rolojack Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 A clean mount is an achievement I am always after. A few excellent dials have been made with ETA feet plates, but too little and too scarce... Clipping feet on a rolex specs dial is a heart breaker, and glue or adhesive pads is not giving a good feeling at all. Mostly when you know you will take the watch appart a dozen time ! That's me... But I'm sure I'm not the only one. Anyways, I figured I should make a all in one dial spacer/new feet to epoxy fix on a dial plate for a perfect and super clean mount. I used RT dials I hollowed to create the part I was after. Pics are blurry but it gives an idea. See below. First you see a RT dial untouched besides one I tranformed. I kept both DG and ETA feet at first. If you break one of 4 in the process, it can always be used for the other type.... Then on a DG you see how the new spacer with feet must fit outside the date wheel when placed on the movement. To finish, when the ring is permanently fixed to the plate, I spray some black paint for a nice look and I varnish the overall so it does not oxydate. On the DG, the dial thickness is about 1/2 of the original spacing ring. So you need to slim the spacing ring by half to reach the original space. --- After is an ETA built without date. It is easier to make as the spacing ring can be up to the inner diameter of the date wheel. Only the center part needs some space to work correctly and no extra ring is necessary. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukenorris2011 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Impressive, thanks for sharing! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVNE Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 How can one hollow out a dial? Are you offering this as a piece to sell? I'd definitely be interested in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highoeyazmuhudee Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 innnnteresting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolojack Posted May 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 8 hours ago, DVNE said: How can one hollow out a dial? Are you offering this as a piece to sell? I'd definitely be interested in the future I could offer that service as part of a modding package deal... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hologramet Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Think you could do this on my 5512? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTEEL Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) So how exactly are you hollowing these dials, do you have lathe? Great concept/idea though, but what dials are you sacrificing ? Ah, just noticed, ~Raffle `times dials, how much are these each? Found this one, but doesn't show if it has four feet. http://rafflestime.com/sterile-black-dial-for-dg-2813-eta-2824-diameter-31-15mm-diy-project-or-as-it-is/ Edited May 2, 2016 by SSTEEL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolojack Posted May 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 I got them on Ebay as he has a sale. I bought a few at 7 USD each. I first mill a larger hole in the center then mount the dial on a holder on a vertical drill to make it of the right diameter. Then, I glue the dial between 2 thick plastic sheets to hold and hollow it on the same vertical drill. Then dip into a chemical to clean the glue and finally buff with 3M pad for a nice clean matte finish ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champagnesky Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Good idea. How much higher does the dial sit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolojack Posted May 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 not higher. It is exactly the same height : the transfomed dial replaces the spacing ring ! That is the idea ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimnul Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Take my money!!!!! Skickat från min A0001 via Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revere Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 (edited) I'm trying to move my dark lord dial to an ETA movt with similar stem height so I can replace the cal 1030 in my 6538. I'm hesitant to clip the feet like this process requires. I think I'll be stuck looking for a movt where I can make holes in the main plate to accept cal 1030 dial feet... Edited May 5, 2016 by Revere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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