dutchguy2 Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 I hate it when the lume color is not correct on a watch. Allthough the XVI has pretty decent lume the color on the hands (uncharged) is not the same white as on the dal lume and again different than the dial printing. I tried to change that, several times. In the beginning whit my firts XVI and some bad lume, or better said bad varnish. This watch is now with Andy to be fixed. (it has the bad crystal seal too, like his) I bought a second XVI and some good stuff to relume (superluminova from tritec, C1). The problem here was that since the hands have only a black back ground from the dial the color still was different than the color of the dial lume (again the uncharged color). After I gave the back of the hands some white color they turned out to get the same color as the rest, pfew..... Finally. Here is the result There is room of improvement but... I had to relume them over and over, that clearly does not do them any good. I'm sure if I have to do it over I will succeed at one try and it will look even better LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Looks brighter than the Gen Mk XVI Jos LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryaku Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Great job, now we just need to find a ss bracelet for that beauty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchguy2 Posted June 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Looks brighter than the Gen Mk XVI Jos LOL LOL, I can live with that Andy. Could not live with the uncharged color ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchguy2 Posted June 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Just did the same with my BP who suffered from the same problem (well, more actually). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchguy2 Posted June 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Great job, now we just need to find a ss bracelet for that beauty I'm working on that. Ordered a XV bracelet, the one with the 20mm lug width to see if we can get it fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryaku Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 I have planned to do the same, looking forward to seeing if we can use the 20mm bracelet somehow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchguy2 Posted June 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 I'll keep you guys informed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeodatus Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Great idea. Will do the same for my Spitfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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