able to be made into a watch dial, I'm not sure. Hope some of this makes sense, I'm a total watch noob and never put anything together before really , so any help is greatly appreciated! Also I'm aware that I have terrible taste, it's just a bit of fun You can incorporate a mini dial for the seconds hand, it'll look cool! Same as the dial but reduced. A free second hand would look very out of place aesthetically.
drury Posted August 21, 2011 Report Posted August 21, 2011 a little suggestion from my side: I would make the markers on the "outside" ring half-hour markers and line them up with the numerals! would make everything more balanced and they would have a function! but maybe that's just my view, cheers, tim
Junglecat Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Posted August 21, 2011 (edited) You can incorporate a mini dial for the seconds hand, it'll look cool! Same as the dial but reduced. A free second hand would look very out of place aesthetically. Do you think thats better? Nothings lined up/scaled properly by the way yet . Edited August 21, 2011 by Junglecat
Junglecat Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Posted August 21, 2011 a little suggestion from my side: I would make the markers on the "outside" ring half-hour markers and line them up with the numerals! would make everything more balanced and they would have a function! but maybe that's just my view, cheers, tim That's a great idea Tim, I will try it out for sure . This is just a VERY rough draft at the moment whilst I'm still trying to figure out if I can get it made somewhere .
Junglecat Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Posted August 21, 2011 I think I'll ditch the numerals on the second dial and just have LX XV XXX and XLV at 12 3 30 and 45. Can't be bothered to do that at the moment though haha.
Junglecat Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Posted August 22, 2011 (edited) LOL Edited August 22, 2011 by Junglecat
txcollector Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 you can get custom dials built but it will very expensive. Normally custom parts would need to be done in 10's (20-50 units) to make it affordable. Having said that, good luck with the project.
Ddc Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 You can make it done with rapid prototyping (3d printing) there are a number of companies out there that do that service.
krpster Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 Nice work. I think the inner track of indices is a little redundant. Perhaps if you substitute the numerals with just markers or something else. I would leave the outer and incorporate the seconds dial like you have a few posts back. One way to make a one-of would be to get your hands on a PAM sandwich dial. Use the backing plate (less lume of course) and paint it white. Then make a waterslide decal of the pattern you end up with as a final design. A bit more work on your end but the cost would be very little.
subbiesrock Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 Every iteration looks better and better. There are some really beautiful guilloche dials for 6497/6498 that I found with google, very elegant and you could probably use them as a basis. I have a really cool idea for the inner dial, I'll draw something up and send it to you, it's hard to explain but it's heading in the right place.
offshore Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 Any of the dial companies will want a minimum of 100 pieces, most want 500 or 1000, so you will need to find a way around that one. O/S
FxrAndy Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 I Know of a Company in Germany who will do single dials but the price is very expensive indeed you are looking at €500 for one dial. The cheaper option is to print it your self on water slide decals.
Pugwash Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 I'd get rid of all the text in the middle to simplify it.
FxrAndy Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 I would also change the sub dial to LX, XV, XXX and XLV but they are pretty long so i would use 60,15, 30 and 45 or simply 60 tics
Junglecat Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Posted August 22, 2011 Hi everyone, thanks very much to everybody for their input and kind words . I agree that the inner numerals are a bit pointless but still not sure what to do there yet! Sounds like its going to be difficult to get just one made, I found a company in the UK that says that can produce one offs but they havn't got back to me yet with a rough estimate. If it's ridiculously expensive, I may have a go at printing it myself. I'm liking the guilloche idea very much though!
drury Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 Bit simpler maybe. Def. better without the inner circle. I didn't quite see the point in the first place ... Unless of course you'd shorten one of the hands. Meaning that the inner Ring would have markings for hours and the outer one displayed minutes or vice versa ... I'd reckon that could actually be quite cool.
Junglecat Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Posted August 22, 2011 I didn't quite see the point in the first place ... Unless of course you'd shorten one of the hands. Meaning that the inner Ring would have markings for hours and the outer one displayed minutes or vice versa ... I'd reckon that could actually be quite cool. That's what I was going to do originally but it looked a bit too 'busy'. I think you are right about getting rid of them to be honest
wat44 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Posted August 23, 2011 Im interested in your progress I want to do it too!
Junglecat Posted August 23, 2011 Author Report Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) Im interested in your progress I want to do it too! that dial is cool! Have managed to get a few ball park figures in the UK in the last two days. All I can say is WOW, ridiculously expensive. I think I'm going to have to put this idea on hold until I have the time to try and make it up myself . Edited August 23, 2011 by Junglecat
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