Blancpain vintage divers thread : from refs to builds

[toofsy]

Thank you @toofsy.
Guess that a GS-DT crystal upgrade will fit the bill…
Insert from what I read is ceramic, another upgrade possibility.

Best
M.

The Rduane insert seems to be mineral glass without recess for the indices, only lume and black layer paint.

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thanks for the crystal ref, the rduane is about 5,8mm thick with 1 mm dome
the glass diameter is with a whit gasket

[Emilio]

I have changed this thread to "sticky"

[toofsy]

I have changed this thread to "sticky"

tks Emilio

[madasboot]

Thank you @toofsy.
Guess that a GS-DT crystal upgrade will fit the bill…
Insert from what I read is ceramic, another upgrade possibility.

Best
M.

The Rduane insert seems to be mineral glass without recess for the indices, only lume and black layer paint.
Capture d’écran 2023-02-03 à 14.29.38.png

thanks for the crystal ref, the rduane is about 5,8mm thick with 1 mm dome
the glass diameter is with a whit gasket

I have vectors for it if you need.
Mine have oem specs as they are for Vietnamese cases.

[madasboot]

@toofsy can you measure the diameter of the dial seat?
vietnamese cases accept 30.1mm press fitted, 30.0mm hand fitted.
Thx

[toofsy]

@toofsy can you measure the diameter of the dial seat?
vietnamese cases accept 30.1mm press fitted, 30.0mm hand fitted.
Thx

29,8mm

[toofsy]

Thank you @toofsy.
Guess that a GS-DT crystal upgrade will fit the bill…
Insert from what I read is ceramic, another upgrade possibility.

Best
M.

The Rduane insert seems to be mineral glass without recess for the indices, only lume and black layer paint.
Capture d’écran 2023-02-03 à 14.29.38.png

thanks for the crystal ref, the rduane is about 5,8mm thick with 1 mm dome
the glass diameter is with a whit gasket

I have vectors for it if you need.
Mine have oem specs as they are for Vietnamese cases.

With pleasure, evenif I'm far to think about the insert process at this time at tis time.

[Mir36]

Vietnam build, my second

base: @Mir36 (long story)
Dial: refinished by myself
Insert: design and production (myself) with base done by Adrian upon my vectors.

Hands: adapted and whitened.

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Looks leagues better @madasboot !!! Please ask @Athaya to make those inserts in bulk!

[Thrasher]

This is very exciting thread , I wonder if @Alhig72 is aware of Rdunae and can share some of his beautiful work with us.
I currently have on order a sterile Rdunae R6 Legendary Diver and Thank you so very much @madasboot has already made a dial for me. This is thread from @Mir36 that caught my attention viewtopic.php?t=8311&hilit=us+navy

[Mir36]

This is very exciting thread , I wonder if @Alhig72 is aware of Rdunae and can share some of his beautiful work with us.
I currently have on order a sterile Rdunae R6 Legendary Diver and Thank you so very much @madasboot has already made a dial for me. This is thread from @Mir36 that caught my attention viewtopic.php?t=8311&hilit=us+navy

That’s a beauty @Thrasher! Congratulations!
@madasboot I think I see the tweak Your dials keep getting better