what2 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 came across some pictures by Kin Tan of an explorer 1 he aged, looked like it had spent the last 10 or so years in a cement mixed.. or the last 15 minutes being played with by my 4 year old. All beat up, can hardly the see the almost decrepit looking dial through the glazed, scratched almost opaque crystal and the riveted bracelet looked like it was held together mainly by the dirt, sweat, and gook you would assume is inside it from years of wearing. Naturally I cannot get this beauty out of my mind and now want one just like it. The point of this rambling is which rep would I best choose to start as the base watch? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kin tama Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 hello, its a vintage 1016 asian rep..i would think most of the dealers have them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kin tama Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 heres another thats been pounded upon ...im now saving my pennies for a tornek rayville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what2 Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 and just think, when you were little I bet you got in trouble all the time for beating the #(@&* out of your toys.. who would have thought it would now be a valuable skill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Certainly kin has done a beautiful job vintagizing his Explorer I. But I noticed his case has no lugholes. Unfortunately, lugholes have been disappearing lately which is unfortunate. I'm sure it's just a cost saving measure over in China. I noticed that Narikaa's and Paul vintage Explorers didn't have the lugholes, but Silix has one w/ the lugholes: http://www.silix-prime.com/product.asp?id=1644 But you'd certainly have to confirm this w/ him, since it may just be an old picture. But Jay was the one largely responsible for getting the factories to drill lugholes in the vintage 'Bond type' subs a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kin tama Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 alligoat is indeed correct...now the big question .....how does one go about drilling lugholes? is it hard to do? kin tama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jockl1978 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Narikaa has (at least had two month ago) an Explorer I with 21j Asian for the correct beat, lugholes and plexy. The lugholes are only drilled half ways from the outside though, I am going to change this the next week. For the dial ageing, I used the the oven method; 250 degrees celcius - the dial took only some minutes, the hands an eternity, seems they don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 alligoat is indeed correct...now the big question .....how does one go about drilling lugholes? is it hard to do? kin tama I leave the lughole drilling to the pros, like Omega. He drilled the holes on a noob case that I used for my 16800 franken. Before that, I had already ruined one case trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jockl1978 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 So here is mine with dial and hands aged, on a historically correct swiss army 1950s backpack. Still not beat up enough, but will do that during my next deployment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 alligoat is indeed correct...now the big question .....how does one go about drilling lugholes? is it hard to do? kin tama You need a drill press & vice (to hold the case in place during drilling). I use an inexpensive press I got from Sears that works with any standard hand drill. This thread discusses the procedure for drilling the duo-hole required for a working Hev, but the same procedure (minus 1 step) produces lug holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 heres another thats been pounded upon ...im now saving my pennies for a tornek rayville That's some good scuff-work, you've got a real eye for vintagizing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 So here is mine with dial and hands aged, on a historically correct swiss army 1950s backpack. Still not beat up enough, but will do that during my next deployment Awesome How long did you have to bake the hands for in the end? I'm guessing about 5 minutes for the dial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jockl1978 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Baking was the second method, first i tried watercolors which didn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Baking was the second method, first i tried watercolors which didn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavidoc Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Just use the Mrs. and give her a rep$ she'll never notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what2 Posted June 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 oh she knows, she knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professor_yaffle1 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 That's some great beating on those watches, mind if I ask what method you used? I've got a sub case that I'd like to look vintage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellus Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what2 Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 now that is a set of instructions even I can follow... and to think my wife thought the new toaster oven was for her to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavidoc Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 how did you age the dial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellus Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 how did you age the dial? Study the pictures ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmquark Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 how did you age the dial? I think that was the oven at 230C bit - right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellus Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 I think that was the oven at 230C bit - right? Yes, you are right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavidoc Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Thanks. Was having connection issues yesterday. That image wasn't loading. How long did you leave it in for? Yes, you are right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HaloArchive Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Now you need to do the case and coin trick Cheers~ H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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