My first 6538 and a lot of questions

[Bilko]

Couldnt agree more

it looked great with all so far

 

[FredZ]

Looks great! Mine says hi:

 

[Bart Cordell]

Looks great! Mine says hi:

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I knew I saw it somewhere else hymazing


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[FredZ]

Hehe [emoji28][emoji1303]


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[FredZ]

[emoji1303]
I knew I saw it somewhere else hymazing


[emoji632]

Hehe [emoji28][emoji1303]

 

[RepPossessed]

Looks great! Mine says hi:

Man thats perfect.. I like how you haven't went totally crazy on the bezel, so many are overdone. Subtlety is key..

 

[kilowattore]

Here's the second case I'm working on, making it ready for a few incoming parts

I focused on lugs chamfering this time, besides I started aging crown and midcase. Insert will be changed but I gave it a go with sandpaper just in case.
What do you think?

 

[FredZ]

Man thats perfect.. I like how you haven't went totally crazy on the bezel, so many are overdone. Subtlety is key..

Thanks bro

 

[Nivka]

Looks awesome [MENTION=64001]kilowattore[/MENTION]. Love those chamfers

 

[NCRich]

Nice work!

 

[Bart Cordell]

Nice mate !
Cant wait to see it completed


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[kilowattore]

I just checked dbane's thread and I see his case has even wider chamfers on the central part of midcase. Maybe I can improve next case further

 

[Bart Cordell]

You should look [MENTION=126233]Limer[/MENTION] 6538 thread. His chamfers work on silix is very nice.


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[siritos]

I am very interested to build my friend Kilo :drinks::laugh:
Hard to wait!! :laugh:

 

[kilowattore]

So here it is, my first build v2.0

Silix case reshaped by me
Silix bezel with pearl relumed by me
HR dial relumed by me
Leather nato from Bakeka

Lots of pics






























































I still see a few things I can improve, but all in all I'm satisfied now. Sure this won't be my last. I still have to redo the watch I built for [MENTION=128368]siritos[/MENTION] (as soon as parts arrive), besides I received today a very special dial which deserves my best attention (thanks [MENTION=108254]Bart Cordell[/MENTION]).

 

[siritos]

Spectacular watch! :berry:
My opinion: It seems to me that the dial remained little aging... a bit of texture would make it more contemporary to the hands. My two cent, eh!

 

[Nivka]

That looks spectacular! Congratulations on the good work.

 

[kilowattore]

And here's the final result for my friend [MENTION=128368]siritos[/MENTION]. This is the first watch I posted on which I mounted a raffles dial lumed by me and tiger concept hands, aged and lumed by me. I think I got a modest improvement in lume application and colour and on hands aging and luming. TBH seeing them both in person, I don't think the HR dial is worth the price difference only because the black is glossy. It isn't a real gilt dial anyway so imho raffles is a better and cheaper choice, unless you find a gilt that is

Excuse some fluff on pics :blush:

















































As soon as I can I will edit the first post in order to have an overview of these three revisions.

 

[Bart Cordell]

Wow ! Beautiful work mate.


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[kilowattore]

Just trying to get close to what you and the other great guys are doing