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Decal printed dial
- Thread starter Bart Cordell
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Not the lacquer, the print underneath which has a bumpy/gritty texture look because of minute differences in the colours that blend/or not to make the 'black' colour (even though it was printed in greyscale) The sun/light tends to bleach out the individual red/blue/yellow dots to make each colour less pronounced and more uniform.
Might throw the Burford dial in one of these £27/$33/E32 cases I found :
I'll bevel the lugs and shave off the crown guards.
I've shaved the crown guards off a cheapo sub case before to 'meh' results
There were no drilled lugs on that case though.
I'll bevel the lugs and shave off the crown guards.
I've shaved the crown guards off a cheapo sub case before to 'meh' results
There were no drilled lugs on that case though.
Decided to have a go at a blue Tudor sub dial to see how color would hold up on film over a blank white dial. (and text resolution) Used the laminator process as I've run out of water-slide decal paper. I printed a darker blue as I knew I'd lose some of the opacity when peeling off the film.
Terrible lume job on the 'tropic' Exp dial and thrown in a spare case till a new one turns up
Second attempt on the Blue Tudor sub dial, this time on waterslide decal paper
Been experimenting with color printing on water-slide decals to see if I can get something halfway decent.
A friend asked if I could make a custom dial incorporating the decals and componentry from a vintage bike. (frame decal, crank spider, rims)
Ended up with this :
Green and blue print over a white dial
Another green dial over a clear coated brass dial :
Came out better
...and a blue print over a clear-coated brass that unfortunately came out dark purple when applied
The guy liked it anyway
A friend asked if I could make a custom dial incorporating the decals and componentry from a vintage bike. (frame decal, crank spider, rims)
Ended up with this :
Green and blue print over a white dial
Another green dial over a clear coated brass dial :
Came out better
...and a blue print over a clear-coated brass that unfortunately came out dark purple when applied
The guy liked it anyway
I've got a decal for a bart simpson that i'd like made on a 5513 submariner gilt dial. Anyone able to do this for me? pm a price.
Finally decided on a project. Going to build a '59 5512 with the eagle beak guards using and altering the cheap $30 case I posted upthread.
Thought I'd try pre-tropicing the dial in the print (below) to see if that works
Thought I'd try pre-tropicing the dial in the print (below) to see if that works
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Is anyone up for the challenge to create a honeycomb explorer 6350 dial?
hi buddy ... as you already know, one year after my first trial at creating such a dial I'm still struggling to nail the right method
but things are going better those days and there could be good news next week ... if I don't ruin everything at the end of the print process
BTW ... I'm working on a batch of 6 so that I can fuckup 1 or 2 and still get some ready for casing ...
hi buddy ... as you already know, one year after my first trial at creating such a dial I'm still struggling to nail the right method
but things are going better those days and there could be good news next week ... if I don't ruin everything at the end of the print process
BTW ... I'm working on a batch of 6 so that I can fuckup 1 or 2 and still get some ready for casing ...
LOVE IT I CANT WAIT! THEY LOOK AMAIZING
Those honeycomb dials are awesome work ! I wouldn't know where to start with those.
I re-did the eagle beak dial with smaller chapter ring and made a bezel pip from epoxy mixed with lume powder and dirt.
I re-did the eagle beak dial with smaller chapter ring and made a bezel pip from epoxy mixed with lume powder and dirt.
holy shit is this yours?Those honeycomb dials are awesome work ! I wouldn't know where to start with those.
I re-did the eagle beak dial with smaller chapter ring and made a bezel pip from epoxy mixed with lume powder and dirt.
Yes.
Case $30
Blank dial : £10
Hands : $10
Movement (DG) : $25
So $75 /64GBP all-in.
Already had the epoxy/decalpaper/gold leaf/crown. so from scratch, it'd probably be about $100 ($200 with a decent movement, and a bit more to get someone who isn't terrible at applying lume)
Another random 'doesn't exist IRL' personalized one I built for a friend :
Purple over silver.