pbdad Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Took me about a solid week to complete and I am very happy with the results. I guess I owe the community a little explanation of what was done to this watch to to get it to where it currently is. -I tore the watch completely down. -modded the dial cleaning up the somewhat messy text paint while softening the dial's gloss. -stripped the lume off the backplate and hands and custom painted them to get a realistic vintage amber to them. -painted the seconds hand white like many of the gens -shortened the case tube so the crown would sit closer to the case per gen -worked and re-worked the CG to get it to fit the case a bit better. -custom made the new CG pin and rounded and polished it. -re-shaped the lugs to accurately mirror the gen ones in a pic I found. Not the exact shape as the gen, but close enough with the limted amount of material and space I had to work with on the case. -softened all sharp edges of the case to depict realistic wear -sent the case and buckle to Avitt to have it AgO blasted; texturizing and darken it. -aged the case and buckle -fabricated a custom spacer to allow the crystal to sit 1.5mm taller -replaced the pop-in pearl with my own recipe Only things left to do is find some vintage push pins to replace the modern springbars and couple the entire project with a nice vintage style strap! Enjoy the pics... OK, here's what we started with from DSN Notice the shape of the lugs in this pic chop shopped Here's my inspiration check out the gen's lug's shape and here's mine interpretation and my newly re-shaped lugs - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkarpas Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 wow! any specs? is this a dsn case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messenius Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 And the result is good, very good indeed. Especially the case job is excellent. A dial from Ross would be an icing on the cake IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
217 Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 absolutely fantastic job on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Eastwood Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Nice job. Have you bead blasted it and grey pvd or gun blue plated ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I like it. Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Wrist shot of that mofo, plz!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paneraitom Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Looks Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Greaat looking time piece you got there. I'm realy interested in the wristshot. Carpe Diem Cats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zypher Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 WOW it look so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbdad Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 answered some of your questions above... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avitt Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Thanks for the full lowdown, pbdad Just one small correction to my portion: AgO is Silver Oxide...And while I do like to think of myself as made of money, I actually used the much more pedestrian Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) to blast the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTone Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRae Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Thanks for the full lowdown, pbdad Just one small correction to my portion: AgO is Silver Oxide...And while I do like to think of myself as made of money, I actually used the much more pedestrian Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) to blast the case. Hehe, I thought to myself when reading the "recipy", 'WTF, is he using SILVER as a blasting media?!?!?!'. Obviously not... Nice project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upland Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Amazing job ! MMMM..strap kinda new .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 you did the "abusing" job very well...now it looks like it should..pity about the size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Wrist shot of that mofo, plz!!! Seconded Plus is that a rep p.2002 movt? I spy some very distinctive bridge plates there. Wasn't aware that had been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastergod Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Amazing! Wristshots, yes pleeeeez Thanks!! MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcsherry Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Seconded Plus is that a rep p.2002 movt? I spy some very distinctive bridge plates there. Wasn't aware that had been done. Amazing job on the project - the coating really looks great, and the other mods compliment it nicely. I'd second the question above - I've seen the rep movement before, but it looks like an Asian 21J base - is this correct? If so, I'd be interested to find out the canon pinion height / sub dial spacing, as I recall that A21J Auto's have subdials at about 9mm - in which case, it's compatible with a certain custom made Angelus dial ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubeistan Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Hat's off to you pbdad. Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txan Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 incredible job!! thanks for the info a congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 WOW...I really love it....you did a great job Can we please see some wristshots??!! Theo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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