freddy333 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 If anyone has a spare vintage MBW Seadweller or DoubleRed datewheel, one of the recent metalized versions -- with the bolder serifed fonts please PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib0rgman Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 What do you mean by Metalized version, The one I have is from UBI and is a sticker version. I did not know there was another version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAVIGATER Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 why not make a high res scan of it and than can everybody print it thereself on plastic Greetings navi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avitt Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I think freddy333 is looking for the original MBW datewheel, not an aftermarket version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted June 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 What do you mean by Metalized version, The one I have is from UBI and is a sticker version. I did not know there was another version. I mean the original MBW datewheel overlay, which came glued on top of the ETA datewheel in vintage MBW Subs & Seadwellers (at least it came glued to my ETA 2846's datewheel). The MBW overlay is made out of a thin sheet of metal, maybe aluminum, and has the (serifed) dates painted onto it. I have the Watchmeister overlay (UBI's sticker) in there now, but it is causing frequent problems, so I want to go back to the original MBW metalized datewheel. Unfortunately, I smeared the printing on the MBW overlay while I was working on something else (look at the 1, 2, 3 & 4). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted June 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 why not make a high res scan of it and than can everybody print it thereself on plastic I do not have a way to print onto plastic, but I did try copying the Watchmeister datewheel onto a matte DVD label. The material is similar to what the Watchmeister sticker is made from, but it does not seem to stretch or pull out of shape as much. This was a slight improvement over the Watchmeister material, but it still did not seem very stable. I scanned the Watchmeister overlay (at 1200dpi @ 48-bit color) and produced a master TIFF image that I used to print onto DVD label stock. This is a smaller jpg version of the master that I used But, to be reliable over time, these things really need to be made out of metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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