Another step closer to "finished"

[Nanuq]

[dr_rolex]

Therez a watch with character

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[kbh]

I can't imagine what else it could need. It's a beauty.

[vlydog]

It keeps gettin' better and better!

[Ezio]

Nanuq you better wear that one if i ever hit Alaska again i Would steal it and run away in to the Wild and Then get eaten by a Bear haha

[Nanuq]

Hah!  I'll just call over to the ROCC and have them hold all departures.  Then I'll stroll out to your Falcon and give you a Meaningful Stare. 

 

THEN we go out for beers! 

[Ezio]

Sounds like a plan

Until Then

[Mendota Explorer]

Gorgeous!

[freddy333]

Who wants to see pics of that nasty old thing?

[cc33]

Superb, it must feel good to get so close to perfection! I can't wait to see it with the next new part

[Nanuq]

Ain't that the truth! There's always one more "next new part". The next will be the ne plus ultra.

With this iteration I'm thinking about the JoeyB trick of using a drop of epoxy for a gen like "pearl". Pics I've seen show a very flat amber dot, much lower than a trit pearl, almost flush to the surface. Thoughts?

 

 

 

 

[cc33]

I've seen that before, I'm not sure how to do it though. Here's one that was for sale recently on vrm

[AKTime]

I would try a few different quickset epoxies, or maybe work with different ratios of catalyst, I have seen epoxy come out with almost the right shade of yellow for that vintage pearl look. UV exposure will increase the effect as well.

[torobravo]

And where is the pearl?

[panerai153]

I've seen that before, I'm not sure how to do it though. Here's one that was for sale recently on vrm

That one looks like the lip on the tritium pearl is flush with the top of the insert, instead of sitting up like it usually sits. Is the hole bigger on these inserts? As opposed to say the inserts on a 1680 or 1665?

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[cc33]

It's not a pearl, it's some kind of epoxy made to look like tritium, which does sit flush with the top of the hole. It's what nanuq was trying to show exept that the one I showed from vrm was done a little better than the one he was showing us from ebay

[Nanuq]

I read somewhere that Rolex used that in the really old Subs, often it appeared like a smear of trit lume in a divot in the insert. 

 

I could go with an Athaya pearl and tint it vintage, but this looks pretty darn nice, to my jaded eye.

[praetor]

makes me want to build my own

[ceejay]

Gorgeous!

 

Did you paint the white lolipop hand yourself or did it come white? I need one of them

[flex]

if you need a yuki pearl, ,let me one. i have a spare one.