Musou paint + being cheap = black dial watch

[suomaf]

My buddy Ed wanted a black dial watch. Since we are not the sort that would be able to afford a thousands of dollars or tens of thousands of dollars watch. We thought to get some Musou paint and try to whack something out. I think it turned out pretty nice.

 

[tomh207]

Cool, I was thinking of having a go at something similar with Stuart Semples black 2.0

 

Tom

[suomaf]

2 minutes ago, tomh207 said:

Cool, I was thinking of having a go at something similar with Stuart Semples black 2.0

 

Tom

Let us know how it goes. It was awful fighting dust on this build.

[Neverenoughwatches]

21 minutes ago, suomaf said:

My buddy Ed wanted a black dial watch. Since we are not the sort that would be able to afford a thousands of dollars or tens of thousands of dollars watch. We thought to get some Musou paint and try to whack something out. I think it turned out pretty nice.

 

I love this idea of customising completely worn out dials, its been in the back of my mind since i started. I've had a tiny artist airbrush waving 🖐 at me every now and then from my ebay watchlist for well over a year now .

[rehajm]

Yah not bad. Movado-ey. They can’t afford an expensive watch because they maxed out on project toys, high end camera equipment and video editing tools…

…all that and less than ten follows…

Edited September 26, 2023 by rehajm

[suomaf]

1 hour ago, Neverenoughwatches said:

I love this idea of customising completely worn out dials, its been in the back of my mind since i started. I've had a tiny artist airbrush waving 🖐 at me every now and then from my ebay watchlist for well over a year now .

I was afraid of the air brush, but since it was Ed's birthday so I thought why not just learn by doing. Now I am thinking of getting glow in the dark paint and air brushing dials to get that lume dial look.

[tomh207]

21 hours ago, suomaf said:

I was afraid of the air brush, but since it was Ed's birthday so I thought why not just learn by doing. Now I am thinking of getting glow in the dark paint and air brushing dials to get that lume dial look.

@suomaf recently I have seen people experimenting with Stuart Semples LIT luminescent powders and medium with some success for dials. I don’t know how brightly they luminesc but a hellafa lot cheaper than experimenting with superluminova or being totally dissatisfied with some of the really rubbish lume from Aliexpress.

 

https://culturehustle.com/collections/glow
 

Tom

[suomaf]

@tomh207 Thanks! I am going to have a whack at this.

[rehajm]

24 minutes ago, suomaf said:

@tomh207 Thanks! I am going to have a whack at this.

send pics…