Tropical 1016 dial experiment. part 2

[JSebWC]

Some of you may recall my first attempt with customizing a Raffles dial

This was the first one..

Before and after.

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Then I came across this gen on ebay....and I was in Awe with the dial..



I had to replicate something similar the water damaged / tropical look is spectacular

So I ordered another Raffles dial and went to work..

results :






Its not exact but it does have the same feel to it...I really like how it turned out.

The hands could be aged a bit more to match the dial but other than that I think its pretty cool.

JMB Ver 2 Case
Raffles dial
Raffles hands
Eta Clone 2824
Clarks T21 domed crystal

Keep an eye on the M2M forum as I think I might be clearing this and a few others out of my collection to fund some future builds..

Comments and questions always welcomed.

Thanks for looking.

[Bart Cordell]

Nicely done J !

 

My own attempt of a water damaged tropical 5500

[JSebWC]

@bartcordell. Fantastic work my friend. That dial looks amazing. I need to add a 5500 to my collection I think.


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[rosnik]

Nice!


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[ogladio]

Wow, that’s just fantastic dial work

[jmb]

Gnarly!