Making Custom Watch Hands and Applying Lume to Dial Numerals
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- I discuss the approaches to making custom watch hands, broaching the watch hands using a staking set, applying lume to the hands, and also applying lume to custom dial numerals. #watchmaking #customwatch #watches #watchdesign
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0:00 Intro
1:21 Make the Hands
5:22 Lume the Hands
8:37 Lume the Dial
10:44 Final Product
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Super helpful, really appreciate you sharing this great info!!
glad you find it helpful!
Nice !
You are on next level there !
thanks for the support, it’s a very hard aspect of watch work, due to the scale.
Nice work with the staking set Brian. I finally go my laser up and running so must try some hands soon!
Very nice! I'm keeping up with your work on insta. You went full tilt...I'm still stuck in limbo. :)
Thank you for the wonderful video. I would like to know which adhesive you used for your lume powder ?
when you buy a lume kit it comes with adhesive and thinner, usually.
Well Done! alwas getting some good Info and ideas! I am wandering if it would work with a jpt 50w fiber laser? And may i ask which thicknes of steelplate you r using for the hands?
I'm not sure on the laser front, might depend on the material you use. The steel i used was about 0.28mm thin plate.
thank you for this video it help me a lot ,especially since im making my own watch company !!!
glad the information is useful
Hi there, nice work! Would you advise on anybody making bespoke watch hands in the UK?
if you want mental pain and suffering, try to make custom watch hands 😆
This is pretty awesome...you mentioned that you don't want to go into detail about chemical etching the hands. Do you know of good material? Hard to find stuff like this
stainless steel is what I used...thickness was around 0.10mm give or take
@@WatchComplications sorry I misspoke, I meant good learning material
@@MaxxPowerFTW ah learning material on chemical etching...I use a mechanical engineer for that, ha. Science at its best. Have you researched it any yet in terms of a topic?
Tinkerer here, have been enjoying your YT videos. I have a plastic coin ("gold" plated) that I'd like to use as a watch dial. Should I buy a case first or a movement first? Which video should I look at to help me get started? Thanks.
probably a case. also most watch dials are 0.4mm thick, some are 0.8mm thick. not very thick, so you might want to compare that to the coin to see how different/tall of case you'd need to house the dial and whatever movement you're hoping for.
@@WatchComplications Thanks, I ap[preciate that!
I watched a video of yours from a few years back exhibiting your horology tools. I recently ordered a cheap Winner automatic watch with a chinese movement to begin me journey on maintaining mechanical watches (didnt want to tinker with my seikos.. yet). My question is in regards to lubricants. What all lubricants will i need?
I would start with some 941, 9104, and 9010. But it really depends on what you're planning to do and with what sorts of movements.
@@WatchComplications generally Seiko movements, and the likes of which use their unbranded movements.
@@WatchComplications Just general servicing on a self sufficient level on my own collection.
Looking for a watch that i can customize, mainly lume. Any ideas?
um....?
@@WatchComplications lol ya little vague. I find it dificult to find my grail watch; much like everything else having to accept what the market offers, there is always something I'd like to change.
I cant afford all the watches i like
so kinda wanted to customize inexpensive casio or other low budget watch before i attempt say a seiko, pagani design or other affordable watches.
So i guess my question is more targeted towards 'what watch brand offers the most customization variety or easiest to customize?'
probably seiko skx stuff has the most accessible and aftermarket mod parts available. if you're really wanting to tinker, pagani isn't a bad place to start low cost-wise
@@WatchComplications i have a seiko snk809 and a pagani design submariner homage pd1661. Where would i find parts for them? The lume is very weak on the 1661
@@willywantoknow2563 are you talking about replacing hands or just the lume on the hands? For hand replacements you'd have to get the hole diameters and find ones that match. Lume kits can be found lots of places, like ebay, esslinger, and ofrei