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Lug Engraving - Test 3


jmb

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This is a great start !! Personally I would say that even the 2nd attempt is too deep and I think you should go shallower, in general these lug engravings are very shallow unless looked at under extreme macro. So if you are looking at a normal photo and they look about the right depth then there is every chance they are too deep, under a macro lens they will look way to deep. I would also try to match the numbers a bit better, especially the zero, maybe they can be traced from original photos?

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I might be able to make it "sloppy" looking like the old ones by taking some tensioner pressure off the drive belt...

 

Or a couple of Tequila shots...

I tried it by hand using a diamond tip scribe. The depth and width looked close, but I haven't got the talent to make the nimbers and letters right. 

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Hah - isn't it funny that part of our hobby is replicating sloppiness and mistakes? :)

 

 

dieselpower

Yes, bloody Rolex with their shoody work

 

I would think that back in the early 1950s, so soon after the war, small companies like Rolex weren't sure they would be able to stay in business. The economy in Europe was not nearly as good as in the U.S. Near as I can tell from reading and seeing pictures, a good portion of a Rolex was hand made. That made for variances (mistakes), and individuality (more mistake), which yielded the long term advantage to replica builders 60 years later. 

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I'd say not only play and shifting in the plates but loose pantograph hinge pins as well.

And you'll note how on some letters they seem to finish with a swing where the stylus wasn't completely lifted away from the case on watches from the 50s and early 60s.

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