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The Rolex Tropical Dial Thread

TheSociety

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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

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GEN Rolex dials - and pretty much my dream dials.

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bothomasmusic

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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

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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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newswire

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

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This is mine (tonny/Vietnam dial)

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WatchSmith.US

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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.
 

manodeoro

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

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

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


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mix it to the Color you want


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gently rub it with a blunt brush


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

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relumed with aged ZnS-lume
 
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