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Pearl: how is it made?


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Some pearls are just a luminous compound and some have a cover, the cover on a gen Rolex would be a sapphire lens. The modders around the forum talk of using a clear 2 part epoxy mixed with the luminous material to make a pearl and then some of just the clear epoxy on top to mimic the lens. With the 2 part epoxy you have to ensure exact 1:1 mixing or else any un-reacted epoxy will turn yellow. Also the epoxy pearl cover is not very gen like. If you are looking for a pearl for an older metal insert rolex model get a TC vintage insert and pop the pearl out of it to use.his insert is not very gen like but still nice as a replacement but his pearl does have a nice cover to it, not sure that it's sapphire probably glass.

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Just depends how far into the rabbit hole you want to delve. Could dig the old material out and start building it how you want it to be, here is a link to WUS not about pearls but a tutorial about working with lume:

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f6/watch-luminizing-tutorial-673983.html

Here is a video of Cwazy reluming a dial:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NhM4jXmKO3U

Like I said not a pearl but gives you an idea about working with lume, hope it helps!

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Just depends how far into the rabbit hole you want to delve. Could dig the old material out and start building it how you want it to be, here is a link to WUS not about pearls but a tutorial about working with lume:

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f6/watch-luminizing-tutorial-673983.html

Here is a video of Cwazy reluming a dial:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NhM4jXmKO3U

Like I said not a pearl but gives you an idea about working with lume, hope it helps!

 

That is a cool vid! Thanks for sharing :)

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