37mm skeleton dials
Posted: April 18th, 2023, 3:49 pm
Anyone got a source of 37mm skeleton dials for eta 6497 movements?
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37mm skeleton dials
Posted: April 18th, 2023, 4:01 pm
Sorry, I deleted my answer since the dials I found were ~39mm
Re: 37mm skeleton dials
Posted: April 18th, 2023, 8:32 pm
Custom? Or are you looking for something specific?
Re: 37mm skeleton dials
Posted: April 20th, 2023, 5:00 am
Which case will you use?
Main constraint with 6497 skeleton dials is the feet position: it will hardly let a 29.5mm window to see the movement...
Main constraint with 6497 skeleton dials is the feet position: it will hardly let a 29.5mm window to see the movement...
Re: 37mm skeleton dials
Posted: April 20th, 2023, 3:07 pm
Im thinking new river bronze subbie case with 6497 movement..
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/145023956936?mk ... media=COPY
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/145023956936?mk ... media=COPY
Re: 37mm skeleton dials
Posted: April 21st, 2023, 4:19 am
Nice case, it seems to fit 0.4mm dials,Mellons wrote: ↑April 20th, 2023, 3:07 pm Im thinking new river bronze subbie case with 6497 movement..
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/145023956936?mk ... media=COPY
but dial window is approx 33.5mm only, and it's a plain caseback,
so may not be ideal to highlight a skeketon IMHO ...
Re: 37mm skeleton dials
Posted: April 21st, 2023, 5:03 pm
Yep need caseback also… might have to go fizzz on this one!Fizzzz wrote: ↑April 21st, 2023, 4:19 amNice case, it seems to fit 0.4mm dials,Mellons wrote: ↑April 20th, 2023, 3:07 pm Im thinking new river bronze subbie case with 6497 movement..
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/145023956936?mk ... media=COPY
but dial window is approx 33.5mm only, and it's a plain caseback,
so may not be ideal to highlight a skeketon IMHO ...
What dial do you think would compliment this case?
Re: 37mm skeleton dials
Posted: April 22nd, 2023, 5:28 am
Oh, I wasn’t trying to place a custom dial thereMellons wrote: ↑April 21st, 2023, 5:03 pmYep need caseback also… might have to go fizzz on this one!Fizzzz wrote: ↑April 21st, 2023, 4:19 amNice case, it seems to fit 0.4mm dials,Mellons wrote: ↑April 20th, 2023, 3:07 pm Im thinking new river bronze subbie case with 6497 movement..
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/145023956936?mk ... media=COPY
but dial window is approx 33.5mm only, and it's a plain caseback,
so may not be ideal to highlight a skeketon IMHO ...
What dial do you think would compliment this case?
I had other solutions in mind, but these won’t fit this case.
My personal taste about skeleton movement is “more is less”
I mean: I prefer to see the whole movement, naked.
Most existing 6497 skeleton dials are a visual pollution for me, hiding half the movement.
So if I have to design a dial, I opt for the most discrete ring as possible or just index bars, depending on the skeleton design curves.
Which movement will you use to match this bronze case?
Re: 37mm skeleton dials
Posted: April 22nd, 2023, 8:20 am
There are 6497 movements out there that are skeletonized. I built this back in the day with one such movement. I then bought a Chinese skeleton dial and cut elements out of it to implement in my build. Try to find one of these movements. It was out of 1980s pocket watch.
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Re: 37mm skeleton dials
Posted: April 23rd, 2023, 4:42 am
The 6497 i think i will stick with atm- caseback may be tricky to find for sekeleton, ill see if anything fits this when i get itFizzzz wrote: ↑April 22nd, 2023, 5:28 amOh, I wasn’t trying to place a custom dial there
I had other solutions in mind, but these won’t fit this case.
My personal taste about skeleton movement is “more is less”
I mean: I prefer to see the whole movement, naked.
Most existing 6497 skeleton dials are a visual pollution for me, hiding half the movement.
So if I have to design a dial, I opt for the most discrete ring as possible or just index bars, depending on the skeleton design curves.
Which movement will you use to match this bronze case?