lumpy Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 hi all. so....ive had a couple of vip mariners laying about. i just could not bring myself to wear them....guess i'm not a rolex guy..and they were pretty flawed. awhile ago i saw a seiko monster someone had bead blasted on a military watch forum ....it looked great...really tough. and since i have a sandblast cabinet..and these subs i'm never gonna wear....all that was missinng was a little free time and boredom. all the ingredients came together last night. here are the results. the sterile dial blasto mariner. i removed the rolex text from the dial with goo gone. did a pretty hack job of it....so im giong to search for a good sterile dial replacement. then i tore the watch down to case with crown and back installed (crystal removed), and bezel assy. i then covered the dial opening with gaffers tape (duct tape would do) and into the blast cabinet. i did not have any blasting bead media...so i just used al-ox. it is pretty aggressive so it only took about 30 seconds for the case..and 20 sec for the bezel. a little cleaning...and assembly and viola........ from this to this.... i have another of these watches...the LV model...i think ill get some less agressive media and give it a go with that one as well. what do you think? now i'm looking through all my watch boxes seeing what else i have that may get blasto. l1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Wow, I like this watch very much. Very funny look. Cheers Stephane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 :clap2: Two suggestions for you. Eunomian's bead blasted watches: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?s=&...st&p=268483 TeeJay's Tattoo thread: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=59663 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubFrog Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Lumpy... I LOVE IT. A BLANK SLATE! As an artist, I see an open field. You should decorate that dial and make it whatever you want. Put a business logo on there...RWG logo...or any artwork. That's what I'd do. VERY NICE! I want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 As an artist, I see an open field. You should decorate that dial and make it whatever you want. Put a business logo on there...RWG logo...or any artwork. That's what I'd do. VERY NICE! I want one. Froggy, I think the point is that he wants the open field, rather jazzing it up as an artist would. P.S.: Trying to search for that RWG tribute watch a member has on his .sig. I did find this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Nice,I realy like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpy Posted November 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 (edited) Lumpy... I LOVE IT. A BLANK SLATE! As an artist, I see an open field. You should decorate that dial and make it whatever you want. Put a business logo on there...RWG logo...or any artwork. That's what I'd do. VERY NICE! I want one. yeah......im kicking myself for passing up on some watch dial disks cut from an iron meteorite i saw on the bay. i forgot to bid...and ive never seen them again..this would look pretty cool with a meteorite dial i think. i wonder where i could get one silk screened? Edited November 22, 2007 by lumpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerman Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 I'm very taken with the watch that resulted from your make over. The ultra simple sterile dial really adds that finishing touch. Now I wouldn't wear a Rolex rep, but I think I could wear something like what you just did. Maybe you should consider doing a small number to sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 When looking at projects like this, its always the attention to detail that makes it or breaks it for me. In this case you have obviously done it right. That watch looks spectacular, and the Nato strap completes it nicely. Congrats on a job well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubFrog Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Yep...I remember that well. Never did get the watch I paid for, but was a very lucky recipient of a needed refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 hi all. so....ive had a couple of vip mariners laying about. i just could not bring myself to wear them....guess i'm not a rolex guy..and they were pretty flawed. awhile ago i saw a seiko monster someone had bead blasted on a military watch forum ....it looked great...really tough. and since i have a sandblast cabinet..and these subs i'm never gonna wear....all that was missinng was a little free time and boredom. all the ingredients came together last night. here are the results. the sterile dial blasto mariner. i removed the rolex text from the dial with goo gone. did a pretty hack job of it....so im giong to search for a good sterile dial replacement. then i tore the watch down to case with crown and back installed (crystal removed), and bezel assy. i then covered the dial opening with gaffers tape (duct tape would do) and into the blast cabinet. i did not have any blasting bead media...so i just used al-ox. it is pretty aggressive so it only took about 30 seconds for the case..and 20 sec for the bezel. a little cleaning...and assembly and viola........ from this to this.... i have another of these watches...the LV model...i think ill get some less agressive media and give it a go with that one as well. what do you think? now i'm looking through all my watch boxes seeing what else i have that may get blasto. l1 It's not fair, I can only give one rating for the post, when that deserves a gold star, an artist, and a huge thumbs up. That's a freaking awesome piece of work, wear it well # Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Yep...I remember that well. Never did get the watch I paid for, but was a very lucky recipient of a needed refund. Wow, this was a batch run? Hmm... Do you know who is it with the "RWG Watch" on the front dial, on his .sig? That's been doing my head in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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