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I have been searching for an enamel dial for a 6498 with Roman numerals for a while now. I've found old arnez and eaglestar dials but they usually have goofy logos or paintings on them. I did find a German guy on the bay selling them but they're all Arabic numbers and I'll regret it if I use that I know it. I've looked at steinhart, laco, stowa, and even tissel, but I'd much rather make my own, it's a pride thing I guess lol. I feel like it's a popular style, someone somewhere has to have them. Does anyone have any information about a lead that I can follow?

 

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So I looked around at the vintage ones and found this nice arnex dial with just a simple logo, it's enamel paint, but I think my project turned out very nice, plus the name on the movement matches the dial lol. Anyways if your skimming through threads and read this, lemme know what you think. I actually did find a beautiful dial exactly like I wanted from some awesome people at tourby, so I'm waiting on that for a little nicer project watch down the road.eeb1cd5e7a3aded423cf7da4761c3c74.jpg

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I love them as well, as a bigger guy I like the 42-45mm watch size and it's just so much fun to build these. This case was from offrei. I've also used several sterile parnis cases all are very nice. This one is 45mm but is thinner than most at 10.5. I loved the lugs really, that's why I bought it. It wears really well in my opinion.

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I bought this Parnis from a China dealer and will swap out the cheap movement from one of my Arnexes. I fell in love with the dial and the whole thing was as cheap as buying the separate parts to make one. Steve

 

 

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That is pretty neat. Never seen that model before. I've done the same. This one I got the whole watch for the price of a case so I used the movement on another project and just used the case. Also changed that strap out with a Barton black leather and white stitching. That blue anti glare kinda sucks I think I'll remove that eventually. The second one is a sterile parnis case also, with a nice luninous dial and hands, I was kinda going for trench watch look. 5044e80ab86106056a4f4a3ae5268aad.jpgf079b8535c58aa4cf1c6b84d84fdc06d.jpgfa60e5f921f0955d19635828bc5cc50a.jpg1d313dce6fbe5a59410cfe30483f53c8.jpg

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Make sure you have the case screws for the ut6498 if you plan on swapping. The st36 screws do not fit. And you'll have to make the hole in the tabs larger to fit those screws, unless you order some larger tabs. This was annoying when I had to stop my project just for a couple screws, so I figured I'd share lol.

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