The 1016: The Under Appreciated Thread

[369mafia]

Do you think its possible that the previous UV exposure may have effected the results on the subsequent heat/humidity exposure?

YEs I would say that it did contribute to it more so than not
very cool results

 

[1016 lover]

I received the 13mm hand sets from raffles

Do you have some pictures?

 

[Karbon74]

My lab has a dry-oven (just a heat chamber used to dry things). I put my dial in a jar with water to create a closed humid environment (dial/hands on a platform so it’s not actually submerged in water).

You can do the same thing by putting them in a kitchen oven at low heat with a pot of water - but it’d probably be expensive electricity bill.

it's fine. I will do it while I am cooking

 

[369mafia]

Do you have some pictures?

Probably going to go on my mk2 but i am happy with it the waybit is atm. But eventually.

 

[Karbon74]

Probably going to go on my mk2 but i am happy with it the waybit is atm. But eventually.

I am along the same lines
thinking of putting them in my 1016 but unwilling to open it at this time as I love it so much

 

[369mafia]

tonight‘s batch of dials, over white enamel, rather than gilt.




A couple of of obvious rejects, but some are surprisingly good.





And my dial next to raffles both in gen cases.

Stumbled across this at lunch on IG

My spider sense tells me its from Vietnam ??

Ive never seen it in red before -ever

 

[dpd3672]

Stumbled across this at lunch on IG

My spider sense tells me its from Vietnam ??

Ive never seen it in red before -ever

Did they do that? I know that early into production of a new model, they'd use red ink, but I always thought that the Cartier and Tiffany models were sort of a special production run of an existing model, not something the factory would recognize as "new."

 

[1016 lover]

Probably going to go on my mk2 but i am happy with it the waybit is atm. But eventually.

Look nice, thé proportion of the lume on thé minute hande look better thann raffle time no?

 

[369mafia]

Did they do that? I know that early into production of a new model, they'd use red ink, but I always thought that the Cartier and Tiffany models were sort of a special production run of an existing model, not something the factory would recognize as "new."

quite possible. however the double stamped editions like this Ive only seen in white.

in other news. Hodinkie has their own double stamped tudor bb 58 now as well.

 

[1016 lover]

Look nice, thé proportion of the lume on thé minute hande look better thann raffle time no?

IS it 13mm exactly or 12.5mm long?

 

[369mafia]

IS it 13mm exactly or 12.5mm long?

should be 13mm from center of hole to tip. I have not measured but it does look longer
Thanks again to @GenuineFool for providing the drawings that helped this happen!!

 

[johnchpark]

24 hours in humidity chamber at 80’C.
First picture is straight out of the oven.
Second picture is after wiping the gunk off and re-drying it.

I will put it back under UV light for a day and see if it does anything now that it’s been humidity treated.

 

[369mafia]

24 hours in humidity chamber at 80’C.
First picture is straight out of the oven.
Second picture is after wiping the gunk off and re-drying it.

I will put it back under UV light for a day and see if it does anything now that it’s been humidity treated.

When you say gunk what do you think that is? chemicals leaching from the dial or possibly minerals , etc in the steam building up on the dial?

 

[johnchpark]

When you say gunk what do you think that is? chemicals leaching from the dial or possibly minerals , etc in the steam building up on the dial?

The “gunk” was limited to just around the lume. So it is probably lume coating/chemicals or something.
Plus, i used distilled water so shouldnt really be minerals

 

[Hayst]

Sit it in a Bain-marie for a few days.

 

[1675lover]

Looks like some of the lume melted

 

[316lad]

24 hours in humidity chamber at 80’C.
First picture is straight out of the oven.
Second picture is after wiping the gunk off and re-drying it.

I will put it back under UV light for a day and see if it does anything now that it’s been humidity treated.

I'm worried about how you are going to clean up that precipitate (melted lume?) from around the indices.
Did you do this at a slightly too high temp?

Otherwise, I like the effect overall.

 

[Karbon74]

I'm worried about how you are going to clean up that precipitate (melted lume?) from around the indices.
Did you do this at a slightly too high temp?

Otherwise, I like the effect overall.

he could CapeCod it out.
Then do the matte varnish drop finish to retexture the dial

 

[freebalkany]

Could someone tell me if this is really gen?

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[316lad]

Could someone tell me if this is really gen?

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IMO - No.