How to reverse the display on a G...

[cmoy]

Been wanting to try this for a while Got the nerve to take my G-2300 apart and away we go.... :-D

In case you forgot what the G-2300 looked like



Before I started I thought I'd see what would happen if I put my camera polarizer in front of the G...



Lets rotate the polarizer, black display but the numbers are gone...



Lets stop foolin' around and get to business. First I take the case back off...



Then the movement comes out. If you look very carefully you can see the edge of the polarizer. It's glued to the display with something like rubber cement. BTW Nice size movement...



Next we take the display out. It's snapped onto the plastic movement ring. It's a little tricky getting it out. Take your time and go very slow! The white panel is the EL panel. There is a clear plastic sheet over it. You can sandwich your custom logos/graphics here :-D



Next I using an x-atco blade to remove the polarizer, left of the movement. I had to dragged the blade along the edge where the polarize meets the display panel. The polarizer feels and looks like plastic. Notice the polarizer is tinted gray which you didn't see when it was on the display panel.



I placed the display panel back onto the plastic movement ring. I just finished removing the rubber cement off of the polarizer with Goo Gone.



There's the numbers! :-D The watch was running all this time. Very interesting how the polarizer turns clear when it's over the LCD.



And the trick to get a reverse display is turning/rotating the polarizer 90 degrees! That's it! :-D In this shot the EL is turned on.



EL off. It's kind of difficult to read the time with the EL off I would think if the numbers were bigger it wouldn't be so bad.



The polarizer doesn't have to touch the LCD for it to display the numbers/text. COOL!



Way COOL!



Lets take a look at the polarizer again...







Finally received the polarizer film from Edumund Industrails Optics. The film is pretty thick. I was worried it won't fit in between the crystal and movement.



Before cutting make sure the polarizer is in the right position. Here you can see the polarizer with it's protective covering still on. I'm just about to trace the shape of the original polarizer onto the new sheet.


Cut to size and ready to test the new polarizer. The protective covering is still on the polarizer. BTW You can see a hint of my custom stealth logo under the display panel :-D I had to remove it cause you won't see it on the reverse display I'll have to try the custom logo on another G :-D



Perfect fit!



Everything fits! Protective covering still on polarizer.



Protective covering is OFF! :-D Looking GOOD!



COOL!



Looks great in direct light, not so good in low light condition I think the problem is the thick polarizer. Lets hope a thinner polarizer film will work better



NICE!

Now I have to figure out how to remove the paint off of the text to create a stealth G :-D :-S :-D Thanks for looking!

[bobo]

COOOOOOOOOOL ~~~~~~~~~
btw, how to make custom logos ?? i want to try on one of my collection, very basic DW-6600 ....

TKS !

[cmoy]

Adding a custom logo is a lot easier than reversing the display. You still have to take the watch apart and remove the display. I'll post a "How to..." when I have time

COOOOOOOOOOL ~~~~~~~~~
btw, how to make custom logos ?? i want to try on one of my collection, very basic DW-6600 ....

TKS !

[Sjors]

I'll post a "How to..." when I have time

Ha Ha, Chris,

I will keep you reminded to your words:-D,

Cheers,

Sjors

[HoudiniQ]

Thanks cmoy! I just found this forum...what great info.

I decided to give it a try on an old G6600 Illuminator that's been battery dead for a while now.

I managed to get everything apart and get the polarized film off. Couple of questions/comments:

1) My watch display had polarized film on the front and back of the glass bit. I took both off...carefully. I'm not sure if you tried this, but you *can* flip one of the polarized elements to get the same effect as rotating. Since I'm too impatient to order new polarized film, I'm going to see if I can re-use the old film. Unfortunately, one of them is pretty scratched in a corner...so it might not look to good. We'll see.

2) The question: what are you using to cement the polarized film back onto the display? I tried putting it back together without cementing, but the top film moves around too much.

Anyway, I haven't had a chance to really try it yet, I still haven't purchased a new battery yet. Guess I'll try to get one tomorrow.

Thanks for the great idea!

[saZaBi]

So does anyone know wad to stick it back with yet?

[sween1911]

I really want to do this on my plain-jane 5600. Where do you get that film? Is there a certain width to order?

[cmoy]

So does anyone know wad to stick it back with yet?

Sorry for the very very late response. The film I used is thicker than the original so went I put the watch back together the new file fits snugged between the crystal and the display.

I bought my polarizer from this place...

3Dlens.com

Product No: #PATS
Product Name: Transmissive Polarizer 200 x 250mm
Cost: US$9.00

I believe shipping is $16.00.

Chris

[saZaBi]

WOW..... i was jus browsing ard n to my surprise there's a reply. i'm glad u did. now i can plan on flipping my Gs. thank u so much for even providing the details on where i can get the film frm. much appreciated. sorry i jus noticed ur response after so long.

CHEERS!

[cmoy]

WOW..... i was jus browsing ard n to my surprise there's a reply. i'm glad u did. now i can plan on flipping my Gs. thank u so much for even providing the details on where i can get the film frm. much appreciated. sorry i jus noticed ur response after so long.

CHEERS!

Good luck!