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Hello people. I’ve been away for a bit. Some of you may remember me as I used to sell lume from time to time. I had a bit of a career pivot post Brexit and don’t get involved in that stuff any more. I also got interested in smaller watches and more modern stuff. I even wore a (whisper it) Apple Watch for a few months. I recently found a box of my old watch parts (no lume sorry) and remembered how much I enjoyed the PAM homages. So I’m rebuilding a watch which I will use an old southy dial in and am quite excited about it.
I saw in my pms that I had missed a lot of messages about lume, so sorry to those people to whom I didn’t reply. As I said, I don’t have access to lume any more but I still think that my way of creating vintage lume was the most effective I’ve seen, in terms of brightness of afterglow and colour. Before I went dark I did find a new way of achieving the same lume colour outside of the lab with equipment that anyone could reproduce and I would be happy to share the recipe for anyone that’s interested. It would be an open source thing. If people are interested, I will post here. It’s a bit of a ball ache to do, but it works and it opens a world of possibilities with colour.
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Great to see you back. We all take a break from time to time. Apple, casio or pam they are all good! You should post up your build parts!
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Hi and welcome back. I think everybody around here is interested in your recipe. A southy dial is like one of those unicorns I missed on my journey. I can only repeat Mellons. Please show pictures


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Good to see you back. It has been a while indeed. I still have some of your lume powder stashed away for next time I need it.

There is plenty of space in the "how to" section for your recipe, when you're ready.
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Good to have you back
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Holio!!!!! Brother!!! Welcome back!! You made my day old friend!! So glad, I hear you are well!!!
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Elias Livadaris wrote: November 3rd, 2024, 11:32 pm Holio!!!!! Brother!!! Welcome back!! You made my day old friend!! So glad, I hear you are well!!!
Elias, thank you for the warm welcome. I still have 2 of your brass buckles and they are part of the inspiration to resurrect my Pam homage. 🙏
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So here is the southy dial. I will take some properly lit photos at some point, but for now there will have to do.
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holio cornolio wrote:So here is the southy dial. I will take some properly lit photos at some point, but for now there will have to do.
Amazing dial


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Yeah but what about the roll of dirty insulating tape it’s sitting on? Thats the real beauty.
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