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Zenith El Primero Ref.A386 - dial/hands improvement
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Zuke
·Looks great!
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·Nice job. 👍
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haga888
·Great job!
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woodwkr2
·Beauty.
That's quite a nice dial holder you're working with there too. (*Tool envy!)
How did you go about attaching the new dial indices? I've tried that trick on two dials-- once with a bit of loc tite and once with friction fit--and both times I've failed miserably.
That's quite a nice dial holder you're working with there too. (*Tool envy!)
How did you go about attaching the new dial indices? I've tried that trick on two dials-- once with a bit of loc tite and once with friction fit--and both times I've failed miserably.
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LouS
··Mrs Nataf's Other SonAbel, The dialwork is excellent - a real resurrection. Some very fine details on the case as well - are there "before" shots ?
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Interstatetime
·Abel...the master....the artist. Bravo!
JohnCote
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papaebetu
·Thanks to exist Abel !
GIGI
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andy_s
·Abel - speechless again, well done.
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MMMD
·Thanks for sharing this. I do admire your work. Personally, I would prefer less yellow in the lume on this model, but it does look pleasant and striking. An aesthetic question: when choosing the lume color in this case, were you striving for the original appearance, an "aged" look, or just a pleasing color combination? I imagine this choice might be difficult when one is restoring the hands and case to a new or nearly new appearance.
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abcoro
·Thanks for sharing this. I do admire your work. Personally, I would prefer less yellow in the lume on this model, but it does look pleasant and striking. An aesthetic question: when choosing the lume color in this case, were you striving for the original appearance, an "aged" look, or just a pleasing color combination? I imagine this choice might be difficult when one is restoring the hands and case to a new or nearly new appearance.
Thank you for your compliment. Lume color is always a difficult issue, whenever I do a relume I try to match the original color, so the lume that's on the dial before I remove it. Yo can always get an idea of the original color if it didn't suffer too much form moisture and humidity during it's life by scraping off the top layer...I do get your point, this lume appears to have a little more intensity then we're used to see. I can also share that it is actually also more pronounced in the pictures...I will try to shoot a picture in daylight to show the difference. Recently I also relumed an A3817 where lume color was a bit more greenish...also there I tried to match it's initial lume color...
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haga888
·Wow, you managed to "unpolish" it. Fantastic work!
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··Mrs Nataf's Other SonThank you, Abel. It is the old predicament - the perennial push-pull between restoring definition and losing volume. This is where artistry and judgement come in. I don't see how it could have been solved better. Masterful!
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pitpro
·This is amazing work!
You are an artist.
You are an artist.
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MMMD
·Terrific work. Thanks for the insight about lume color selection.
