How to ReLume Watch Hands. Part 2. Repair the luminous compound on a Tag Heuer watch.
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- This video shows how to repair the luminous compound on a watch where the old is dis-coloured or broken away. It's a relatively simple job to do if it is done right.
This is part 2 of a three part series which shows how to mix and apply the compound to the hands.
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placing the hands on scotch tape and applying lume on back side of hands makes the hands come out flawlessly, learned this from another video
Found myself using this technique to apply an inner glow in the dark effect on a knife handle. A heavy slurry of luminous compound with epoxy as the base, applied with a brush. Very fun. I always use a UV laser to charge it.
Thanks for the great instructional video Mark. I've ordered some C3 and C5 Luminova and will give it a try. Hopefully I don't make a Royal mess out of my dials & hands.
As a beginner, I need to start by procuring everything used in the video. The mixing dish and the "putty" would be helpful.
Excellent video!
Just for clarification, capillary action naturally moves the mixture between small spaces. The compound stays over the larger spaces due to surface tension.
After watching this video, I am going to try to relume a cheap watch. Thanks!
Steven Venette - Rightly said dear friend. I fix watches too. Gonna do this.
Are you Activist-news? Because both of you have the same profile picture. Could you tell me the back story of the picture?
Quick n' easy with the hour hand! Took me far too many tries to get the Mercedes hand filled in. I've got a question; how can I match the greenish tinge of lume on a dial if I'm mixing my own lume from a kit which is white-ish? Thank you in advance!
It’ll probably have to be the green compound.
Hi , do you wear a MASK when you relume a watch ( hands ) ?
Testors “dullcoat” makes a good binding agent as well.
Seems doable thanks for the great video!
Hello, could you tell me the name of compound you used to create luminescence liquid please? I need to get it, couse want to maintain and restore 40yrs old aircraft indicator.
You need to add me to your circles on G+ if you want a direct reply now because I can't reply to Andrew McCall's comment! This is crazy. Anyway - Not sure which country you are in but in the UK: www.cousinsuk.com/catalog/consumables/luminous-compound
It's a lacquer. Look for Bergeon 5680.B.L
can you tell what's the agent you're using for doing it?
Great tutorial, thank you.
They’re wireframe?!?! This is news to me! Wow!
So you apply the lume to the undersides of the hands?? Do you sand it to make sure the hands will pass over one another?
You shouldn't need to if you apply it thin. I do however like to mix it thicker to get the brightest lume. I try to max the room I have between the hands particularly on dive watches. I have had to use a sanding stick to thin them a time or two. Just make sure you use a clean new sanding tool or you will bring the black metal particles from your last project into your new lume and discolor them. It can show through to the front like a dirty window so the backs should be bright and clean like the front after you have adjusted them. Cleaning it off and starting over would be my second choice its a bummer but easy as well.
What is that liquid that you mix with super luminova powder?
Epoksi racine
"Tamiya Acrylic X22 Gloss" I have used this with great success they have a thinner too "TAMIYA Acrylic Paint X-20A Thinner"
Hey brother
I want this compund and binding agent
Would u please suggest me where would i get this and whats its name excatly
my pleasure
What type of lumencent did you use
Awesome work.
Hi can you toll me where is a good place to order the 2 parts compound and replacement glasses for my watch? thank you very much
Ding a luxury watch repair shop. Don’t be cheap. These types of watches are for enthusiasts, it costs money to maintain.
Well done. Very deft touch!
I prefer to use Radium, and always remember to shape the brush with your lips between brush strokes. 😏
😂😂
Then lip cancer is on the way.....
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Are you familiar with the story of the 'Radium girls'?
Shaping the brushes with their lips was how they got sick & developed cancer.
@@johno9507 yes my friend i know about this story . As a medical doctor i read about it somewhere. May be in Swiss watch factory the girls were shaping the thin brush of lumination by lips before each job. As girls are particularly best for this kind of precise job they were the victim of radiation of Radium.
