Vintage Kampfschwimmer project finished (Loaded with pix!)

[blueradish]

Well, this wasn't suppose to be a light Vintage mod. I decided at the start that I wanted this watch to look like it had been thru 4 Tours of Duty, every weather element known to man and then buried with the soldier.

Picked up the watch with a cracked crystal from a member on one of the boards. The crack was somewhat superficial in that it didn't actually reach the surface of the outside or inside crystal. I decided to keep it as it went with the whole look.

Enjoy.

The strap started out life like this...

...and after a lot of work, ended up like this...

 

[COLDI]

Damn brother. That looks amazing! And the strap is killer! Whats powering that thing? 6497 or did you do the vintage mvt as well?

 

[JellyJoe]

Amazing vintage work. I would have spared the crystal, but one of the best vintagizing works I have seen.
I would love a walkthrough of all the process.

 

[lan61t]

WOWWWWW, impressive, you must have spend a lot of good time doing it

 

[nielsen]

Yep, that's been through the wars--and lost! Beautifully done.

 

[Dragonfly]

Ta Hell and back! very creative patina on the watch, looks like dried blood on the case. Nicely done.

 

[blueradish]

Damn brother. That looks amazing! And the strap is killer! Whats powering that thing? 6497 or did you do the vintage mvt as well?

Looks like a basic 6497 with sterile plates, but it definitely seems to have a worn out look to it as well.

 

[Aji]

Blueradish...
I don't usually get this excited about the retro aged look, but this certainly has given me food for thought?

I think a step by step walk through is in order.... till then wear it well

 

[levelmanroger]

You certainly achieved your goal!
It looks as if it has had at least 2 prevous owners, as the first would have surely lost his arm in the process of getting his watch this badly beat up.
Nice work!

 

[cambro]

that was impressive... how did you do it??

 

[blueradish]

Blueradish...
I don't usually get this excited about the retro aged look, but this certainly has given me food for thought?

I think a step by step walk through is in order.... till then wear it well

that was impressive... how did you do it??

I've had a lot of requests for a step by step. It will take a while as I didn't document it as I was doing it. Stay tuned, hopefully I'll get it up soon.

 

[pete2528ca]

Oh Jay, i heard you had problems getting it up.

Later mate!

 

[tranzmizzion]

oops. necro'd/ /delete

 

[panasol]

congrats.....

this is perfect in it's way....