Guest emanuele.barone2 Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Hi friends, I show you this build of a 1665 JKF, the jkf stocks have a really bad structure and a lot of material on the case to be modeled, on the other hand they do not host a dial with exact measurements, there is almost everything to change. A big job. Specifications: Cartel JKF case completely reworked. Dial brown Vietnam. Vietnamese ghost insert. Aged hands 2836-2 relumed Vietnamese crown. Stock bracelet. Spring bars swiss Made. ETA movement Good vision Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk Technical part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 That is very nice , that dial is way cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackflash Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Congrats! Lovely work. Watch looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ueno Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Looks quite nice mate!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 That's a very nice build! There's a couple of small niggledy details that would help. One, people like to see the 2846-2 used in these vintage 1680 and 1665 builds since it has a slower beat closer to the Rolex 1575 movement's 19800 bph. secondly, there's a more correct DWO from a guy in Australia https://www.ebay.com/itm/ETA-movement-part-date-disc-silver-2824-2836-2893-oyster-date/124164404995?epid=854440495&hash=item1ce8c67703:g:jSAAAOSwQItTy1X8 this one has the flat top 3s and is a good copy of the original used in the 1575 movements in the 70s and early 80s. Of course, as is the case, Rolex did use other DWs, especially when servicing a watch- they don't care because it's still a genuine Rolex part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Yes it’s hard to tell from the pics, if that’s a silver date wheel it needs flat 3s. If it’s a white datewheel then rounded 3s are okay. It’s hard to see in this pic but this datewheel is silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emanuele.barone2 Posted May 10, 2020 Report Share Posted May 10, 2020 17 hours ago, Nanuq said: Yes it’s hard to tell from the pics, if that’s a silver date wheel it needs flat 3s. If it’s a white datewheel then rounded 3s are okay. It’s hard to see in this pic but this datewheel is silver. congratulations beautiful watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbari Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 Beautiful dial! Where can one buy this dial. I'm in the process of building one. Got done with crown guards today. Reluming dial tomorrow it I might wait and get this beauty dial you have. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emanuele.barone2 Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 Beautiful dial! Where can one buy this dial. I'm in the process of building one. Got done with crown guards today. Reluming dial tomorrow it I might wait and get this beauty dial you have. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalkthe brown dials always have a limited availability, you can buy them, from the Vietnamese sellers: ruby's, Phong, MQ etc.Best regards Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rower Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 Wow, that is a beauty! great work and great photography. I wish I could see it in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 The tricky thing about tropical dials is, the brown color comes from faded black and it's not consistent across the dial. Some dials fade more around the perimeter and are darker in the middle, while others are more faded in the middle and around the date window. I worked on a MQ dial for awhile using shoe polish to try and recreate the "darker in the center" faded look. It was tricky working around the letters and indexes, and in the end I did not use it. Mine with fading around the date window and center Tom Vox's BC with fading around the edges My pathetic attempt with the MQ dial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbari Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 The tricky thing about tropical dials is, the brown color comes from faded black and it's not consistent across the dial. Some dials fade more around the perimeter and are darker in the middle, while others are more faded in the middle and around the date window. I worked on a MQ dial for awhile using shoe polish to try and recreate the "darker in the center" faded look. It was tricky working around the letters and indexes, and in the end I did not use it. Mine with fading around the date window and center Tom Vox's BC with fading around the edges My pathetic attempt with the MQ dial Pathetic still looks good I also made a similar effort on 30 dollar raffles dial. Considering the starting state, I say it's wearable. Thoughts? Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 Absolutely that's wearable. Nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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