I can’t remember who but someone on this forum recently bought a pad printer. It’s in one of the recent threads on the vintage sub forum.
I told him I could make vector images for him and to let me know when he’s ready to print.
The problem with vintage dials imo are the fonts. They’re close to impossible to find. The coronet and the top text can be found easily but the bottom text fonts are not available anywhere (I’ve searched a A LOT). You have to basically find the highest quality image of the dial, zoom in as close as you can and trace the text. This takes a VERY long time. That is also a major portion of the cost of high quality dials imo. It would take me quite some time to trace the text on them and get it correct. My hourly rate for freelance work is $100/hr and if I did that for a client, it would cost $1000+ just for 3-6 lines of text and I’ve been a graphic designer since illustrator v.3. (I’m old).
Modern Rolex fonts or close enough can be found. I think I actually have them on my computer but vintage ones with the serifs and all that is nowhere to be found. I’ve even seen people on the Rolex forums asking where to get the fonts. Only to be answered with “why do you need them?”
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