Your oppinion on self made New type Rolex DSSD dial, Just a play created in 1 hour

[1kenny1kenny1]

[UPDATE 9]Your oppinion on self made New type Rolex DSSD dial

Hey all forum members !

I was wondering to play with decals next month, so I wondered, when Rolex has changed its dials, I will try to replicate them.. If I will not be successful I have at least tried.

Here is the new GEN Rolex DSSD dial

And here is my dial Rep Rolex DSSD created in PS

ACTUAL PICTURES UPDATE9

And here is picture without indexes.

What do you think ? All suggestions of repairing some fonts, sizes, alignments etc. are WELCOME ! Thank you. :google:

LIST FOR FUTURE UPDATE:

TBD???

UPDATE: added DEEPSEA lol

UPDATE2: The dial was slightly off center, turned it -0,55° + centred hole for hands + cleared a bit dial

UPDATE3: Added picture without indexes

UPDATE4: Replaced Coronet + ROLEX sign ! Now it looks much better !

UPDATE5: Replaced all text fonts + aligned fonts

UPDATE6: Replaced Font for Deepsea, Sea-dweller and Oyster perpetual date. Fixed 3000 m. So far best version ! :lol:

UPDATE7: Replaced again font, found nice A, aligned as should be, deleted center hole

UPDATE8: 1. The ROLEX "R"; the lower rh leg is bowed iso straight
2. The ROLEX "O"; is oval iso round
3. The "oyster" "s"; the top curve should be equal to the lower one.
4. The DEEPSEA "S" the top curve should be equal to the lower one.

UPDATE9: "DEEPSEA". was a little too tall.

 

[1kenny1kenny1]

UPDATE5: Replaced all text fonts + aligned fonts

 

[trailboss99]

Looking good mate!

 

[1kenny1kenny1]

Thank you Col, I think that is the closes I can get with stock fonts. Now only get hold of decal sheet and we can try to print it out !

 

[chisin]

But how will it work? Will you print out the entire dial and layer it over an existing rep dial? What about the markers? If you only print out the relevant sections, and paste it on, will it blend with the surface of the dial? Sorry bout the questions, but this is really interesting, and I have been wondering if I could use decals on some rollie reps of mine.

 

[1kenny1kenny1]

well if you have the clean base plate, you will have to print whole plate. You can not print white color from printer. The white color usually is blank. I was also wondering, to do something similar, when I am creating PCB circuit paths. The chemical, will only "eat" the black, so I will have then something like Print stamp, where I can put white paint.. There are only speculations, basic first thing what I want to try will be put the decal on the plate, and spray the top with 1-2x with matt aerosol spray...

 

[chisin]

Cool! Hope it works out. Can't wait to see results. If this works, don't suppose you'll think of helping out a fellow forum member with his little vanity project? Heh.

 

[1kenny1kenny1]

chisin ) I really hope also, that it will work.. well we will see in future, because I think we have 0 moders doing also dials lol

 

[1kenny1kenny1]

UPDATE6: Replaced Font for Deepsea, Sea-dweller and Oyster perpetual date. Fixed 3000 m. the font recognized cost around 60USD... SO I managed to somehow create a text from the demo letters..

 

[Bonesey]

Loooking pretty sharp man. Will be watching this with interest!

 

[1kenny1kenny1]

Bonesey thank you. I will add any new information regarding this modding

 

[LHOOQ]

This looks very promising 1k1k, but... "PERPETUAL"!

 

[1kenny1kenny1]

This looks very promising 1k1k, but... "PERPETUAL"!

:facepalm: oh sorry about that, will fix it in next update

 

[sawalke4]

This can be silk screened

 

[trailboss99]

This can be silk screened

No, no it can't. Silk screening can not cope with the fine text on a watch dial, it will fuzz.


Col

 

[Betha]

Good!! no great job my friend!!!
But check the line up of the = sign...
IMO it should line up with the center of the 6 o 'clock hour marker.. after that the = sign should line up with the rh V of the W from Dweiler and the c from chronometer.

Am I right?

KR

Berry

 

[alvinado]

it should in the mark one dial, but this is the mark 2 dial.

btw will this work?

http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/productdetail.aspx?productcode=159

 

[1kenny1kenny1]

Alvin amazing find ! Yes I would use something similar ! But now question is, if it is better to use Ink or Laser printer... The question is about density (DPI). On the laser, I tried 1200DPI (max possible in my work) and the small details were not so crystal clear. Well will tell you more, when I will have the decals physically in hand.

Thanks Berry for the hint ! It is really hard to find picture of the new dial, directly from front. There are also limited pics... And also as you know, the fonts are not so available so it makes difficult to center everything with correct height. But I will try to fix this. It would greatly help, if you can also post picture with some red circles and lines, showing me, what to where fix, so I will know what to where put something But now when I have my old sub in hand, the "=" is not in center with 6 or 12 o'clock. It is slightly off also.

sawalke4 the best option will be create some mask, and print it like a stamp. We need something, that can print HIGH dpi resolution, At least 2400dpi.

 

[1kenny1kenny1]

Okay TODAYS UPDATE:

and with markers

What do you think ? Is it it ?

 

[joegrimm]

i think you may have a winner there...good work bud.:notworthy: