Help me mod my 202a cg pin

[COLDI]

As you all know the 202a from DSN comes with a nipple on the cg aka the cg pin. I would like to file it down. Then I'm going to heat the pin and drop it in flax oil to make it black and repeat until I have the desired color.

My question is I found this pic:
http://www.watches24seven.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=9164
From the pic it doesnt even look flush...like I'm better off keeping the nipple...what do you think?

Would you polish the pin like a normal SS crown and then blacken it or file it down and then make it black? So either a flat black or a semi-polished black...any help would be awesome

Thanks in advance

 

[DonBrizzel]

Send it to me, I'll take care of it...

 

[COLDI]

ha ha...I might have to think on that

 

[Fiddo]

Make it flush..polish it...darken it.

 

[COLDI]

Thanks man...but are you sure to polish it bc in the gen pic I found it doesnt even look like its flush let alone polished.

now to find that tutorial on dying it with the flax oil...cant find it after we moved to 2.0!

 

[Fiddo]

Thanks man...but are you sure to polish it bc in the gen pic I found it doesnt even look like its flush let alone polished.

now to find that tutorial on dying it with the flax oil...cant find it after we moved to 2.0!

I don't know anymore Coldi. I have read and heard all cg pins are polished on gens. I have seen cg pins on gens that really don't look polished to me. In the 2009 Panerai catalogue some look like they match the finish of the case and cg.

 

[COLDI]

I know and this being a vintage model I dont want it polished

Here is another pic
http://www.watches24seven.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=9132
and another
http://www.watches24seven.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=9154

After looking at those pics I'm thinking flatten it. Then polished and then do the flax oil treatment. What do you think?

 

[Fiddo]

You know, since it's pre-vendome, I would go with the look in the pictures you have.

I also found these-

http://www.watches24seven.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=13511

Heck, just scrap the rep and get the gen.

 

[CBR]

Flatten, polish, heat, soak, repeat heat and soak until it matches the color of the CG.

You will need to heat the pin until it is nearly red hot. I used a kitchen torch to do it and it still nearly 30 seconds of direct heat to get it hot enough. Once you drop it in the oil it will start to blacken immediately. BUT it will take 2-3 dips before it is the correct color.

Sorry I didnt reply to your PM... Some friend I am, huh?

 

[COLDI]

Jeeze that is a beefy cg!

Ya I should whats 75k

Seriously is been sanded now to polish or not...

Flatten, polish, heat, soak, repeat heat and soak until it matches the color of the CG.

You will need to heat the pin until it is nearly red hot. I used a kitchen torch to do it and it still nearly 30 seconds of direct heat to get it hot enough. Once you drop it in the oil it will start to blacken immediately. BUT it will take 2-3 dips before it is the correct color.

Sorry I didnt reply to your PM... Some friend I am, huh?

woohoo thanks T! Now to polish it...and delay studying more!

Always a friend

 

[andei3000]

Hi Coldi,

in case you still need the tutorial, here you are:

http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/how-mod-pvd-crownguard-pin-41803?t=41803

hope this helps

Andei