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Not much of a tuto but some good info if you want to teardown a 3436. This watch came from rsea and was just what I was looking for. I had all these mods in mind before I purchased from rsea. I just couldn't pass up the deal he had!
Once you pop of the plexi you can see the white plexi gasket.
Now once the bezel is pressed of you can see the black bezel gasket. It is very important to remove the bezel before soldering your lugs for these reasons.
I left these solders a little rough. Every Gen I've seen online has never been as nice as some of the work I've seen done to our reps.
After a nice beating in a bucket with screws and rocks the ALOT of time on the wheel with the rouge I got just the finish I was looking for. Not new old stock or beaten to rat shit. I was going for a restoration look. Holy crap was soldering that tube a pain in the ass!
Super shiny hands and resin
Next up was removing the hands and matteing them. The watch came with way to new looking hands. Simple as poping them off and flat matte with a very small brush. I then painted on some espresso to the lume to get my desired color.
Since I hate super shiny resin I mixed up a little magic sauce (brown stain and matte varnish) and refilled the dial to the color I was going for.
Since the dial had no feet it was glued to the movement. I matte texture sprayed the works. I also painted the cannon pin with the sauce.
Before I started on the dial
Brown "sauce"
After darkening the resin and before texture.
Finished dial
It is amazing how so many hours of work can look like nothing was accomplished!
Recased and ready for primetime! I hope you enjoyed the read. I learned alot on this one and can't wait to start a 6152.
Some more shots of the finished product here: http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/my-modded-rsea-3436-82301?t=82301
Once you pop of the plexi you can see the white plexi gasket.
Now once the bezel is pressed of you can see the black bezel gasket. It is very important to remove the bezel before soldering your lugs for these reasons.
I left these solders a little rough. Every Gen I've seen online has never been as nice as some of the work I've seen done to our reps.
After a nice beating in a bucket with screws and rocks the ALOT of time on the wheel with the rouge I got just the finish I was looking for. Not new old stock or beaten to rat shit. I was going for a restoration look. Holy crap was soldering that tube a pain in the ass!
Super shiny hands and resin
Next up was removing the hands and matteing them. The watch came with way to new looking hands. Simple as poping them off and flat matte with a very small brush. I then painted on some espresso to the lume to get my desired color.
Since I hate super shiny resin I mixed up a little magic sauce (brown stain and matte varnish) and refilled the dial to the color I was going for.
Since the dial had no feet it was glued to the movement. I matte texture sprayed the works. I also painted the cannon pin with the sauce.
Before I started on the dial
Brown "sauce"
After darkening the resin and before texture.
Finished dial
It is amazing how so many hours of work can look like nothing was accomplished!
Recased and ready for primetime! I hope you enjoyed the read. I learned alot on this one and can't wait to start a 6152.
Some more shots of the finished product here: http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/my-modded-rsea-3436-82301?t=82301