You surpass me on some points. I'm not good in aging things. Your hands for example. I love the result on the case too.
I'm good to make dials only...
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I'm good to make dials only...
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My first 6538 and a lot of questions
- Thread starter kilowattore
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Assuming you don't want to tint it, you just rub it gently with a few different grit sandpapers (from rougher to finer) and then polish it with capecod or polywatch.
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I am impressed :greedy: and eager to wear this watch :berry: [MENTION=64001]kilowattore[/MENTION] .... you are superlative watchmaker! :drinks_cheers:
The reason you have a gap around the bezel is that you used the hws plexi, which has a step, if you use the hw it has no step.
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Stunning results sir, I am partial to the four liner with white and gold writing. I also love the process from start to finish with it always getting better. Bravo sir
I've been trying my own big crown build for the last couple of weeks,it was going quite well until I tried to change my dial and hands and I broke my movement trying to fit them. So I had to get a new movement.
I'm at a dead end now though as I just don't have the skills to do it and I've pm'd a few Modders on the forum to see if they can finish my project,unfortunately so far I have had no replys from any of them.
Not sure what my next step is but I'm disappointed that my project has so far ended in badly [emoji2]
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I'm at a dead end now though as I just don't have the skills to do it and I've pm'd a few Modders on the forum to see if they can finish my project,unfortunately so far I have had no replys from any of them.
Not sure what my next step is but I'm disappointed that my project has so far ended in badly [emoji2]
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Breaking a movement is only.one.of the things that can go bad building a watch and trust me, if you'll keep working on watches you will experience the full spectrum :lol:
Don't give up just because of this difficulty, wait for your new movement and try again.
Anyway if you're in EU and willing to ship abroad I think I can help.
Don't give up just because of this difficulty, wait for your new movement and try again.
Anyway if you're in EU and willing to ship abroad I think I can help.
That's great I am in uk (so still on eu for a while yet) I bought another 6538 from a member here, maybe once it gets here I can send it to you with the dial I got, that would save me another broken cannon pinion [emoji4]
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This is the watch I bought and I was lucky enough to snap up a dial that bart cordel made
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These are mine,the one on the left came today and has a nice gilt dial on its way to me, the other one is my 1st attempt at modding,aged bezel insert (maybe too much ) brassed bezel and drilled lugs,I tried to age the dial a bit to make the markers less yellow.
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Anyone know how to get broken drill bits out of lug holes [emoji2][emoji1]
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I did my first watch ok but the second one the bit swapped without even leaving anything to grab to pull it out;I tried to drill it but no luck, I might buy a ball burr or something like that to try
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