What are you working on now?

Hypnogagia · Post by **Hypnogagia** » August 31st, 2023, 3:03 pm

Looking good @manodeoro!

dj57 · Post by **dj57** » September 2nd, 2023, 1:32 am

Cleaning day today

Denis · Post by **Denis** » September 2nd, 2023, 2:22 pm

Cleaning day today

Dj57 great photos

Hypnogagia · Post by **Hypnogagia** » September 2nd, 2023, 9:10 pm

That looks beautiful @dj57! Do you prefer the old dial or the new one with the “05”?

dj57 · Post by **dj57** » September 3rd, 2023, 12:10 am

Hypnogagia wrote:That looks beautiful [mention]dj57[/mention]! Do you prefer the old dial or the new one with the “05”?

The new because it all about symmetry. The same is with the Rolex submariner, I like the “no date” more.

dj57 · Post by **dj57** » September 3rd, 2023, 12:10 am

Sorry my above answer has been uploaded twice.

Hypnogagia · Post by **Hypnogagia** » September 3rd, 2023, 1:10 am

dj57 wrote: ↑September 3rd, 2023, 12:10 am
Hypnogagia wrote:That looks beautiful @dj57! Do you prefer the old dial or the new one with the “05”?
The new because it all about symmetry. The same is with the Rolex submariner, I like the “no date” more.

I like the symmetry with the 05 as well, but there is something about the design of the lone 5 that is cool. It’s a little visual nudge that gives me all sorts of ideas for different dial designs. I’m torn between the date and no date on the Sub. Before I got into building I wanted a date on all of my watches, but the ease of use and visual simplicity of no date is really nice.

dj57 · Post by **dj57** » September 5th, 2023, 4:07 am

A few weeks ago I mentioned some DIY methods how to replace/renew/fix dials feet:

* have the dial repaired by a watchmaker
* fix the dial with glue dots on the movement
* buy a cheap thin dial with the feet in the right place, sand it down a bit and then use it as a backplate
* or the variant with this tool which I bought from AliE

The day before yesterday while experimenting with dials, the following method came to my mind. All you have to do is buy feet and 3mm sticky dots. No extra tools. This method works also for plastic dials.

See below:

So, you don’t have to buy any tool, you don’t have to find the right feet positions on the dial and with this variant you don’t have to put the sticky dots on the movement.

What do you think

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Post by **Belkin12** » September 5th, 2023, 6:37 am

dj57 wrote: ↑September 5th, 2023, 4:07 am What do you think ?

It looks as a pretty easy and quick solution, but at the same time it increases the dial thickness on 0.2-0.3mm (feet heads + adhesive ). In some cases it's critical, especially working with movements with short CP/HW and stock hands.

dj57 · Post by **dj57** » September 5th, 2023, 6:38 am

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