Rolex white gold DayDate... One I'd want to see more often around !!!!

[rolojack]

Ha !!! I got that case to match a genuine WG case color, finally !!! The blue hue bright white color of steel was awful over the genuine lightly yellow tinted white gold dial. I tried and tried to find a workshop who'd accept to plate 18K white gold over steel for years !!!! Then I gave up, and turned to heat tiniting options. But professional ones ! The kind that offers a perfectly even color, and very lasting. Like plating. So I found a workshop that does blue steel hands. It was heated progressively in a special oven at 300° for 1:30 hrs. Before, the case was freshly repolished and very well cleaned in utrasounds and special chemicals as it should not have a single mark of grease or anything. It was on a bed of aluminum grains (sort of large powder) to ensure the heat spreads well. Then cooled in a chemical that settled the tint. Result is amazing !!! They told me it will be as resistant as a 5M plating which is good enough for me as it's an occasional watch. Look at the color besides the steel LV and the YG DD. It's right in the middle. Under some light it's yellow, under the next it's white ! Beautiful !!!

 

Next will be a Noob DD 40 I just ordered since I now have a solution to the color issue !!!

 

Parts were supplied by StoneP, engravings by Joe.

[darth_xyko]

Pass it to me please please please


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[tomhorn]

Haven't seen one that nice since Ubi's ... well done!

[JSebWC]

Great job....its a beauty!!  

[ilikewatchestoo]

Damn, that is gorgeous! I would love one just like that. Will you be helping out members like me who would love to have that  and charging for a service to change the blue hue bright white color of steel which I agree is awful over the genuine lightly yellow tinted white gold dial?