The Rolex Tropical Dial Thread

[TheSociety]

Hey guys,

I want to get a thread going of all Rolex tropical / aged dials going. Please post what you have or things you've seen done in the past and include whether it's gen or custom built by a modder. I'll start with some of my favorites below.

 

[TheSociety]

GEN Rolex dials - and pretty much my dream dials.

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[droptopman]

1966 5513. Sold in the 50k range recently.

 

[bothomasmusic]

I was chasing a budget tropical dream build for a while and came up with this one. Built by [MENTION=81880]Johnnylazar[/MENTION] I traded it back to him on a different piece.

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[bothomasmusic]

When I was brand new to the forum I acquired the dial on a different piece and eventually used it on this. Honestly it was cool until I really got into reps and started seeing much much better tropical dials. Johnny really made one hell of a watch out of a mediocre dial


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[Saby]

Lately, I just can't take my eyes off of a 1665 mk2 tropical, check it out

 

[Saby]

 

[newswire]

Grabbed this off google image search, gen. Just beautiful.

This is mine (tonny/Vietnam dial)

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[WatchSmith.US]

Does anyone have a reliable system for achieving a brown tropical dial color? I’ve tried heat, bleach, UV lamps, etc. I know it’s done on modern dials but I can’t seem to find anything that works. Hoping to hear from someone with first hand experience.

 

[johnlogan]

 

[WatchSmith.US]

So how did you do them?

 

[manodeoro]

Trials and date, so no reliable and reproductible method IMHO.
Except money of course if you buy Gen tropical dials.

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[alfons123]

tried a Tamiya weathering kit

 

[WatchSmith.US]

Very nice alphons123! I will investigate this. Your dials look great.

 

[369mafia]

tried a Tamiya weathering kit

would really like to see a tutorial of how you achieved these results...they looks awesome! !

 

[alfons123]

Jsebwc

i'm using a Tamiya weathering set, it doesn't exist anymore, but the Revell 39066 should do the same

mix it to the Color you want

gently rub it with a blunt brush

I'm using different Colors to get a 3d effect

relumed with aged ZnS-lume

 

[frankfrank]

Jsebwc

i'm using a Tamiya weathering set, it doesn't exist anymore, but the Revell 39066 should do the same

mix it to the Color you wanT

relumed with aged ZnS-lume

Super cool!

 

[ADINVA]

Amazing!

 

[alfons123]

assembled with matching hands in a cartel V1

 

[LuminorReptar]

This is a genuine 5513 from a local watch shop that specializes in vintage.. Using this as my 'reference' on my own build :