specialvat Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Hi All, Ever since I stumbled upon the EODs on time zone I wanted one, when angus solved the case back issue I had to buy. Now we may get a secs@12 variant, but if they do what they always do it will still have issues. So I decided to make the most of my EOD. we know the issues missing 12 marker see below: poor cyclops, wrong coloured hands and poor lume. Now I started to formulate a plan to add the 12 marker, using four bits of paper and sellotape I measured the gen for size and made a sort of stencil see below: It needs a bit of shaping using something sharp under the loupe but its a start, the hands were simple just painted a better yellow. I need to buy some lume to finish the marker and hands but I m happy with progress so far I wont relume the numbers til I can practice luming alot. If anyone knows where to get a good cyclops I d like to hear from you. Without everyones posts on modification I would not have had the inspiration to start my own mod, so I thank all modders for there help. Also please excuse my pictures you can see why I didnt enter the photo comp, I suck big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosk Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Very interesting work. IMO, u really can't get a good cyclops...there is just not enough room between the dial and movement to result in any meaningful magnification. GL with the project, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossanti Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 i love this version ..cant wait to see it work .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialvat Posted May 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 Lume arrived today so had a mess around doing 12 marker and hands, pics : Hands painted better yellow and relumed First go at marker After some shaping Final shaping as I d be here for weeks under a microscope if I did nt stop ! Its a little off centre but I m pleased with the end result as zoomed in the camera makes it look awful, just got to put the hands back on now ...... yikes ! Hope you liked my first attempt at making a mess of my watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosk Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Which lume did u use? It looks fairly coarse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialvat Posted May 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 The lume is only cheap stuff I got off ebay from glow4u, I did not want to spend a fortune as I'm only learning at the min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchturbo Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 I give you major kudos for trying to do this! Is it easy to find a lume that has the same yellow color as the hour markers when in regular light? That would look better imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialvat Posted May 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 I m sure you can mix lume to whatever shade you need, I m far too impatient to wait and too short on cash so I just went for pre mixed lume. With the marker being a slightly different colour yellow to the rest of the yellow dial paint that also throws it off. With time and skill you can solve these issues, but its still a secs@9, hands are back on and watch is being serviced and regulated by a pro Pics when it returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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