dalboy 2 Posted August 9, 2012 More please !! ohh come on dont stop there.. Love everything so far with exception of the luming !! blimey o'reilly !! the lume on 9 and 12..ummmm. As for the ageing of the case ..YES !! thats what i mean , subtle ..less is more...good work.. more pics please .. Dal.......... Yes, not too good, but it is my first stab at it, and I'll learn, I hope...... Sorry mate didn't realise this was you first go..i take it back .. Love eveything else though.. Dal..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davylloyd 0 Posted August 9, 2012 (edited) O.K., fed and watered, back to it. Run the seal through the grease on your fingers, and then replace it in the groove ....replace the caseback, and rotate the hands through a full 24 hours to check for fouling, and then set the right time, Edited August 9, 2012 by davylloyd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davylloyd 0 Posted August 9, 2012 ...and AWAY SHE GOES! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davylloyd 0 Posted August 9, 2012 (edited) After refitting the strap and cleaning it up, I took these shots..... Edited August 9, 2012 by davylloyd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fana05 0 Posted August 9, 2012 Sorry dude but this beauty would look much better on my wrist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davylloyd 0 Posted August 9, 2012 .......then, as my dear old Dad taught me, make sure there is nothing left in the parts box.......... :giggle: :giggle: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davylloyd 0 Posted August 9, 2012 And lastly, some side by side shots with the watch as it came from Silix. Thanks for reading this, hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed doing it (even if it did just give you some belly laughs at the failures!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
onionbag 1 Posted August 9, 2012 .......then, as my dear old Dad taught me, make sure there is nothing left in the parts box.......... :giggle: :giggle: Ah yes, the bits left over scenario................only ideal if you're a baker to trade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davylloyd 0 Posted August 9, 2012 ...forgot to say, I will drill out that horrible pearl and refill with some epoxy and lume mix, the same colour as the dial. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ron76 0 Posted August 9, 2012 I think you did a great job, respect for trying and imo succeeding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davylloyd 0 Posted August 9, 2012 More please !! ohh come on dont stop there.. Love everything so far with exception of the luming !! blimey o'reilly !! the lume on 9 and 12..ummmm. As for the ageing of the case ..YES !! thats what i mean , subtle ..less is more...good work.. more pics please .. Dal.......... Yes, not too good, but it is my first stab at it, and I'll learn, I hope...... Sorry mate didn't realise this was you first go..i take it back .. Love eveything else though.. Dal..... Completely fair comment. Added a dodgy lume picture of the dodgy lume, maybe a mini-project for another day when my nerves are not so frazzled.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
russruss101 0 Posted August 9, 2012 Can I just say, that looks fabulous. And as the previously-mentioned son, I cannot wait to have one on MY wrist :-) Top work big guy, can't wait to see it in the flesh! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted August 9, 2012 Apart from lume at 9 it looks good and definitely achieves the aged look without being battered. Never tried to do lume and have heard its a right pain so I am not criticizing your effort, maybe its possible to clean up the 9. One question i have asked before but can find an answer - the drilled lugs, were they already drilled from Silix and you enlarged them or did you drill them through. I have a newer standard sub without drilled lugs and cant work out how to drill it from the outside to meet the existing holes.'# Is it possible and how would I line them up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davylloyd 0 Posted August 10, 2012 Apart from lume at 9 it looks good and definitely achieves the aged look without being battered. Never tried to do lume and have heard its a right pain so I am not criticizing your effort, maybe its possible to clean up the 9. One question i have asked before but can find an answer - the drilled lugs, were they already drilled from Silix and you enlarged them or did you drill them through. I have a newer standard sub without drilled lugs and cant work out how to drill it from the outside to meet the existing holes.'# Is it possible and how would I line them up? If you read back in my other threads, you'll see that I enlarged holes that were too small on the Silix watch. The problem of drilling through a horn from scratch is a different one, but I think I'd go from the outside, measure and mark carefully, and use a pillar drill to keep everything square and level. Good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungGPS 0 Posted August 10, 2012 Nice work! I hope, someday I will have the same passion and skills to create a work of art. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davylloyd 0 Posted August 10, 2012 Can I just say, that looks fabulous. And as the previously-mentioned son, I cannot wait to have one on MY wrist :-) Top work big guy, can't wait to see it in the flesh! Well thanks, son! Come and see it in the flesh whenever you like. Although the lume doesn't look as bad in normal size, on your wrist, as it does in close-up on a computer screen, I'd like to put it right. Perhaps best if you wait for the second one? On the subject of waiting, read the thread 'Crackdown in China' in the news forum, and remember, if you do get a letter from customs, don't answer it - hold tight until things are back to normal in China, and if needs be, Michelle at Silix will send it again. Can't wait to see that Panerai! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davylloyd 0 Posted August 10, 2012 Nice work! I hope, someday I will have the same passion and skills to create a work of art. Thanks! Hardly a work of art, but more than I expected to get out of my first stab at it. As I've said elsewhere, don't try it on a watch you own and already love, do it as a project on a newly ordered piece and be prepared for a few heartaches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acharles331 0 Posted November 13, 2012 Is this the $85 ROL234 from Silix? I'm looking at purchasing a Bond Rollie to weather and mod. I heard somewhere or saw in a video that the movement in a watch similar to this one moves around in the case when setting the time. Is that he case with this watch? If anyone has any experience with the ROL234 please let me hear our input. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haltec 0 Posted June 17, 2014 Is this the $85 ROL234 from Silix? I'm looking at purchasing a Bond Rollie to weather and mod. I heard somewhere or saw in a video that the movement in a watch similar to this one moves around in the case when setting the time. Is that he case with this watch? If anyone has any experience with the ROL234 please let me hear our input. Thanks. And a few years later it's a 96 US$ Silix ROL234... The mod is great. Can someone post a few more pictures ? Coin bezel side pics , Crown ( Brevet ? ), Caseback, Caseback inside stamps/engraving, In between lugs stamps/engraving. And second thing: Coloration of 007 Sean Connery movie watch hands is? Gold? Silver? White second hand? Haltec Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haltec 0 Posted June 17, 2014 And it apperars that atleast two type of bezels exist for 6538 '58. Haltec Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GC 4,504 Posted July 31, 2016 And second thing: Coloration of 007 Sean Connery movie watch hands is? Gold? Silver? White seconds hand. All hands are gold... Yes, even the seconds hand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haltec 0 Posted July 31, 2016 Thnx. I learned a bit about these. I took Silix cheapie. And I like it so much that I only waterproof it. Some minor cosmetic changes will be made when I return from holidays.. (Plastic pearl - Re-shaping of endlinks etc..) But as I said - I like it so much that I consider it GEN Silix. & I don't want to alter it too much. It grows with me really - I don't wear Tag gens I own for last 8 months since I bought this bugger. Funny little creature with almost no lume, self dissasembling bracelet, lausy embossed BREVET crown, too high dome chrystal, and oscillating weight (A21j) so heavy that watch shakes your hand after you shake the watch!! I LOVE IT!!! I'll made (hopefully) few more samples (with gen dial and GEN 1030 movement) and one 6200 with Swiss (Swiss) ETA and long hour hand. ;-) And small bezel difference (case also) is between 6538 & 6538A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
