Guest avitt Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Those of you who are PVD aficionados probably caught LegendofSpeed’s recent post, showing his newly DLC coated genuine Panerai 000. Having had the honor of working on this fine piece, I thought that I would take a few picture, to document what is done to a watch when it comes in for DLC coating. This post shows, from start to finish, the process that I follow. First, a picture of the watch, as it came from LOS: The watch is carefully disassembled. First the crown guard is removed: Then the movement is decased: And stored away, for safekeeping: The bezel is removed (usually easier to do with genuine watches…reps may need some special coercion): Crystal is pressed out: The crown guard is broken down: Once the watch is reduced to its basic components, the parts are prepared for bead blasting. All of the gaskets are removed. Then all of the mating surfaces (including the crown tube, gasket seats, and any threaded areas) are taped off, so that the case will retain it’s integrity when blasted. After the blasting process, the parts look like this: Then, it’s off to the coating center, where each piece is carefully secured in custom fixtures, and the toughest hard surface coating available, Diamond Like Carbon, is applied. After the beauty coat: Once the parts are all carefully reassembled, it’s time to take a few glamour shots: I also had the chance to coat a rep deployant for LOS. Behold its chocolatey goodness! And there you have it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 WOW!!! That thing is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100 Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Beautiful!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Damn, that's nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
its_urabus Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 if wm9's SD is as good as we all hope, you may get a call from me to DLC one. that would be sexy. AMAZING work. simply amazing. thanks for the awesome pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztech Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Awesome! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Awesome Avitt !!!! I must get a piece to you.. it's a no brainer actually.. thanks for taking the time to post th pics !! aloha L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
its_urabus Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 how about a DLC 5004 on black gator... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HaloArchive Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Thanks for posting these, very interesting! Cheers, H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shundi Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Beautiful work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Wow wow wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Good stuff Avitt. Love the deployant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 It was wonderful seeing these amazing step by step photos. I too have a zero that was recently coated by avitt. The DLC application looks spectacular in person and avitt was a pleasure to work with. If you don't already have a DLC'd piece I would strongly recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Beautiful results, T. LOS must be thrilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 That looks so cool, thanks for that.ST4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvio Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 That is just AWESOME. I love PVD! Thanks A LOT for sharing, Avitt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheaton26 Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 great post ... thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmg Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Great post T. The buckles you did for me arrived the other day and turned out fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pre V Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 beautiful work avitt! I need to send some parts your way really soon... thanks for the chronological pictorial! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkBachs Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 DLC Coating by Avitt. Better than sex... and lasts longer too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 That is a great post Avitt. I wouldn't mind getting a Sub coated one day... Thanks for taking the time to shoot the photos and share them with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asf Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 that looks a maaaaaa zzinng!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arminvanbuuren Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 ye ill have a project with him soon.. hes a good bloke and a champion at that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikellem Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Gorgeous work Avitt.... What a work of love and beauty... MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJo35 Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Great work Avitt! Thank you for taking the time to share this process with everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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