Decal printed dial

[aphmars13]

Did a do-over on the 'white depth' 6538 and I think I'm finally happy with this one



Another attempt at the 'double swiss' gilt 1675 dial



Wrong case, but I knda like the look of it

Great job, the print is really not bad. May I ask which printer you use?

 

[janneau]

Great job, the print is really not bad. May I ask which printer you use?

It's a CanonTS6351a

 

[chrome72]

@janneau what dpi don’t print at. I’m looking to make a photomask and it will be at 2500 dpi. Hoping that provides enough resolution

 

[janneau]

Not sure of the DPI (I'm just using the basic MS Paint program that came with the laptop)
The original artwork works out to about 96cm x 96cm for a 28.5-29mm and I print the transfers out at 3%.
If I find the chapter ring is too close, or too far from the rehaut I'll use trial and error and reduce or increase the original size by a percentage or two and still print them out at 3% . Anthing over the size of image I work with is too much for the program to handle.

 

[WatchN3RD]

@janneau what dpi don’t print at. I’m looking to make a photomask and it will be at 2500 dpi. Hoping that provides enough resolution

I still want better, but I'm pretty impressed with my laser prints at 600 x 1200 dpi. 2500 sounds really good, but I don't know how to compare it against something like a photo negative. I'm so behind on my negative enlarger tests!

 

[chrome72]

I still want better, but I'm pretty impressed with my laser prints at 600 x 1200 dpi. 2500 sounds really good, but I don't know how to compare it against something like a photo negative. I'm so behind on my negative enlarger tests!

A photo negative has “no” dpi is what I have read. It’s already super high res. For 2500 dpi chat gpt tells me I should have minimum detail of less than .01mm which is pretty much as small as you can see with slight magnification. It’s like the tiny serif point on the a piece of text.

There is a decal thread over on rwg and someone there tried 2400 dpi and it just puddled on the decal film. Talking with the imagesetter people that is a non issue.

There is digital to medium format film (bigger than 35mm) and from what I remember they can be super high res. Like the equivalent of 4500 - 10,000 dpi. Hence the “no” dpi. At that point the scale of what dial making doesn’t even make sense. This is in the realm of microchip level detail

 

[turbo911]

Does anyone have a template for a 1675 gilt non-chapter ring dial? Looking for one for my next project and looked through all templates but could not find one...

 

[janneau]

First attempt at a 5513 'Bart' using gold vinyl on the base to try and get that unusual gold hue the Bart dials seem to have

 

[369mafia]

First attempt at a 5513 'Bart' using gold vinyl on the base to try and get that unusual gold hue the Bart dials seem to have

a nice warm tone. look fwd to seeing it lumed

 

[janneau]

Not a watch dial, but I made this today

 

[rangan]

@janneau Fantastic!!!Awesome is the same!!!​

 

[rangan]

https://www.horbiter.com/en/antiquorum-horbiter-suggests-8-timepieces-you-cant-miss/

 

[janneau]

@janneau Fantastic!!!Awesome is the same!!!​

I saw that clock when I was searching for a Pan Am logo to go on a dial and like the look of it.

 

[rangan]

Truly perfect ! Great job @janneau
Always been in love with Pan Am since I made my first flight to NYC in 1979 ....other times!!!

 

[WatchN3RD]

Not a watch dial, but I made this today

Well done! I've been planning a few clocks myself; just too lazy with the watch problems always on my plate. I'm definitely a vintage electric clock sucker though. Nice work.

 

[WatchN3RD]

Since I keep blowing up HZ 6460s, I figured I'd try to blow up an old film free transfer. Actually came out okay... it's so easy when you don't care about it.
If only I could trade some dials for working movements... worst moment ever in my experience.

 

[janneau]

I know they're cheap, but the keyless works on the 2813 and 3804s are the worst.
You get the dial and hands set, remove the stem to put the movement in the case, and when you put the stem back in, the winding pinion has somehow done a 180.

 

[janneau]

I was looking through the Singer prototype dials and thought I'd try something along those lines for a bit of fun.
I think I went way too far with it.

 

[aphmars13]

I know they're cheap, but the keyless works on the 2813 and 3804s are the worst.
You get the dial and hands set, remove the stem to put the movement in the case, and when you put the stem back in, the winding pinion has somehow done a 180.

Personally, I'm quite happy with the dg3804, it doesn't pose any problems. And I even think it has an unjustified bad image. On the other hand, I hate the hz, which is poorly designed, and the most annoying thing for me is the date change, which is really down-market.

 

[janneau]

An attempt at an actual Singer prototype dial.



Not happy with the darker blue. Came out more navy blue than royal blue