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re did my vintage Radiomir...


pete2528ca

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So, I decided to redo this watch that I had kicking around. It originally had a sterile dial, but wanted to put a Radiomir dial in. Thanks to Pam1a for the dial, BUT, the dial was too thick. Basically i had to take a dial that was almost 1mm thick and grind it down to under 1/2 of a millimeter.

In the process of sanding the dial, I was able to age it as well. It took me 6 hours to "thin" it down.

Now, the crystal. I wanted a tall perspex just like the originals would have had. I cut a piece into a 39mm rough circle and then hand filed and ground the crystal into an almost perfect circle. It sticks up about 5mm.

Anyway, for a daily beater it turned out ok. Gets lots of attention too.

Dial on the sand paper. Wet dry 400 grit.

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"Sanding block"

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Ugh, still too thick, time to bring out the big guns.

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Finished dial.

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Monster crystal.

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And another couple of views.

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For some reason I see this "Monster Crystal" thing becoming a fad B)

Keep it up! :thumbs:

Edit:

what would look cool on the dial is if you got a vintage polished look by doing a rough 400g then moving to 800g or 1000g and finally polish it off with 2000g. :g:

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yup, it is for real.

i am going to try the crystal again though. i like how it looks, a lot actually, but it may be a hair too tall. i have a vintage dsn, and it is about a mm shorter.

i need to have it ground a bit better, this one is round, but has a couple of flat spots, not really visible ,but there nevertheless.

i need to talk to an opthamologist to see if they can grind me a 39mm piece of plexiglass.

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