The 1016: The Under Appreciated Thread

[lg.visio]

I would use the crystal that came with the case, but I'm pretty sure you can't remove the magnifier without damaging the surface. Right?



I tried the tea + sun method today. (thanks @TheLost ) It actually works quite well. I might paint over the lume a little. My attempts with heat haven't been very successful lately.

 

[automatico]

Who distributes these GS crystals?

Just about all supply houses have them or can get them. You see them on eBay too but sometimes the prices are too high.

To know whether it fits the case, you would need to know how thick the glass is. Cousins usually specifies the outer and inner diameters for the sternkreuz crystals, but I haven't really found a suitable one there either.

Iirc the GS catalogs had some OD and ID sizes posted for a few crystals but it has been a long time since I looked at a catalog.
Here is an example of some measurements for a few 'generic' crystals, maybe Sternkreuz:

Generic Crystals to Fit Rolex

This reflects some of the problems encountered with cases that are not oem spec.
Since I have a small lathe, I can enlarge the ID of a bezel or reduce the OD of a case neck a tiny bit, but other than that, I am in the same boat as everyone else. Believe me, I've had my share of this type of trouble.

 

[TheLost]

I tried the tea + sun method today. (thanks @TheLost ) It actually works quite well. I might paint over the lume a little. My attempts with heat haven't been very successful lately.

I've tried a ton of tricks to age Raffles lume (UV, coffee bake, coffee soak, etc. the standards). But in the end I keep going back to a modeling 'standard' (since I think of building these REP's as building watch 'models')...

Tamiya Weather Master (box C).. Its basically re-branded girls eyeshadow . The applicator has a spung end and a brush end.. I take the brush, rub it in the 'orange rust' powder, then 'dab' the brush over the lume. I then clean it up with a q-tip (removing the dust from the dial, and help spreading it around the lume).

yellow lume + orange rust = creamy tritium colored lume.



I'm sure there are better ways to do it.. but the lume still works, and like the tea-bake you just put the dial under running water and it all washes off

 

[369mafia]

 

[1016 lover]

Some new things coming

 

[369mafia]

Some new things coming

nice shape. Ill take two lol

 

[1016 lover]

nice shape. Ill take two lol

Fully machined case, Will take a little time to finish this one, i come from the workshop and have to do finishing, but look good , 2 years of drawing to finally have the correct shape

 

[1675lover]

add engravings and crown and I’ll take one!

 

[1675lover]

any plans to make it fit the NH38 movement?

 

[Karbon74]

add engravings

And i will take more than 2

 

[Dodgie]

I've tried a ton of tricks to age Raffles lume (UV, coffee bake, coffee soak, etc. the standards). But in the end I keep going back to a modeling 'standard' (since I think of building these REP's as building watch 'models')...

Tamiya Weather Master (box C).. Its basically re-branded girls eyeshadow . The applicator has a spung end and a brush end.. I take the brush, rub it in the 'orange rust' powder, then 'dab' the brush over the lume. I then clean it up with a q-tip (removing the dust from the dial, and help spreading it around the lume).

yellow lume + orange rust = creamy tritium colored lume.



I'm sure there are better ways to do it.. but the lume still works, and like the tea-bake you just put the dial under running water and it all washes off

Thanks for pointing this out again - this got me to finally buy the tamiya set and I have to say: Well, that was the most relaxed and easy aging I did so far and I really like the warmth of orange rust.


On Another note:
I wanted to built a 1016 for some time now and I stumbled across the Bundeswehr issued ones:





99 produced and deliverd in 1979 ~4mio Case Numbers.

The Dial should be a Matte Mark 4 Dial with the stretched crown?
Any idea where I could find such a dial?

For the engraving of the caseback I would give 9v Metal Etching a go.

 

[316lad]

I finally got it the colour I want. Assuming that it was bought and worn and a 50-50 mixture of night and Day with the tritium slowly burning yellow.

 

[316lad]

It's insanely beautiful - the marriage of the white of the text and the yellow/ orange of the Tritium Burn.

I'm ready to do a 14060M.

KARBON!!!!