flavor flav Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 this is the second run of the A/R coatings group buy. i agreed to do the work for the members who didn't remove the crystals themselves.. the first pic will show the watches i completed last night! what a night it was.... lots of work but it's all a success and some very nice watches have now come to be! if you had your watch in this run.. i will be shipping out tomorrow usps priority mail so expect your watches back friday or saturday.. let me say this about the durability of these coatings.. i removed the outer coating on my personal bentley and it took hours and hours of scrubbing with steel wool and chemicals!! even to get a scuff it took over an hour of scrubbing! super tough coating and exactly like genuines use.. here's what i had on my plate at 8pm last night...i've always took pirde in a fast turnaround but this was crazy!!! .getting quite busy around here here's the results!!!! this watch...i have to be honest..i did not like the look of it at all.. but after the AR mod.. i love it!! the dial really pops now this is a comparison with a 111h i was also modding (superlume, cannon, lever, ect..) it has the single AR from the factory. compare the reflections of the recessed lights with the 183 and you can see the effect the double AR has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horse Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 WOW... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplehd Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Many thanks Flav and a big thanks to Cheiftang for this A/R Run....can't wait to see those Omegas in person..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craytonic Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Flav does amazing work; he has helped me in a pinch numerous times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsons Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Those watches look great. What a difference! Terrific team work installing and getting those crystals AR coated. RWG at its best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Flav does amazing work; he has helped me in a pinch numerous times thanks! i should be able to get your VCO done tonight or tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craytonic Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Yay! No rush. Just don't get sick and disappear for 3 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Yay! No rush. Just don't get sick and disappear for 3 months LOL!!! i am right now feeling sick from the ultrasonic cleaner solutions LOL! worst fumes ever..... no worries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babola Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Flav - You're on fire, my friend !!!! great stuff ! babola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Excellent work from 2 of RWG's best! All the watches look fantastic... But that SMP looks especially nice! HD... Is that one of your frankens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetterdawg Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 is the gen 183 single or double AR'd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 I can see the dial much clear with the double AR .... I guess if the watch don't have decent dial it should not get this mod, am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 is the gen 183 single or double AR'd? single inside coat very light AR just like the good rep 183s... here's mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetterdawg Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 single inside coat very light AR just like the good rep 183s... here's mine. show off that's a BEAUTY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craytonic Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 LOL!!! i am right now feeling sick from the ultrasonic cleaner solutions LOL! worst fumes ever..... no worries. As they say in snatch, it will also protect you from "ze germans" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Man, if that is my VCO and Ingie Flav and Chief.....I am one happy guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 As they say in snatch, it will also protect you from "ze germans" ohhhh...what now? i am german! that's kind of scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Man, if that is my VCO and Ingie Flav and Chief.....I am one happy guy yours is in the 3rd run. they will look the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMK000 Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Amazing work. Mirror is broken and dials revealed. I never really understood why the CHN manufacturers dont put any AT on their watches (...other than price of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuDro Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 So....when is the next run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 I'm glad you all like the results. Very interesting to know about the difficulty stripping this coating. That says volumes about its real durability. A couple hours of scrubbing with steel wool and chemicals is impressive. And to put that in perspective, I have stripped the rep AR coats in about 3 minutes with lacquer thinner and light scrubbing with 3/0 steel wool... So, everything my AR supplier has told me about the coating has been right on the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b16a2 Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Very nice! Did the existing AR coating on the Seawolf have to be removed before it was sent of for the double AR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Very nice! Did the existing AR coating on the Seawolf have to be removed before it was sent of for the double AR? Yes that's my watch and I removed the AR coating on the crystal myself. Piece of cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted May 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Yes that's my watch and I removed the AR coating on the crystal myself. Piece of cake. came out awesome BTW. the bezel is fixed now too like you wanted . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Amazing work. Lots of artisans here. Maybe expensive mods to a replica watch don't make good economic sense but one has to get a warm fuzzy feeling of satisfaction when doing first rate upgrades like this to any watch regardless of origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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