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Alhig72
Nice work, how big is this? 
It's 39mm if you mean the size of the watch,crown is 8mm

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peppercorn

I can see it now, somewhere in the not too distant future.....

Introducing: ABC factory

Specializing in SuperRep Vintage Rolex and Tudor
A collaboration between Bart Cordell and AIhig72

Seriously, you guys are killing it.


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Alhig72
I can see it now, somewhere in the not too distant future.....

Introducing: ABC factory

Specializing in SuperRep Vintage Rolex and Tudor
A collaboration between Bart Cordell and AIhig72

Seriously, you guys are killing it.


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Thanks mate, Bart is my guru,you'd probably get a better end result if it was just the B.C factory 🤣

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Alhig72

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Alhig72
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Love that dial

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6 hours ago, Alhig72 said:

Love that dial

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Thank you kindly, it’s a one off made by a fella named Limer over on RWI. It’s a true gold gilt decals dial, the effect is something (as you know) that must be seen in person. 

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Alhig72

His print quality is alot better than my decal, it looks stunning,I'm going to have to get a better printer 2f69a625976a07cbb9d1143165b9bf9a.jpgbbd4a3431278017134d0fe1515d309ac.jpgd619db7ef7c30993477f12068c144ced.jpg

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peppercorn
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I'm with AIhig' , this dial is so nice. I can't tell by the photo, does it come off semi-gloss with texture or?


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MidasXL8

I’m so glad I found this thread. These are my favorite watches. I’d love to watch someone age a watch and the whole process of getting it to look vintage. 

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Alhig72
I’m so glad I found this thread. These are my favorite watches. I’d love to watch someone age a watch and the whole process of getting it to look vintage. 
My aging process is pretty much shake the mid case (quite gently)in a pot of nails and then sand polish the scratches out,
or ding the case up a bit with something pointy and then sand and polish

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repmaster1234
6 hours ago, Alhig72 said:

His print quality is alot better than my decal, it looks stunning,I'm going to have to get a better printer

Check this out.

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Alhig72
Check this out.
I saw that but unfortunately I'm rubbish with computers and have absolutely no ability with Photoshop or illustrator or anything like that,I've tried and had no success, I have to get somebody else to shrink the decal templates down for me so I just click on the file and it prints out an A4 sheet of dials in the right size,


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4 hours ago, peppercorn said:


I'm with AIhig' , this dial is so nice. I can't tell by the photo, does it come off semi-gloss with texture or?


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High gloss with no texture... 

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peppercorn
High gloss with no texture... 

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Most excellent!

 

My question about dial printing.

 

Once you have that in hand, and it's lumed and ready to go, how is it applied to the actual metal dial?

 

And, once in the watch, how well does it tolerate heat?

What's the longevity/durability like, in other words?

 

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16 minutes ago, peppercorn said:

Most excellent!

 

My question about dial printing.

 

Once you have that in hand, and it's lumed and ready to go, how is it applied to the actual metal dial?

 

And, once in the watch, how well does it tolerate heat?

What's the longevity/durability like, in other words?

 

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Apart from that, I have no idea what it all takes to produce a dial. 

I just wear the watch ;)

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NCRich

Came out nice.  Just finished.

 

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peppercorn

Nice?!
I say Awesome!! (Echo effect)


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Haltec
14 hours ago, Alhig72 said:

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Where this endlinks came from? 

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Alhig72
Where this endlinks came from? 
They come on the Vietnam bracelet and are permanently attached

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A few tweeks to the tiger v3 case d7cd721b900ef71166c8211f7da3d3e4.jpg31663d073bb5de543b5bc50b8b24b453.jpg553a83020d421548c56de941a7685815.jpg

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Alhig72
Most excellent!
 
My question about dial printing.
 
Once you have that in hand, and it's lumed and ready to go, how is it applied to the actual metal dial?
 
And, once in the watch, how well does it tolerate heat?
What's the longevity/durability like, in other words?
 
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You apply the waterslide decal to the dial,once dry you varnish and then lume, they're pretty durable once dry

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Alhig72
Came out nice.  Just finished.
 
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Looks really good mate

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Alhig72

I lost my pearl on this one (after 1 day) and I don't have any more in the box so I thought I'd try making one, first input a blob of lume in the hole,one it was dry I put a blob of clear epoxy on top and surprisingly it looks ok55e7619678f4554c265cc2dcda3f86c9.jpg5df9624104b32cfbe0f2e9b5f4d1050f.jpg987d9e2d8f3ed4db0bb407c9a9c31314.jpgc0b8ad8b136cb45e12c4fece5020d5b0.jpg886983bfa04ab54f4c888f82769dcc09.jpg

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peppercorn

I think that is a great idea for the pearl and it fits the character of that build perfectly. 

 

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