Ive been wanting to try my hand at a blue snowflake sub. Ive wanted to build a really beat up vintage Tudor sub that looks like I found it at the bottom of gear bag.
beat up, faded, water damaged , you name it. a watch with a story. The tudor 94110 snow flake sub is the cousin of the 5513 but since im board to death of rolex subs I wanted to see if a Tudor would grow on me.
These were my inspiration
Ordered all the parts from raffles and when they arrived this week I got to work.
The dial
honestly. not a fan. the print on the dial is crisp but in person it looks a bit blue/white like the blue is bleeding thought the white print.. not very bright but its clean.
The dial is more royal blue than navy blue. but for 40 bucks you can expect perfection. So I had no regrets aging the lume and water damaging the dial.
Aged the case with some sweet dings , dents scuffs.
I roughed up the inserts and put them to soak to age them.....lost track of time and they sat for a bit longer than needed and I ghosted them one had a bit of paint remaining so I used that one. The ghost effect is cool but not what I was after...I wanted a faded blue. I'll order a few more and try again.
These faded inserts may be up for grabs if anyone is interested hmu.
That's how she currently sits. Its not love at first site for me. with the silver grey ghost bezel and blue dial it feels kinda like a yacht master at quick glance. I am not big into subs but I thought I would give this a shot and it was a fun exercise I do have a domed crystal coming for it and once that is installed and a faded blue insert - and maybe a different dial I will come around
anyone suggest a better option for a blue snowflake dial?
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As always comments and questions welcome. Thanks for looking
beat up, faded, water damaged , you name it. a watch with a story. The tudor 94110 snow flake sub is the cousin of the 5513 but since im board to death of rolex subs I wanted to see if a Tudor would grow on me.
These were my inspiration
Ordered all the parts from raffles and when they arrived this week I got to work.
The dial
honestly. not a fan. the print on the dial is crisp but in person it looks a bit blue/white like the blue is bleeding thought the white print.. not very bright but its clean.
The dial is more royal blue than navy blue. but for 40 bucks you can expect perfection. So I had no regrets aging the lume and water damaging the dial.
Aged the case with some sweet dings , dents scuffs.
I roughed up the inserts and put them to soak to age them.....lost track of time and they sat for a bit longer than needed and I ghosted them one had a bit of paint remaining so I used that one. The ghost effect is cool but not what I was after...I wanted a faded blue. I'll order a few more and try again.
These faded inserts may be up for grabs if anyone is interested hmu.
That's how she currently sits. Its not love at first site for me. with the silver grey ghost bezel and blue dial it feels kinda like a yacht master at quick glance. I am not big into subs but I thought I would give this a shot and it was a fun exercise I do have a domed crystal coming for it and once that is installed and a faded blue insert - and maybe a different dial I will come around
anyone suggest a better option for a blue snowflake dial?
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As always comments and questions welcome. Thanks for looking