Decal printed dial

[WatchN3RD]

In other words, thanks for the additional inspiration. It looks great in person, and my hand also doesn't look 100 years old. 2 bonuses!

 

[Erect]

Thanks to @aphmars13 and @janneau , I decided to switch out my dial to a glossier one, and test the nail brushes for a slightly more uniform texture (but still leaving it pretty crappy). Just wanted to add some more shades without ruining the lume.

Stunner (the watch)

 

[janneau]

Hands turned up from Raffles

 

[janneau]

Another shot which shows the 'radium damage' a bit clearer

 

[WatchN3RD]

Another shot which shows the 'radium damage' a bit clearer

Looks great. The first picture did not do it justice.

 

[WatchN3RD]

Thanks to @aphmars13 and @janneau , I decided to switch out my dial to a glossier one, and test the nail brushes for a slightly more uniform texture (but still leaving it pretty crappy). Just wanted to add some more shades without ruining the lume.

After messing up the keyless, I decided the lume was just too uneven. I tried to add a little extra to smooth it out, and while I was at it, I also switched out the minute hand for one that actually resembled a vintage one better.

I'm finally happy with it, but of course, now I think I lost its water resistance. Visually, I'm 98% of what I wanted, but I'm noticing excess dust inside the crystal, and then another rabbit hole exists...

Hopefully, I can get it back to waterproof and give it a good few months of wear and tear before I continue taking it apart.

 

[janneau]

First attemp at a 1675 Double Swiss gilt dial



Then I realised I missed out the second (bottom) 'Swiss'
Well, it's all practice.

 

[janneau]

Bought another of those cheap $30 cases I used on my 6542 build, to re-case the 6205 dial, and one of Raffles old style inserts.



Hopefully ending up like this:

 

[janneau]

Just waiting on a new crystal.



I tried making an original style lume pip by filling the hole with epoxy, then drilling a tiny hole in the middle and packing it with lume powder then using a nail-dotting tool to apply a blob of epoxy over the to to seal it in.

 

[369mafia]

nicely done...looks great. nice job on the pip as well.

 

[janneau]

Had a spare NH dial and thought I'd do something different with a white dial. Shame about the date wheel position on the NH34s really. Any overlay more than paper-thin seems to catch on the bottom of the dial, and a spacer makes the GMT hand too close to the dial face and it ends up hooking up on the indicies/lume.

 

[CustardXCream]

Nice work

 

[rangan]

Had a spare NH dial and thought I'd do something different with a white dial. Shame about the date wheel position on the NH34s really. Any overlay more than paper-thin seems to catch on the bottom of the dial, and a spacer makes the GMT hand too close to the dial face and it ends up hooking up on the indicies/lume.

Nice dial , did you make it yourself??Very interesting

 

[janneau]

Nice dial , did you make it yourself??Very interesting

I thought, what if another late-50s airline also gave their pilots GMTs?
They'd probably want them to be different enough to the Pan Am ones, so I put their logo on the dial, changed the color of the GMT hand and insert.

 

[rangan]

I thought, what if another late-50s airline also gave their pilots GMTs?
They'd probably want them to be different enough to the Pan Am ones, so I put their logo on the dial, changed the color of the GMT hand and insert.

How much is the diameter of NH dial , 29mm ? Would they fit a 1675 Raffle case , even though this one mounts a 27.3 dial ?? Would it be necessary to reduce the diameter ?

 

[janneau]

I think the stem height on NH movements would be a problem for the Raffles 1675 case as the NH ones are around the same height ast the ETA 2824s and the Raffles cases are for DG3804s and 2836 GMT.
I used a DG2813 movement in an NH34 case for the 6205 build I did, but I had to remove the datewheel so I could fit the dial flush to the movement without a spacer to get the stem to line up.
With the plastic movement holder that comes attached to NHs, the diameter is 29.2. Without it it's 27.2, but the movement ring also acts as a dial-spacer (like on the Miyota 8215) so the datewheel can move freely.

 

[janneau]

Another attempt at a white text dial. A GMT 'Howard Hughes'

 

[CustardXCream]

Great work! Love the craftsmanship behind these