Odyseus 1 Posted October 28, 2012 Hi All, I decided to take the lead of KeNnY and modify a Speedmaster Moon watch. The link for Kenny's tutorial is here :-http://www.rwg.bz/board/index.php?showtopic=23086 Anyway to start with I got the following:- (1) Speedmaster Moon from Watch International, this measures 40mm across the Bezel. (2) Genuine Bezel, (Omega 082SU1589 – Cousins UK) - £99+VAT (3) Genuine Plexi Hesilate 'glass' (Omega PW5139 - Cousins UK) - £19+VAT (4) SuperLuminova. Did the following modifications:- (1) Fix the 6 o'clock sub dial - very easy to do this . (2) Over lumed the markers. Quite hard to get the lume even & straight under a microscope at x60 - even the black oiler is too big!.I need to find a finer oiler in future, if one exists? At least the Lume looks Ok with naked vision! I think on balance I should have used WL-WG Gxtreme, as this stuff is much better than SuperLuminova?? (3) Fitted the genuine bezel. This too a bit of effort because the genuine bezel is fitted to a metal ring, so I had to carefully prise it off. Then I found that it was very slightly bigger than the replica bezel. So I very carefully filed the bezel to fit using nail emery boards (as these are very gentle) and making sure to abraid away from the lettering to not to chip the paint. Glued the bezel in using G-S hypo Cement. (4) Fitted plexi glass. Now this is a fairly loose fit! I didn't bother with the original washer or the one that came with the plexiglass. I did try using Sternkreuz Minecol 224, but I couldn't get it to cure??? so used some more C-S Hypo cement instead. Apparantly C-S cement is designed for plexi glass. I was using a PCB UV light box and maybe the intensity is not enough for curing the UV adhesive. The glue data sheet suggested a Osram Vitalux 300 Watt light source..but if you go to the watchtools site the UV glue curing lamp looks suspiciously like a £20 nail curing lamp (ie 4*9W UV lamps). Anyway, the Plexi glass 'seems' well bonded?? Here are my results..(I should have given the watch a bit of polishing before photographing it :( ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Higs 73 Posted October 28, 2012 Could you post a pic of the rep bezel? I'm interested to know what was wrong with it vs. the genuine one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markeym3 2 Posted October 28, 2012 Nice work, i enjoyed your thread, well done, but yes some comparison shots would be great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odyseus 1 Posted October 28, 2012 OK I've taken a couple of pictures comparing the genuine and replica dial. As you can see the text is a thinner font and better defined on the genuine bezel. .To be honest the replica bezel is pretty good though! For some reason the genuine fitted bezel looks dusty and also looks all jagged on the inside. Don't know why because it's perfect, so it must be some light distortion caused by the plexi glass?? You can also see my over lume 'attempts' in the photo's.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dalboy 2 Posted October 28, 2012 All good work.. Such a shame you had to file so much of the bezel away..its lost the definition of the numerals on the inside edge. Your a braver man than me.not something i would attempt..well done Dal........... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odyseus 1 Posted October 28, 2012 Nah Dal ,As I said I had to file the 'outer' edge of the bezel to get it to fit, not the inside edge! It's a photo distortion..see this photo, the inside edge of the bezel is perfect?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robznet 0 Posted October 29, 2012 Damn nice moonie mate - well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeLaForce 2 Posted October 29, 2012 Wow superb mate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bardamu 0 Posted December 29, 2012 (edited) Oh yes, Lord Whiteley, it's a beautiful watch. And I'm so happy that I'm now its new owner ! I got it yesterday, and didn't take time yet to adjust the bracelt for my chicken wrist. I just changed for a leather strap, that I love also. And I took few pictures, of course ! Thanks again for letting go away this beauty ! Paul Edited December 29, 2012 by Bardamu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dalboy 2 Posted December 29, 2012 Nah Dal ,As I said I had to file the 'outer' edge of the bezel to get it to fit, not the inside edge! It's a photo distortion..see this photo, the inside edge of the bezel is perfect?? Arhhh !! i stand corrected..sorry it's an age thing.. It looks excellent.. Dal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
