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Decal printed dial

Bart Cordell

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Hi !

This weekend I achieve to print a nice 6538 dial on decal paper.
Dial photoshoped pixel by pixel and printed in high quality.

Drawing and test print
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Decal print

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Test on dial plate
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Tried to print red line depth without success
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Hole cutted
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Hands on
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Test on my spare silix case

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Thanks for reading
 

junbug5150

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Wow, now this is interesting. What did you use to punch the hole in the dial?
 

Bart Cordell

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Wow, now this is interesting. What did you use to punch the hole in the dial?

I made a cross with cutter from the dial back when the decal was well dry. Then pushed with a tooth pick. Loose some ink on the hole edges but it's not serious and the hands should mask it. If not I can reprint at will.
 

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I made a cross with cutter from the dial back when the decal was well dry. Then pushed with a tooth pick. Loose some ink on the hole edges but it's not serious and the hands should mask it. If not I can reprint at will.

So these would simply be overlays on sterile/blank dials I assume?
 

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Exactly. The decals are transparent, revealing the dial brass.

SO we are seeing the mounted decal with a brass background showing through in your photos? A freakin' gilt…Brilliant!
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Very nice!


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Bart Cordell

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Hands prepared this morning. Lume removed and hands sanded with 2000 paper.
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And some decals print test in black, brown and textured brown.
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Bart Cordell

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Cool. Keep us posted on progress.

Dial lumed this afternoon with a mix of nemoto GLL-300F, acrylic varnish, white acrylic paint, and a little bit of Sennelier Terre de Sienne pigment.
Hand sanded and lumed to match.
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Quick test in my spare case
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Finally Big Dazza dial and hands replaced by my new set.
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Unfortunately the decal retracted drying. I'm was too impatient and used an hairdryer. Next time I will let it wet few hours naturally.
 

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Holy hell that is freaking awesome. I've got a 21j GMT II ceramic. I would love to have one of those decals gilt printed and vintage lumed for it - a vintage GMT dial. And a set of gold hands for it and slap it all together in this II case. It would be like the sub HS01. But cooler.
 

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This is amazing. Some serious recognition is deserved for this.
 

Bart Cordell

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Holy hell that is freaking awesome. I've got a 21j GMT II ceramic. I would love to have one of those decals gilt printed and vintage lumed for it - a vintage GMT dial. And a set of gold hands for it and slap it all together in this II case. It would be like the sub HS01. But cooler.

I will improve my skill for this 6538. Then I project to make a gilt dial for my RA 1675. If it's successful I could make one for you [emoji6]
And I think I will make a gilt Bart 5513 dial too.
 

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I will improve my skill for this 6538. Then I project to make a gilt dial for my RA 1675. If it's successful I could make one for you [emoji6]
And I think I will make a gilt Bart 5513 dial too.

That is so nice of you to offer, thank YOU! I'll send you a PM later with some details.
 
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