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JKF 1680 Red Dial Sub Relume

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hanski

I’m thoroughly enjoying the dial on this JKF 1680 Red Dial Sub - the crown, font, and alignments are all close enough to pass, particularly on the wrist. But what’s been bothering me is the lume. It’s very, very flat. 

I decided to learn how to relume a dial and hands. I needed a handful of things to get it done: 

Tutorial on luming: 

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f6/watch-luminizing-tutorial-673983.html

Lume:

www.noctilumina.com

I contacted Scott at Noctilume for recommendations on mixing a high-glow, “vintage” lume. He was very helpful! Recommended I mix his G15F with AG40F to get a light-yellow appearance but high-glow output. I ended up buying my binder, pigment, oilers, and mixing bowl from him. 

Tools: 

- Set of Oilers (fine and medium used most)

- Ceramic mixing bowl

- Ag40F pigment

- G15F pigment

- Binder 3

- 3x Loupe

- Paint Thinner

- Xacto Knife

Practice: 

I used images of 1680 dials, printed and lacquered (to scale) as practice runs. This worked very well for me. I got used to working under the loupe, mixing, and applying lume. 

In the end I think it turned out quite nice. Clean edges, nice pillowing, and good color consistency. 

After it cures for 72hrs I’ll reassemble and get back to wearing this. 

Thanks for looking! 

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Glaude

That's some serious luming skill right there ! Great work !

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NCRich

Excellent work!

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bobandshawn

You went waaay beyond that tutorial. GREAT job!  "Pillowing" is a perfect word to describe the feature that many modders can not achieve. I am actually quite envious of that precision and "pillowing". 

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