The 1016: The Under Appreciated Thread

[316lad]

Do you know what?
I'm almost envious of people who find this thread for the first time.

Dear Reader - if this is you then here is the advice;
Choose a day - when you have no commitments, no-one claiming your time or your attention and a clear run from morning through to evening. Make some coffee, settle the dog down if you have one - zoom in to this screen . . .and . . .

Go to Post # 1 and read the whole Thread.

And by the end of it - I gaurantee you - you will live in "1016 Land" and you will know exactly what you are doing with your build. And your build will be mighty.

Now go, get to work.
We did.

 

[Karbon74]

I still have not found the key question though.

who makes the best Sub?

 

[dpd3672]

I still have not found the key question though.

who makes the best Sub?

If you read through this thread, and the similar ones for the 5513 and 5517, you’ll be pretty convinced that WE do.

And if we fall short, it’s damn sure not from a lack of effort.

 

[316lad]

I still have not found the key question though.

who makes the best Sub?

I’m only here because I wanted to build a Daytona!

 

[dpd3672]

I’m only here because I wanted to build a Daytona!

Well then, this little detour is going to ultimately cost more that a straight line to the Rolex AD would have, lol.

 

[Karbon74]

I’m only here because I wanted to build a Daytona!

Oh i would love to.
But I will be content with a gold JKF 6265

I still don't dare wear reps that I cannot afford...and I can clearly not afford a 200k€ watch

 

[316lad]

Oh i would love to.
But I will be content with a gold JKF 6265

I still don't dare wear reps that I cannot afford...and I can clearly not afford a 200k€ watch

I couldn't pull off a Daytona on my stick-like ballerina wrist. My 14060M was big on it and that's only 39mm.
No, I'm a 36mm man through and through although I'll build a 6538 at 38mm as the a special one off.

 

[Karbon74]

first attempt at a radium burned dial.
I am making a Tchernobyl build

 

[316lad]

first attempt at a radium burned dial.
I am making a Tchernobyl build

I like it. I like the suggestion that the hands were stationary for a long period at 1:38 and burned more deeply there - hope that was deliberate! I have seen that with radium watches that slept still in drawers for many years.

If you had made that 1:23 then that was the time of the first explosion that rocked Chernobyl !

 

[Karbon74]

if only I had read your post before.
I have already sealed the paint with varnish now

yes, the localised burn is deliberate. One of you, I think it was @369mafia made something like this on a 1016

 

[dpd3672]

I thought about doing a dial like that with a soldering iron, sort of tracing the outline of the hands, a few mm above the dial, until it burns in. Haven't had the time to try it yet.

What's your method?

 

[dpd3672]

I couldn't pull off a Daytona on my stick-like ballerina wrist. My 14060M was big on it and that's only 39mm.
No, I'm a 36mm man through and through although I'll build a 6538 at 38mm as the a special one off.

The 4 digit Daytonas from Marv are surprisingly small, I never realized how small they were until I bought one. 37mm, IIRC.

 

[Karbon74]

What's your method?

first coat of diluted ocre with brush bristles dabs to create the burn
fine placing of white dots with the wet watercolor pencil to get the shape of the radiated area
dabs of ocre, undiluted to make the rusting
a few random dabs of white brush and ocre brush over the dial to simulate rust

matte varnish to seal

 

[Karbon74]

and wait until you see the melted hands

 

[Karbon74]

I like it. I like the suggestion that the hands were stationary for a long period at 1:38 and burned more deeply there - hope that was deliberate! I have seen that with radium watches that slept still in drawers for many years.

If you had made that 1:23 then that was the time of the first explosion that rocked Chernobyl !

15 mins
I have my story, thanks wikipedia:

A free neutron spontaneously decays to a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino, with a mean lifetime of about 15 minutes

 

[316lad]

15 mins
I have my story, thanks wikipedia:

A free neutron spontaneously decays to a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino, with a mean lifetime of about 15 minutes

Excellent research!
Also - where you've done them is perfect because 1:23 would have "weighted" them on one side of the dial only - it looks better with one hand on the right and the other on the left. Balanced.

 

[316lad]

and wait until you see the melted hands

Pic below caption: Karbon checking his supply of watchparts for his current WIP.

 

[Karbon74]

Pic below caption: Karbon checking his supply of watchparts for his current WIP.

so close to the truth

 

[316lad]

so close to the truth

That’s going to be one hell of a build - are you going to rough up that NATO a bit?

 

[Karbon74]

I already did the hardware but if you say so, it means that I did not go hard enough on the strap