flavor flav Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 here's a few more with the double AR mod i completed this weekend. cheiftang's AR is amazing... if you see your watch here it's shipping back to you monday AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bignasty Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Pilots chrono is a perfect stunner now! Beautiful watches! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltatahoe Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Pilots chrono is a perfect stunner now! Beautiful watches! Cheers! i was about to say the same thing. WOW. really stunning. deltatahoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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flavor flav Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 i forgot.... i also by accident sent a pam caseback crystal in for double AR!!! if you need a REALLY CUSTOM pam............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubus Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 i forgot.... i also by accident sent a pam caseback crystal in for double AR!!! if you need a REALLY CUSTOM pam............. :thumbsupsmileyanim: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Tell me where you live so I can come steal that VC. hehehe Looking really good. Will have to learn how to take a crystal out of a case one day so I can send it in for AR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 i forgot.... i also by accident sent a pam caseback crystal in for double AR!!! if you need a REALLY CUSTOM pam............. Now that's funny. Maybe having double AR on the caseback crystal will tempt you to wear the watch upside down with the movement side facing out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 is this the best available AR? ok than look AR on my swiss case... and this is not moded or overworked... it is standard AR from factory. what do you guys think about this AR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 They look awesome Flav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 is this the best available AR? ok than look AR on my swiss case... and this is not moded or overworked... it is standard AR from factory. what do you guys think about this AR? That's extremely tinted. With the AR coating I use, it's difficult to detect the tint without the watch dial in place. And black dials reveal the tint more so than white ones. Also the degree of tint is partially controlled by the substrate material itself, and will noticeably vary if you're using mineral vs sapphire for example. But the real question is how well does it inhibit reflections, as that is its job. Good AR coatings will often times make the crystal "disappear", i.e. make it look like there is no crystal on the watch at all. The degree of color tint is secondary. The only coating I've seen this deep a blue was on my Breitling Seawolf Avenger from the factory. I removed that coating and had that crystal double coated later, and there was a marked improvement in that situation. But, at the same time, it went from being single coated to double coated - so not a fair comparison at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxse Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 FF and chieftang, awesome work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TighTTChrono Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Wow!!! Looks stunning!! Is there going to be another run of A/R coating?? I have a bunch that I would LOVE to get coated!! Also, Flav: I noticed you said "if you see your watch here it's shipping back to you monday AM". Does this mean you work on watches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo_till Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Too bad you guys are not located in the EU.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 A couple of quick Pics from my two in this run: VC Overseas IWC Ingeneur: It is hard to describe how good this Double Side AR from Chief really is. The crystal seems to dissapear and the dial just POPS out at you. Big shout to Flav for popping the crystals out and in for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 A couple of quick Pics from my two in this run: Lookin good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukee Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Flav and Chief, My hat's off to you both. The Pilot in the pic is mine, and in my mind, pics can't describe how great the watch looks. I never would have imagined how big of a difference a good AR job does for the watch. In my mind, it's my new favorite mod. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazz Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 My crystals for my Ingy and 187 arrived this week also and I can also confirm the coating really does make a difference. I this pic you can see the difference compared to a one of the better rep AR's on the PO and with my 063 on the end with no AR. This pic is straight out of the camera, no PS or lens filter and yea the Ingy dial does look that good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Looks great, Bazz. The comparison with the rep AR coating on the PO is very interesting!! I'd love to see a comparison to the rep coating on the Steelfish. I think the Steelfish coating is the real deal, and my only question would be how durable it is in comparison to the professional coat... Although I doubt anyone will volunteer to perform that test!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dani Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Great work guys,this is what makes this forum so great Best, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender110 Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 wow... where are the lip marks from this run??? I SEE NO LIP MARkS from this run of crystals! has this been resolved or improved?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 I am curious as to whether the Pilot in that batch was an EL Pilot. I have one on the way and would like to throw it into the next batch but don't want to ruin it by putting AR on top of AR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazz Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 You could coat it but you would have to strip the original AR first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 The AR on my EL Pilot is fine for me Kruzer. It is definately there so as mentioned, the existing AR would have to be removed first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 wow... where are the lip marks from this run??? I SEE NO LIP MARkS from this run of crystals! has this been resolved or improved?? They are there as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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