Rolex 6200 Lug Reshape

[civic4982]

My obsession with the lugs on this watch made me reshape them this morning. I think it was Dow who told me not to ever look at them because it would drive me crazy..... well it did!

 

Also a little while back I had damaged the plexi so today I finally got a new one and again had to drop it down to make it more of a gen height.

 

Your comments and thoughts would be appreciated.

 

The work on the lugs as well as dropping of the Clark T19 plexi was done with a dremel tool and then sanded to smoothen things up.

 

Gen for comparison:

 

Lugs:

 

 

 

Plexi:

 

 

 

I think I could probably take off a little bit more but you know how it is with case shaping. "Perfect is the enemy of good"

 

 

 

 

Mine:

 

Before: 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice the lack of the slant on the edge there.

 

 

After:

 

Lugs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crystal replaced:

 

 

[freddy333]

I think you are way overthinking this.

Lugs on most 50+ year old watches, especially those that have been used for most of their life (as opposed to museum pieces), have been polished many times over their lifespan & rarely appear as the lugs in your gen pics do. As long as the lugs have some semblance of their original shape, they are within specs for a vintage watch. Far more important, at least when an appearance of authenticity is the name of the game, is for the case (&, to a lesser degree, the dial) to appear 50+ years old (as opposed to pristine/new).

[Jkay]

The side-parts you are talking about are called the "shoulders" of the lugs. A good shoulder is a wonderful thing.

[Nanuq]

Freddy's right, but it's tough to recreate the look of 50+ years of use without making it look fakey. I'm on the way with my Big Dazza but still a long way from where it needs to be. Especially around the caseback. Some comparisons:

And now the Big Dazza. You can see its not "right" there.

[civic4982]

Freddy, you're probably right I love perfuming these things haha.<br /><br />It sure was fun though and I'm loving the way it looks now!<br /><br />And thanks for the word I was searching for, "shoulders"our I think it's also called "chamfer"!<br /><br />This is just lots o fun to keep building upon a watch I already love!<br /><br />Appreciate the comments gentlemen.<br /><br />Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk 2<br /><br />

[Jkay]

Yes - as far as terminology goes, a chamfer is an angled edge, and a radius is a rounded edge.

[civic4982]

Yes - as far as terminology goes, a chamfer is an angled edge, and a radius is a rounded edge.

 

Thanks for clarifying!

 

Here's an interesting thread I found with some Chamfer love

 

https://rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=293016

 

 

[JoeyB]

I did the same to my 6204. 

 

Before:

 

After:

 

I've since worked it a bit more. The bevel really makes the case look thinner as well. Look at how thin Nanuq's gen is. I use my buffing wheel on the bottom edge and take it down to give the thinner 'illusion'. The pearl is a smidge of lume with a toothpick drop of 5 minute epoxy on top.  

 

[civic4982]

Interesting seconds hand there! I've never seen one like that.

Great job on the chamfers there too!

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