The 1016: The Under Appreciated Thread

[altayd9]

no you will need to remove the stem, drill and tap the hole and fit a get tube for a gen crown IIRC

Ah I see, I thought I remembered it was a direct fit in his datejust cases and was hoping it was the same.

 

[369mafia]

Ah I see, I thought I remembered it was a direct fit in his datejust cases and was hoping it was the same.

Maybe his older case sets did. I dont think its fits on the new ones

 

[Winni1611]

I like the overpolished look old watches often have. They get it even by cleaning them with cloth during the years. So I polish the lugs too

 

[Winni1611]

Finished a New build. Raffles case and dial.
@1016 lover bezel and NH38. Worked hard on the curve of the lugs.
Nice watch, but don't like the color of the dial so much.

 

[Karbon74]

pretty watch. Agree that the dial is a bit too orange

nice work on color match of indices and hands !!

 

[369mafia]

 

[Pinion Minion]

That band sets the whole look off very nicely. Well done.

 

[Iceballer]

Damn beautiful job on the aging of the dial as well!

 

[1016 lover]

Lug process on the AliExpress case

The thread for the case back is way better than the raffle one, I was afraid with the hole position on the lug but after lot of file, it is ok

I worked this one to go overpolished one, I remove lot of material underneath the lug to round the lug a maximum

 

[Winni1611]

Great work

 

[choate]

The tropical dials are tricky. it seems like getting the right shade of brown/caramel to end up with a pleasing colour tone is hard to do. 369mafia is getting real close though, i would like to try one of your dials when youre' ready. The more i look at my raffles dial maybe the biggest flaw is that it's just too crisp and well lumed....

I liked this dial in a very dark brown that i passed on a while back..

 

[1016 lover]

Lug process on the AliExpress case

The thread for the case back is way better than the raffle one, I was afraid with the hole position on the lug but after lot of file, it is ok

I worked this one to go overpolished one, I remove lot of material underneath the lug to round the lug a maximum

To be precise one lug is reworked, the other are for see the initial state, sadly the alliexpress case is no more

 

[altayd9]

After much effort and some failure I have finally somewhat put together a decent build. Very rough around the edges but I'm proud.
Raffles case that I reshaped and drilled the holes for 2mm spring bars, broke 2 bits trying to drill them open
NH38 movement.
I'm waiting on a new dial in since I screwed up the aging on this dial and I'm also waiting for a raffles skinny crown.

 

[1016 lover]

After much effort and some failure I have finally somewhat put together a decent build. Very rough around the edges but I'm proud.
Raffles case that I reshaped and drilled the holes for 2mm spring bars, broke 2 bits trying to drill them open
NH38 movement.
I'm waiting on a new dial in since I screwed up the aging on this dial and I'm also waiting for a raffles skinny crown.

This dial look not bad, did you cooked it?

 

[Winni1611]

The dial ist not bad at all. You only need to age the hands a little bit more to Match the dial

 

[altayd9]

This dial look not bad, did you cooked it?

I baked it in coffee grounds, I suspect I left it in too long since the coffee left stains on the dial that didn’t clean up.

I didn’t have any luck with soaking the dial in coffee and tea but that method has worked on hands for me.

I think I am going to try weathering paint for models next.

 

[Winni1611]

You could give it some layers of matt acrylic spray which would Cover the signs and give it a textured look.

 

[Karbon74]

one thing I am going to try is the "Peking duck roasting" technique

meaning that you brush several layer of liquid coffee regularly while the dial is in the oven, one layer until dried by the heat then another .

very tedious but it might avoid the coffee stains from using ground coffee

 

[1016 lover]

I baked it in coffee grounds, I suspect I left it in too long since the coffee left stains on the dial that didn’t clean up.

I didn’t have any luck with soaking the dial in coffee and tea but that method has worked on hands for me.

I think I am going to try weathering paint for models next

Did your paint crackle during the process?

You can for sure try to mat varnish it to add texture and to dilute the defect, the colour look nice

 

[choate]

After much effort and some failure I have finally somewhat put together a decent build. Very rough around the edges but I'm proud.
Raffles case that I reshaped and drilled the holes for 2mm spring bars, broke 2 bits trying to drill them open
NH38 movement.
I'm waiting on a new dial in since I screwed up the aging on this dial and I'm also waiting for a raffles skinny crown.

It looks nice, if you think you screwed it up you should see some of my attempts...