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Vintage blancpain aqualung

Alhig72

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I decided I wanted to do something different to make a change from a vintage Rolex or Tudor so I contacted Davidson and got this aqualung.

In terms of accuracy the case has its limitations but a nice watch,

I re-lumed and aged the dial, aged the case and took some of the shine off of the bakelite insert.

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Interesting watch. What size is it?
 

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Very nice and quite different, what time period is it ?
 
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Alhig72 This is a beauty nice work ... love the old BP, ,,,, mind if I ask how much these are and is Davidsen in the TD list ? is there a web link?

Love the old milspec Fifty F

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Thanks for the link ... all the TD sites I found so far have the same stuff this is fantastic much appreciated. Very nice project again!
 

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Thanks for the link ... all the TD sites I found so far have the same stuff this is fantastic much appreciated. Very nice project again!
No problem,the watch did look way too new and shiny but a bit of aging and re lume goes a long way towards fixing that

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How is this dial made? It looks very old
I mixed the lume with extra powder for a vintage look and also dipped an old toothbrush in matt varnish and used it to spray/splatter the dial (not too much) to simulate damage to the lawyer from radium dust, this is the gen that I tried to copy
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