dieselpower Posted January 6, 2015 Report Posted January 6, 2015 Good evening chaps and chapesses. I had been eagerly awaiting word from a modder as to how my watch was doing when the postman knocked at my door with a package that was too wide to fit through the letterbox. I instantly recognised the country of origins postage marks and my heart began to beat a little more urgently. I took the jiffy bag to my dining table and very slowly and calmly ripped it into a thousand pieces. Nicely cocooned in its own foam coffin was this: Specs: Whoopy dial re-lumed to a nice light ivory colour TC hands JMB caseset with bezel machined to take SK T21 domed plexi ETA 2824 movement Mary WI folded link bracelet Aussie rounded springbars WSO 580 endlinks Hope you like. I certainly do 4
lhooq Posted January 6, 2015 Report Posted January 6, 2015 Congrats, dieselpower. I know you've been after a 1016 for a very long time!
ironman18 Posted January 6, 2015 Report Posted January 6, 2015 Great looking watch right there! More pics please
jmb Posted January 7, 2015 Report Posted January 7, 2015 Slick! It's nice to see these when complete - excellent build...
HaydenM Posted January 7, 2015 Report Posted January 7, 2015 I'm loving the rise of the 1016s recently. Gorgeous watch
IAN2109 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Posted January 7, 2015 Great work love that dome and dial Anyone know who can re lume the dial like that in EU/UK? Cheers
blue. Posted January 7, 2015 Report Posted January 7, 2015 Congrats Dieselpower! Enjoy your 1016 to the fullest!
Chuck P Posted January 7, 2015 Report Posted January 7, 2015 I don't like it..... I LOVE it! Dial is great. How did you find a Whoopy 1016 these days?
dieselpower Posted January 7, 2015 Author Report Posted January 7, 2015 I don't like it..... I LOVE it! Dial is great. How did you find a Whoopy 1016 these days? I bought it directly from him when he first printed them. It's been sitting in my parts box ever since. Thanks for the kind words everyone.
dutchguy2 Posted January 11, 2015 Report Posted January 11, 2015 Very nice. Have one myself with allmost same specs. But..... what happened to the hands? That lume is. .... Euhh bad! Would be worth giving them a relume. Would make it perfect. Anyhow enjoy. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
Boxsash Posted January 11, 2015 Report Posted January 11, 2015 Beautifull, another one for the must have list. Thanks for the specs, more to learn.
dieselpower Posted January 12, 2015 Author Report Posted January 12, 2015 Very nice. Have one myself with allmost same specs. But..... what happened to the hands? That lume is. .... Euhh bad! Would be worth giving them a relume. Would make it perfect. Anyhow enjoy. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD I think my modder re-lumed the hands then had the dial done by someone else, hence the difference in colour. Not perfect I know but in the flesh it doesn't look that bad. Anyways, I always regard my watches as work in progress. Maybe I'll get something done about the hands later. For the time being I'm just enjoying wearing it.
dutchguy2 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Posted January 12, 2015 I think my modder re-lumed the hands then had the dial done by someone else, hence the difference in colour. Not perfect I know but in the flesh it doesn't look that bad. Anyways, I always regard my watches as work in progress. Maybe I'll get something done about the hands later. For the time being I'm just enjoying wearing it. That is the spirit. Still a lovely piece. I wear mine every day.
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