gavidoc Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 So I know about The Zigmeister and PBdad. I used to own a Zig relumed gen Tudor snowflake dial and it was awesome work. Unfortunately, he has a time frame for when he accepts work and he is located in Canada. So, if I can find Zig's contact in my PM's and he is accepting work, I'm thinking I'll send my dial to him. Otherwise, would PBDad be a good alternative and is he US based? Here's the thing. I have a 16800 dial that had the tritium removed so the markers are pure white. I want to have it lumed and put in my gen 16800 so it glows. I have luminova hands in the watch already. I want the lume to be FLAT like found on the service matte dials (like my service 1680 dial) and on original 16800 dials. Not the pillowed look found on older dials. Is this doable with either of them? I have this as PBdad's email: pbdadcustoms@yahoo.com Correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 PbDad does fantastic work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valty Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 I have to say PBdad is doing a fantastic job in reluming dials... Just ask him about the "flat" reluming to be sure BUT, do not forget a relume will reduce considerably the value of your dial R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 I was very pleased with PB's work on my matte dial SD I agree with Valty, specify 'flat'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavidoc Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 I have to say PBdad is doing a fantastic job in reluming dials... Just ask him about the "flat" reluming to be sure BUT, do not forget a relume will reduce considerably the value of your dial R. Thanks for the help guys. I'll give PBdad a shout. As for the value of the dial....not an issue. I still have the original dial in my watch. This is a 2nd one I have that I got for the sole purpose of reluming it. I like matte dials but like lume as well. That's why my gen 1680 has a service dial and hands on it as wlel. the originals are tucked away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillycheez Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 I'm probably gonna be doing this eventually. Who is the best? I feel zig is as he has proven to do lume jobs no one else would touch. There's also a guy named Kent Parks on the gen forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 Vaccum is in Florida and is renowned for his lume work. It's his main business, with mods and 7750 work as well. Check his sub-forum here for many pictures of his great work. Here's one of his many posts showing a piece for sale, as-new .. serviced, regulated, lumed .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRelumer Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 have you already done the relume ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcpark87 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Zig hands down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 If you are going to relume that means you are going to add material to the dial, it would be almost impossible to do that with out raising the profile a little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 I have had The Zigmeister doe quite a few dials for me, his work is flawless. I also had Kent Parks do a Seiko for me, his work is very good. the only problem with Kent, and this wasn't a problem with me, but several times on genuine watch forums, there have been complaints that he won't answer emails, or return phone calls, for fairly long periods of time. These were for the most part from forum members who had sent him watches and they had been with him a long time. I never had pbdad do any work for me, but he is highly recommended on the forum, same with Vac. Vac did some rrepair and modding on a PAM several years ago, and his work was fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 This Sinn U2 is PbDad's work: Very bright, flat, no lumps, and there are no lume markers to work with, yet the corners on the dial lume are nice and crisp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Is that Sinn yours sneed? Thats really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavidoc Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Dial is at PBdad right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Is that Sinn yours sneed? Thats really nice! Yep. Wore it today. I need to trim down my watch box some, there are some really nice pieces that don't get enough wrist time. Oh well. Good problem to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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