I bought some Luminova, and the English stuff that is supposed to be even better. I know you con't have guns where you are, sir, but any ideas what would make a nice lacquer type liquid to adhere the lumin to the sights on a Hungarian Browning Hi Power clone, a Daewoo K5 pistol, a Beretta PX4, and a Beretta FS86 .38 tip up? I had the plastic Perspex come out of one tritium sight, and had to glue in a new 2mm diameter piece of Perspex into the hole. That sight got hot from having to drill a U into the blade on the sight and drive in a roll pin into it. The manufacturer even lies and claimed, there was a special tool. The gunmaker uses the same exact drill bit I used. Their custom shop is only 2 miles from my house. They said "Use a number 48 drill bit". Exactly what I did, too, and it worked. I should have put a heatsink on the sight, though.
Seth B Dear friend, lacquer should be really thin...As it will allow the powder to mix more appropriately.
where do you buy the mix?
Wath is this, lacquer or thinner refill, bergeon ?
What color it is that white or yellow??
May I know what's the binder made of? Can I use the UV gel for nails as binder?
probably, but UV glue is probably a little better and also cheap. but both are acetone soluble so it can't hurt to experiment. potentially you can get a glossier finish since the binder doesn't shrink as solvent evaporates
@@5naxalotl how about acrylic paint?
@@ShortBetter paint is already loaded with pigment and with lume you're struggling to get a lot of luminous pigment in a small space. less obviously, a lot of luminous energy involves light being absorbed and re-emitted below the surface, and any foreign pigment will suck away this energy. so you'd want an acrylic binder/medium, which is a water emulsion and probably fine for the job. i have a suspicion i've read that luminous pigment reacts with water so you might want to look that up. acrylic emulsion can be found in small bottles in art suppliers and very large bottles for coating pavers etc. You might find something solvent based is better. also mixing pigments into paints can be non-trivial so it might be worth looking up how artists make their own paint
@@ShortBetter "Tamiya Acrylic X22 Gloss" I have used this with great success they have a thinner too "TAMIYA Acrylic Paint X-20A Thinner"
What solution is used to mix the glow powder for watches?
"Tamiya Acrylic X22 Gloss" I have used this with great success they have a thinner too "TAMIYA Acrylic Paint X-20A Thinner"
@@ezutguy May I know what chemicals can be dissolved? lume pip or lume dot. The surface is so hard, what method do I need to remove the original lume in order to relume it up?
What kind of liquid did you use?
my watch maker recommended elmers glue as a binding agent works just fine, instead of running out of binding agent, just buy the powder
What is the binding agent called. I have aome super fine c3 lume i just need the liquid part .can anyone help in what this stuffs called thanks
It's solvent based. Any kind of varnish may work. I also made some tests with epoxy resin. I didn't notice too much of a difference. The quality of the powder it's all that counts.
wats the name of that powder and is it available in any shops?
What’s name of liquid mixer?
What is the name of that binding agent
ok, I added watch repair channel to g+ or I subscribed...I guess that's what I needed to do. I have question about tools....you had a really nice pair of tweezers, I would a pair of those. can you tell me what model they are?
Does the paint get applied to the back of the hands ?
Yes as far as I know
what are the names of the components to buy?
May I ask you what is the mechanism behind two dial watch ..
Ajay Bakshi - Hi Ajay, Tag generally uses - Calibre 16 in their watches. It's around 28800 oscillations per hour and has a 42 hour spring for reserve.
25 jewels automatic
nice but man you should show us how your lume look before in dark place and then after relume
please tell me were do you find this phosphorus?
Dan George super luminova
what is the binding agent made of?
"Tamiya Acrylic X22 Gloss" I have used this with great success they have a thinner too "TAMIYA Acrylic Paint X-20A Thinner"
It's actually surface tension not capillary action that holds the compound in place.
What kind of liquid is that?
What is Liquid sir??
Is it radioactive?☢️
I still don’t think I’ve ever seen a ‘good’ relume. I guess if a watch is vintage, let it look vintage.
JP JP ok. Thank you!
pancake batter mix, so you mean lumpy like my mothers then
May i know what kind of material you've used?