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My aged Orient Sub. A pictoral in patina.
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Aged 100M Diver
Started by Mod_It, May 14 2010 07:32 PM
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Posted 14 May 2010 - 08:47 PM
Mod_It, on 14 May 2010 - 07:32 PM, said:
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My aged Orient Sub. A pictoral in patina.
My aged Orient Sub. A pictoral in patina.
I may be wrong here but why destroy a new watch and
it to death to make it look as it has old lume? and in fact it now has no lume .... The same results can be gotten just by mixing tint in good lume and you will have the old burnt out look that still functions. A lot of work for destroying the non existant lume that the 100M has to start with. I guess the real lesson here is he did learn how that watch goes together. Bleach, ovens, nails, fun read I have to say. But please folks don't do this to your's. If you want that look just do it properly and use a tint. 
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Posted 14 May 2010 - 09:11 PM
Good point about tinting the lume.
garwal, on 14 May 2010 - 08:47 PM, said:
I may be wrong here but why destroy a new watch and it to death to make it look as it has old lume? and in fact it now has no lume .... The same results can be gotten just by mixing tint in good lume and you will have the old burnt out look that still functions. A lot of work for destroying the non existant lume that the 100M has to start with. I guess the real lesson here is he did learn how that watch goes together. Bleach, ovens, nails, fun read I have to say. But please folks don't do this to your's. If you want that look just do it properly and use a tint.
Gary
it to death to make it look as it has old lume? and in fact it now has no lume .... The same results can be gotten just by mixing tint in good lume and you will have the old burnt out look that still functions. A lot of work for destroying the non existant lume that the 100M has to start with. I guess the real lesson here is he did learn how that watch goes together. Bleach, ovens, nails, fun read I have to say. But please folks don't do this to your's. If you want that look just do it properly and use a tint. Gary
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Posted 15 May 2010 - 11:51 AM
I have to agree with Gary but have to say i love the look of the finish product.
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Posted 19 May 2010 - 02:50 AM
This is an established method for aging vintage model replicas so that they have the proper worn look. It's a nice tutorial but as Gary suggested a little lost on a modern watch. Naturally aged lume or tinted lume that looks vintage should be more yellow these baking processes give it a brown red tint that isn't quite authentic.
It does give the watch a nice vintage look though if you are trying to make your 100m look vintage.
I would take that creation one step farther and put a nice domed acrylic crystal in it and put it on the black/grey bond nato to complete the look!
It does give the watch a nice vintage look though if you are trying to make your 100m look vintage.
I would take that creation one step farther and put a nice domed acrylic crystal in it and put it on the black/grey bond nato to complete the look!
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