marlin22 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Posted April 23, 2013 Here is the progress of the engravings on the Molly. Happy with the font size, but not with the alignment, need to continue to work on that. R&D progress is slow, but once perfected should be much faster. Still need to add more text to the bridges "15 RUBIS" and more.
PeteM Posted April 23, 2013 Report Posted April 23, 2013 Thats a lot of work going on there mate..well done.... Its nice to know that there will be another option on remarking the plates on the Molly.... that looks like the font size for the Spiral Breguet would it not have been easier to go with the smaller fonted 'Rolex' with the '17 Rubis.Fab Suisse' only rather than try the Swiss Made and 17 Rubis and Fab Suisse etc? I just mean there must be less work that way ... I suppose it goes on what your looking to use it on of course is it for the 3646 or is the case irrelevant? And if so which one mate...Tell us your plan :) Great work ..look forward to the next thread update
ogladio Posted April 23, 2013 Report Posted April 23, 2013 +1 on what Pete said. Keep evolving and that'll be greatness!
marlin22 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Posted April 23, 2013 Thats a lot of work going on there mate..well done.... Its nice to know that there will be another option on remarking the plates on the Molly.... that looks like the font size for the Spiral Breguet would it not have been easier to go with the smaller fonted 'Rolex' with the '17 Rubis.Fab Suisse' only rather than try the Swiss Made and 17 Rubis and Fab Suisse etc? I just mean there must be less work that way ... I suppose it goes on what your looking to use it on of course is it for the 3646 or is the case irrelevant? And if so which one mate...Tell us your plan :) Great work ..look forward to the next thread update Pete, I am taking on the hardest first, from there it's all down hill. Below you will see what I am after with this one. When I am done I hope to be able to do all 3 of these variants, but it's going to take time.
Ephry73 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Posted April 23, 2013 I will love to get two of those for my personal projects.
PeteM Posted April 24, 2013 Report Posted April 24, 2013 Look forward to seeing it done mate... Your a glutton for it
panadyne Posted April 25, 2013 Report Posted April 25, 2013 Some excellent work here - please keep us posted.
w0lf Posted April 25, 2013 Report Posted April 25, 2013 Awesome work, is case engraving possible with this setup?
marlin22 Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Posted April 26, 2013 Awesome work, is case engraving possible with this setup? Working on that next for the 036 and others, also want to as you about this movement is it found in Pre-Vs, if not what models if any? I might want to try this as well if they are in any Pams.
marlin22 Posted May 11, 2013 Author Report Posted May 11, 2013 UPDATE: Getting the alignment down, this is the latest practice run and it looks like it is coming along. Text isn't perfect because I did it at a higher run speed but once I slow it down the text will be much better defined. It is a slow process but it is moving forward.
marlin22 Posted May 12, 2013 Author Report Posted May 12, 2013 Well after a great deal of R&D here is the prototype. This is the 3602, I shaved down the bridges to remove the Russian engraving and added my own. Then gave it a quick nickle plating. I need to refine how I shave down the bridges so as not to go so deep and need to work on the brushed bridge finish. I probably will not be able to remove the Russian text on the CDG movements, but I will try some different things I have in mind. Sure wish I could find a way to do CDG, anyone out there know what kind of bit is used? Here are some quick and dirty pictures. 1
CptTripps Posted May 13, 2013 Report Posted May 13, 2013 VERY cool project. The type of thing I wish I could do...but realize takes way more patience and expertise than I'll ever have.
kevin kang Posted May 13, 2013 Report Posted May 13, 2013 Oh, man and that's really fine art work you have done
marlin22 Posted May 26, 2013 Author Report Posted May 26, 2013 UPDATE: Here is the balance [censored] engraving I just finished, seen next to some gen Rolex type 1 movements I can see I did a little more than I needed to. I will remove the smaller indices and make the letters bigger. R&D is the best part of the whole build, slowly seeing things fall into place is priceless..... Very close now, just waiting on more moments to arrive and maybe sometime next week I'll have some up for grabs.
CptTripps Posted May 26, 2013 Report Posted May 26, 2013 Please let me know when you're in production. I'm good for 1-2
altesporsche Posted June 11, 2013 Report Posted June 11, 2013 Hey I am in for a couple as well ! I have 3 or 4 molys here that I can send.
marlin22 Posted June 11, 2013 Author Report Posted June 11, 2013 Please let me know when you're in production. I'm good for 1-2 Hey I am in for a couple as well ! I have 3 or 4 molys here that I can send. I have some available now: Please PM me for info.
CptTripps Posted June 12, 2013 Report Posted June 12, 2013 Great progress! I'm waiting for a few sans-Russian. ;-)
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