Tudor First Project-Fantasy 9411 Tribute!

[JAY48]

Hi RWG,

Here's my first project-a homage of the Tudor Submariner 9411 Snowflake. A little background; like most WIS, I love vintage submariners and I wanted a homage to satisfy my craving for one. When I decided I wanted to build my own homage, I was torn between a 1680 and a 9411 homage. In the end I decided to go with the Snowflake because most folk in my area don't know the Tudor brand or their awesome watches! The movement is a Sandoz ETA2824-2 which does not hack, but I will be looking into the possibility of getting it to hack. I read online that the usual case is a missing stop lever so I might be able to get a replacement lever online.
 The case was once a Rolex 16610 replica (I think) but does not feature gen-like construction. It also lacks lug holes-my favourite design trait in a vintage sub! The dial is from Tiger Concept and the hands from another vendor online.

 

All the parts-

 

Movement (the original datewheel had to be replaced with another one so the font is different)

 

Dial and hands. The dial is the usual 29mm size so the hour indices appear smaller than on the original-

 

Here it is before the bracelet arrived. It's on a padded black leather strap with burgundy stitching-

 

The blue bezel was nice, but I wanted a black one so it was replaced. Unfortunately I decided to practice bleaching on it so now it's a faded, teal coloured bezel

 

 

 

 

Here it is after the bracelet and bezel insert was installed. The bezel insert was the usual gloss black and since I wasn't happy with my bleaching attempts, I decided to give it a coat of acrylic matte black. It wore off now so I'm going to have to tackle that bleaching job eventually! I also removed the clicking mechanism and made the bezel bi-directional so it matches the vintage theme. The pearl does not match, but I had a hard time removing it and I thought I'd leave it on till it falls off on its own The bracelet is a sterile 93150 type but with a 78360 type sterile clasp.

 

 

 

 

No drilled lugs...

 

Matte black bezel insert-

 

 

Lume shot-

 

I'm very happy with how it turned out but I'd like to try out new mods on this to make it better. For starters, I'd like to add texture to the dial and relume it with a puffy lume, then work on thinning down the crown guards and softening the case.

So there you have it, my first project. I'm always on the lookout for a beautiful 1680 or 5513 case with drilled through lugs so I can make a true-to-original homage of the 9411. My next project is going to be a vintage Datejust build for my father. The base watch is on its way to me so I'll open a thread for that when I receive it.

Thanks for viewing my thread!

Jay.

 

[highoeyazmuhudee]

not a bad little build very nice!

[JAY48]

not a bad little build very nice!

 

Thanks! I'll wear it as it is and take it apart for "Part II" of my mods later.

[aeromatic]

Very nice i am into homage or fantasy builds tudors i have posted some treads on fading inserts without bleaching them, but like bleaching you have to be careful i have used a gas stove and placed the insert on an old knife and hovered the insert over the gas not to close and take the insert away from the heat to check how much fading, you like my blue snowflake insert i just wanted it to remove the shiny gloss so i left it on the heat for a while only it became matt some black inserts may turn green or tropical brown here are some photos of mine

Blue snowflake was a purple blue and glossy turned to a nice matt finish 

 

This insert was left too long on the heat and faded too much for my liking 

 

This insert was metalic glossy red (coke) insert and turned into this matt finish

 

This was a black glossy insert turned to tropical brown

 

also this was a black insert turned brown this happens with some inserts

others have turned from black to green this happened when the heat was higher

it is a risk when fading you may succeed or fail

good luck which ever method you use !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JAY48]

Thanks for the compliments and lovely work, Aeromatic! I really like your Snowflake. I actually tried your method on the blue bezel as a test and it turned to a pleasing teal colour. I then proceeded to ruin it by bleaching it! I'm going to get another black bezel and try your method on it to dull the surface.