Tropical Explorer dial experiment

[369mafia]

Some of you may recall my first attempt with customizing a Raffles dial

This was the first one..

Before and after.

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Then I came across this gen on ebay....and I was in Awe with the dial..



I had to replicate something similar the water damaged / tropical look is spectacular

So I ordered another Raffles dial and went to work..

results :






Its not exact but it does have the same feel to it...I really like how it turned out.

The hands could be aged a bit more to match the dial but other than that I think its pretty cool.

JMB Ver 2 Case
Raffles dial
Raffles hands
Eta Clone 2824
Clarks T21 domed crystal

Keep an eye on the M2M forum as I think I might be clearing this and a few others out of my collection to fund some future builds..

Comments and questions always welcomed.

Thanks for looking.

 

[chrome72]

see you have made some gilt decals....how do you think your method would fare on a gilt decal?

 

[369mafia]

see you have made some gilt decals....how do you think your method would fare on a gilt decal?

I think this technique could work on a decal dial In fact better because you can add the water damage effects before luming the dial I think it would look great.

 

[chrome72]

Did you just do water colors?

 

[369mafia]

Did you just do water colors?

They are not your standard water color paints per say They are a professional air brush paint that is transparent and non toxic...so I suppose they are water based as opposed to oil based.
I use the same paints to age lume on dials which can be removed by isopropyl

 

[johnlogan]

Very nice 6610. Looks great. My suggestion would be to rework and soften the lugs & case a bit more. Good job.

 

[991_GT3]

Could you share info on the brand of paint you used?

 

[369mafia]

Very nice 6610. Looks great. My suggestion would be to rework and soften the lugs & case a bit more. Good job.

its a 1016 a 6610 would be OCC dial this is SCOC

I used com art brand transparent airbrush paint.

 

[kilowattore]

Well done, very convincing patina. :clap:

 

[crush-1221]

Whoa....this looks incredible! Nice job...

 

[Dizzy]

Very nice work my Canadian brother! Haha. Your dials are amazing!
I’ve got a couple dials I could send you if you want to do some custom work for me. I’d love to have one of your dials in my 1016.

 

[369mafia]

Very nice work my Canadian brother! Haha. Your dials are amazing!
I’ve got a couple dials I could send you if you want to do some custom work for me. I’d love to have one of your dials in my 1016.

Sure I am down ! Send me a pm and we can work out the details!!

 

[AdmiralAdama]

This is really tremendous