azbank Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) Gentlemen, Has anyone attempted to move or replace the coronet on a vintage daytona dial? Could this be done without dial damage ? Edited April 8, 2015 by azbank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
508-Fanatic Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I think you'd have to fill the hole and if it's just glued down, it might be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azbank Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 what if it's both. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azbank Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I think this suggests that it has been clipped to the dial, but it could be both clipped and glued I guess. Need to know if someone has any experience with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I have installed gen coronets on mine, centering them slightly better. But it is a very delicate operation - you have to be careful not to get/smear cement beyond the backside of the coronet when placing it onto the dial face. Also, because you cannot really fill the holes without drawing attention to the area, you can only move the coronet up a bit. From normal viewing distances, no one can tell, but, in the hands of an expert with a loupe, it may still be a giveaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azbank Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 thank you freddy, so it is possible to lift the old coronet and slightly move it up to cover the lower hole, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Slightly being the key word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 thank you freddy, so it is possible to lift the old coronet and slightly move it up to cover the lower hole, right? Yep, it's possible. Did it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azbank Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 wow beautiful. tell me details please. and how did you age the dial like that? it look gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCM21_88 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Done two myself as well, keyword is sturdy hands and good eyes haha Sent from my !Phone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipbip Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Hey guys!!! Sorry to ask but where can we find a Gen coronet? Thanks you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
508-Fanatic Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 nice work all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Hey guys!!! Sorry to ask but where can we find a Gen coronet? Thanks you Buy a damaged/poor condition gen dial of similar age. Search ebay or the gen forums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCM21_88 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 +1 on @freddy333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
508-Fanatic Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Would a 1601/1603 DateJust coronet do the trick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipbip Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Buy a damaged/poor condition gen dial of similar age. Search ebay or the gen forums. Thanks you Envoyé de mon iPad en utilisant Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azbank Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 WCM your coronets where not attached to the dial with leg sticks? if I move it high where i want it to be then there will bi a hole under the coronet. how do you ovoid that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCM21_88 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 My black 6263 dial luckily enough had the gen like horizontal holes underneath the coronet itself which I just broached very little believe it or not with a needle and a little bit of taping, the reason being was because the legs were just a tad bit thicker, once I broached the holes a little the coronet was able to sit right in the holes then secured with loc-tite super glue from the back of the dial, as for my albino dial, this one was tricky being that it had vertical holes underneath the coronet, I took a file to the back of the gen coronet and took the legs all the way down so they no longer exist, when I applied the coronet to the dial a used a 3M adhesive spray that acts as a glue to avoid damaging the dial, I lined up the highest point of the coronet to cover the top hole of the holes on the dial itself that way both holes would now be hidden by the new gen coronet.. Lol make sense?? -Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCM21_88 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Would a 1601/1603 DateJust coronet do the trick? 508-fanatic as for your comment I want to say yes but maybe @freddy333 can shed some word, as his cosmographs are to die for haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azbank Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Yes! thank you. the dial i have posted has the coronet way to low. but i guess i just need to try ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Would a 1601/1603 DateJust coronet do the trick? 1 of mine came from a DJ dial (I cannot remember which). The coronets, even on the same model dial, tended to vary, so just find 1 that matches the style of the coronet in your gen Daytona pics. It does not matter what model dial it comes from as long as the coronet is from a gen dial & the style is similar to the coronet on the gen Daytona. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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