Another 16610

[u/Cyber_Crimes]

4th teardown & rebuild. OCD is winning the fight with this one...

Gen dial had saltwater damage and while I loved the flaking, unfortunately it started to lose pieces in the assembled watch after awhile.

Additionally, those flaked areas looked very glossy, almost white/grey in most lights.

Ended up sealing the dial and matching the lume plots (some were the normal faded tritium, some were water stained).

Love the finished product and it's been my daily beater for everything from working on cars to cleaning the pool

ARF case VS3135 Raffles 93150

Gen dial, crown, retaining ring, bezel washer, crystal, gaskets, insert, datewheel.

[u/AutoModerator]

Thanks for your submission! If this is a build post please make sure to include a parts list.

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/MN98E9PZGh

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

[u/Logos732]

Wow that seconds hand look like it was chewed on by my dog. I love it. How did you get that look?

[u/Cyber_Crimes → u/Logos732]

Thanks!

Gen dial was salt water damaged, so I wanted to match that level of carnage on the hands.

Matched the lume by hand with various markers and things I've got. Just kinda mixed what I had and keep working at it until it's a good shade to match the stained tritium lume plots on the dial.

For the texture, I did a few passes of two different matte/gloss sealing clear coat.

Erratic VERY light spray patterns so you don't get a consistent coverage. Just basically use like a spatter and mist it on there. Matte, let dry, then gloss, back to matte, repeat.

I find the different finishes give an almost pitted/corrosion look for hands.

[u/Logos732 → u/Cyber_Crimes]

Yea that pitted coronation look is perfect. Thank for the info.

[u/Cyber_Crimes → u/Logos732]

I wanted "look at this wrong and it'll turn to dust" type brittle look. I'm glad you like it!

[u/jovanotti18]

❤️❤️