I don't know, what do you think? Update

[Preston]

Here's a pic of the final product. Made the label for it today.



Peace,
Preston


Thought I'd tweak on an oldie that I'm still trying to restore (looking for a 218 for this).

To honor Bulova's tribute they created the Accutron Apollo, that version is a stainless with black highlights. But wait, they use a ton of gold in the space program so why wouldn't this case work?

Anyway, here's what I did, look closely at the bends I had to put in the hands to make them work. I'll also be removing the date window bright work as I'll be making a label at my Buds print shop to put a finishing touch on it, it will start at the center and run of the 3 position edge of the dial. It'll be a goldish color with Apollo in black type using the classic space font.

So what do you Cats think?





Peace,
Preston

Sent from the inner reaches of my mind

[Henry Krinkle]

The hands were ctaching on the markers? Interesting solution.

I had the same problem once with a Diastar 14. The original blue dial had faded and I swapped in a black one from a later version of the DS-14 only to find the hands didn't clear the top of the markers. I eventually tracked down a proper set of the shorter hands.

[Preston]

The hands were ctaching on the markers? Interesting solution.

I had the same problem once with a Diastar 14. The original blue dial had faded and I swapped in a black one from a later version of the DS-14 only to find the hands didn't clear the top of the markers. I eventually tracked down a proper set of the shorter hands.

Well actually it's the layering of the hour hand I made up from two different hands, I then had to form the minute hand to clear that which left me having to shape the second hand to clear that one as well.

Peace,
Preston

Sent from the inner reaches of my mind