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Bart Cordell

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Nicely done! 

I wonder how it'll look on the 6538 one, 

Thank you !

Soon. I think I'll do the 6538 this weekend.

Meanwhile, 5513 dial with hands in case.

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the watch that inspired me :

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And the dial I tried to reproduce :

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Thanks but not perfect at all. The insert is the cheapest I found on cousins. Sold as a 5513 replacement but the pearl is bad and the hole is very big. I need to buy a better one from wso or yuki.

Agree for the pearl. I will order it soon. Any advice between Athaya, wso or yuki pearl ?

I'm satisfied with my nato's French dealer Esprit-Nato. The quality is very good and they are G10 compliant. Will see Timezone.

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Agree for the pearl. I will order it soon. Any advice between Athaya, wso or yuki pearl ?

Excellent work! Deserves a good pearl, go for Yuki. More expensive but a much better mould finishing than Athaya, which in my experience needs the residue trimming.

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@champagne-communist Yes ! I have idea to make that. Tiffany & co, or better a Serpico y Laino. Even if these inscriptions are white not gilt as they are printed later by the seller. I can only do gilt.

And I think to make a custom with my real name too :

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Hi, I´ve tried both silver and gilt hands and the gilt ones are so amazing under different lighting conditions/ reflections in the sun or semi-glare in the dark I never went back. As for period correct the objective often is to re-build it as it left the factory. In real life (and in our case out of budget reasons) I often just jump the step and fit whatever is at hand. This is what a watchmaker in the sixties or seventies/eighties in some remote african location or tropical island would had done: attach the hand/ the crown or the plexi that was available, not the one from the RSC center. Even RSC centers started attaching the thick GMT-hour hand to early 6542 or 1675 GMT-Masters that use the small GMT-hour-hand if serviced. It´s only in modern times that because of the value these pieces are retro-fitted again:)

To bring the decal-dials yet to another level they´d need a puffy, creamy relume to give them that depth of 3-D effect. Below 2 samples with silver and with gilt hands, home-relumed with a mixture of acrylic white/raw sienna/yellow ochre and Nescafé/lume powder. Some day these will get the Athaya-crown attached, by now I go with the above philosophy (have the crown, just didn´t want to break the stem and destroy the tube - if it needs drilling and retaping I´m stuck and they just work relentlessly well as they are).

What fascinates me about Your project is it opens limitless possibilities for special editions/ tropical vintage pieces... it´s mindblowing:)

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and silver

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What is your case from? It's looks spot on! The crown and guards looks correct but am curious about the bezel assembly and crystal. Beautiful.

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What brand of decals is everyone using? I am in Toronto-area of Canada so looking for specifics so I can find the right stuff. Might need to order... I have a friend who will be working on my file via Illustrator and will probably make a template so that I can make different size dials, change text etc...

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2 hours ago, SuperHero said:

What is your case from? It's looks spot on! The crown and guards looks correct but am curious about the bezel assembly and crystal. Beautiful.

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What brand of decals is everyone using? I am in Toronto-area of Canada so looking for specifics so I can find the right stuff. Might need to order... I have a friend who will be working on my file via Illustrator and will probably make a template so that I can make different size dials, change text etc...

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Thanks, these are Dremel-reworked old Cartel 5512 and 5513 casesets. The new Cartel has better shaped/longer crown-guards to start working on it. I´d recommend Supermirrors to get them. The plexi on the first is a T19 from Ebay, the bidirectional bezel assembly is the one they came with. Very nice watches to work on with 26/27 mm dials.

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