duke1973 Posted September 15, 2011 Report Posted September 15, 2011 Forgive me for me NOOB question but I've searched and read several threads on the topic with not very much help. I'm a total LUME FREAK and as we all know Reps are severely lacking in the lume deptartment. I have mainly Rolex reps and I love my DSSD but the lume is substandard and applied very badly. I've sent a few watches to Jack @ IWW and he does awesome work but I don't think he does reps?? So who do you guys use? Thanks in advance for your help! Duke1973
tomhorn Posted September 15, 2011 Report Posted September 15, 2011 Vac did my 3717 ... can't go wrong with him ...
duke1973 Posted September 15, 2011 Author Report Posted September 15, 2011 Thanks for responding, Vac's work looks great! I found him during my search and he seems like a solid choice but are there any others?
Jkay Posted September 15, 2011 Report Posted September 15, 2011 Lume work is tricky, and someone who is not at the top of their game makes lumpy, crap lume. I would sent it to Vaccum (Vac's Mod Shop) if you are in the USA .. unless you have something truly insane to lume, like a FM Crazy Hours dial, then it's off the to the Canadian Spa.
duke1973 Posted September 15, 2011 Author Report Posted September 15, 2011 I saw Everest watch was TD, has anyone used them? Lume work is tricky, and someone who is not at the top of their game makes lumpy, crap lume. I would sent it to Vaccum (Vac's Mod Shop) if you are in the USA .. unless you have something truly insane to lume, like a FM Crazy Hours dial, then it's off the to the Canadian Spa. Does Vac have a webby or do I just contact him through the forum?
Jkay Posted September 16, 2011 Report Posted September 16, 2011 Go to the forum area here ... Vac's mod shop
ds99mks Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 I suggest you contact PB dad, he's the one who magnificently superlumed my BK 116610LN. Personally recommended to me by BK too. pbdadcustoms@yahoo.com Just make sure to tell him to do a complete strip-down as his practice is to apply the superlume on top of the existing lume making a rather unsightly bulge on the markers.
HauteHippie Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 The master lume artist is in Canada. I'm in the US, and have been going to him since long before doing lume work was a twinkle in Vac's eye. That's not to say Vac doesn't do a nice job. But there's just one Zigmeister. You can't go wrong there. (gen FM Conq dial lumed by The Zigmeister)
Jkay Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 But there's just one Zigmeister. You can't go wrong there. That's absolutely true, Chief, but with Zig's current policy of "no new customers without a personal referral from an existing customer" there is little point in getting a new forum member's hopes up.
TJGladeRaider Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 Vac has been doing work for me. I'm picky, and his work has been perfect. Bill
tabularasa415 Posted October 6, 2011 Report Posted October 6, 2011 Everest Watch Works (that you had mentioned) does good work. I have an amazingly perfectly lumed rep PAM 156 GMT you can find pictures of in the Panerai area. I would put his work up against The Zigmeister's any day BUT -- and a big BUT -- you will wait forever. I was told a turnaround of 4-6 weeks and it was more like 3-4 months. That said, PBdad does all of my modding. He's methodical, a great communicator and he's currently applying luminova to my genuine tritium-dialed Rolex 16220 datejust which should tell you how much faith I have in his work
blue_sphere Posted October 6, 2011 Report Posted October 6, 2011 Kent Parks of Everest Watch Works is a solid choice. He has usually has a 1-2 month turn around though as he does mostly all GEN watches. His work is just fantastic though. I mean literally AMAZING.
tabularasa415 Posted October 26, 2011 Report Posted October 26, 2011 Kent Parks of Everest Watch Works is a solid choice. He has usually has a 1-2 month turn around though as he does mostly all GEN watches. His work is just fantastic though. I mean literally AMAZING. I agree with you 100%, I just think Mr. Parks should quote more realistic wait times and work on his communications (my e-mails went unanswered for very long periods of time). Customer service is largely a part of the entire "experience," so to speak. Just my .02
Jkay Posted October 26, 2011 Report Posted October 26, 2011 Kent Parks has a reputation for taking a veeeery long time, and not replying to inquiries. He does good work, tho.
boomer775 Posted October 26, 2011 Report Posted October 26, 2011 Just had Zig lume 3 of my watches recently and the work was absolutely flawless in every way. He must have a surgeon's hands to do what he does. Very professional and timely with communication on every step of the process. In the end, everyone has their favorite modder, but it's great to know we've got a number of guys who do great work.
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