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Re: (NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you
Posted: October 12th, 2018, 9:30 am
by hako
Emilio wrote: ↑October 12th, 2018, 7:53 am
Vonn wrote:Thanks for the link!
Its funny, when using the German bay, even if put your settings on worldwide, you won‘t find a single engraved one like you did.
There are tons of sterile one though.
What I do when I need to find "funny" stuff is using the eBay.com site
Or use eBay.ca
... the use of a VPN-Server may also help.
Sad, but true: eBay censors east-Asian vendors...
Re: (NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you
Posted: October 12th, 2018, 4:42 pm
by toofsy
Just to say I tested a vintage Plexi from an very basic old molnoja pocket watch...do you know the Russian pocket watch which buy to use the 3601 in our panerai...
And the Plexi fit very well on this 44 parnis pilot case...
Just a test at this time need to polish a bit the Plexi and use gs hypo cement...
Thanks to Rotorua about the Plexi size indication.
Thanks to Praz/pvirus for the dial engraving.
Rotorua wrote: ↑September 24th, 2018, 12:42 pm
@Tanukjaju, I followed your advice from a few posts ago, and the P*nis went through the first round of modifications.
The goal was to see what techniques I can use, what I still need to learn, etc. I was not overly concerned with subtle aging, instead I wanted to see where it goes.
Still working on the case and I have a few ideas about the movement. What I did do is to polish the brushed case, then beat the crap out of it, then polished it again. Softened almost all edges as they were sharper than your mother-in-laws teeth. Not easy to polish a brushed case. I aged the dial and hands, and added some detail with acrylic paint and weathering dry paint. Replaced both crystals with Sternkreuz HW, aged the top crystal. Need to polish it still to make the crazes more subtle, and I also need to find a better way to craze the crystal. Overall, it still needs a lot of detail work, but for now it's ok.
... what I realized needs most work though: my watch photography skills. Lazily pointing the iphone at it does not a good picture make.
Re: (NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you
Posted: October 14th, 2018, 12:57 pm
by macosie
Re: (NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you
Posted: April 2nd, 2019, 8:00 pm
by Tanukjaju
I just realized that I have not updated this thread with the progress....
This was last year...
Did a few things including:
New dial from [mention]rmcsherry[/mention]
New old felsa 8 day movement with the seconds hand
New domed plexi crystal
Red oring from eBay
Seiko Hands from degaz
A comfy strap from [mention]blueradish[/mention]
Painting vintagizing etc by me
The movement before cleaning.
Center seconds hand
Double barrel main spring(s)
Domed plexi
Ross dial and hints of the Bloo strap
Re: (NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you
Posted: April 3rd, 2019, 4:51 am
by Emilio
I like the dial finish
Re: (NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you
Posted: April 3rd, 2019, 9:30 am
by straps68
Nice job as usual!
Re: (NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you
Posted: April 3rd, 2019, 11:56 am
by Sevanata
Tanu, the dial brings up the watch to another level....
You did good on all the transformations.
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Re: (NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you
Posted: April 5th, 2019, 4:11 pm
by toofsy
Parnis Pilot with 6497
Pvirus custom engraving painted and lumed by myself
8mm RLX Athaya crown and tube solder by myself
Vintage (1955) Molnija pocket watch plexi
Croco leather stap by myself
Alix hands set with custom hour hand, I'm hesitating to paint the set in white as initially planned...
I plan to find and glue/press a old coin on the caseback instead of the glass
I should also re-polish the case or only the bezel
Re: (NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you
Posted: January 15th, 2021, 3:02 am
by Emilio
Bump
Re: (NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you
Posted: January 15th, 2021, 3:34 am
by Mellons
Tanukjaju wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2019, 8:00 pm
I just realized that I have not updated this thread with the progress....
This was last year...
Did a few things including:
New dial from @rmcsherry
New old felsa 8 day movement with the seconds hand
New domed plexi crystal
Red oring from eBay
Seiko Hands from degaz
A comfy strap from @blueradish
Painting vintagizing etc by me
The movement before cleaning.
Center seconds hand
Double barrel main spring(s)
Domed plexi
Ross dial and hints of the Bloo strap
I forgot about this build- [mention]Tanukjaju[/mention] how is this one running?