Sylar Watches... a discussion thread.

Dante8

Dante8

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Hmmm... I MIGHT be able to help you out! A couple of years ago I did some small runs of custom watches. I was training to become a watch maker, however switched to becoming a jeweler instead. I still have my tools to do this. The only thing is, I would need some one to create the file for the dial, my graphics guy isn't around any more. I charged around $35 for each, no min order. It all depended on the quality and cost of the watch that I used. I never did try to do one with the open date window, but shouldn't be a problem.

Here's some of the ones I did:

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Jeff
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I think I can do the graphics for the dial, I just need to know what font was used on the original...
 
That looks similar to the US Army watch. It looks like there is a date area where the 3 is.

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FB
 
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I LOVE it!!!

wouldn't matter to me if it had the date or not for one I would wear everyday, but as a prop I'd love to see it accurate.


Utinni, you got anymore of those? :love
 
I assume you mean for SYLAR? I used Bauhaus than then made changes to it since it wasn't accurate on it's own.

If someone's going to do some custom watches the artwork is in vector and I can send it to them to use.
 
call me dumb... cause I ain't sure what a Sylar Watch is... but DAMN that RPF logo watch sure is purty.... ;) ;)

-r!
 
Nice find FB! That's definitely it. With a manufacturer list price of $245 it would be costly to use as a replica I imagine.

rhboyd, the watch is from the Heroes TV series.
 
I know this is somewhat of an odd sentiment for the RPF, but I think a "close enough" replica would satisfy me just fine. I am all for exploring the options that Utinni has available. $245 is a little steep for something I'd have to end up paying to have modified anyway. I was hoping that we could get these done in a price range that I could use a few for gifts.

Knowing the source watch as we do now (nice catch, btw), does that beg any modifications to the graphics for the dial? I really like what dr. slurpee put together!

I would hope we could find some suitably similar straps that would give the look of the Hamilton ones. I'll do some research after I get off work and see what I can find.

Great job so far, this may turn out to be a fun little project! :)
 
I know we're bordering on an interest thread now, but I agree that a real Hamilton would be a wasted on me. I think the watches in Utinni's pics would be great. Like I said I don't need or want the date either if that saves some bucks. I can NEVER get the day to read right, well maybe for like a month...2 months if it has 31 days :D

back to discussion...can anyone tell how the words "sylar" are put on there? Looks really good however they did it. Kudos to the Heroes prop guy, I know I went online shopping for "sylar" watches that evening :lol
 
I agree that a close enough alternative that is cheaper would be cool for most people.

I would guess that they perhaps did some sort of rub down transfer to put the SYLAR onto the watch, or something like that.

As for making a lower cost alternative, what about including the date (the 2 as seen in my art and on Sylar's watch) as part of the art of the watch with a shadow and such? It'd never change so I suppose some people might be confused by the date, but that's their problem. ;)

Something like this.
Sylar-Watch-Face-2.gif


Oh also, I already changed some of the position of the numbers and such based on a larger photo of the Hamilton watch.
 
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dr_slurpee said:
I agree that a close enough alternative that is cheaper would be cool for most people.

I would guess that they perhaps did some sort of rub down transfer to put the SYLAR onto the watch, or something like that.

As for making a lower cost alternative, what about including the date (the 2 as seen in my art and on Sylar's watch) as part of the art of the watch with a shadow and such? It'd never change so I suppose some people might be confused by the date, but that's their problem. ;)

Something like this.
Sylar-Watch-Face-2.gif


Oh also, I already changed some of the position of the numbers and such based on a larger photo of the Hamilton watch.
Click to expand...

Why not make the faux 'date' a '3', so at least it's arguably (visually) functional...? :)
 
It might be best to see what the cost would be for both the date and non-date options, I wouldn't mind having a functional date if that was possible.

Either way, this is a cool thread and I'm glad its starting to shape up. Now I'll get to hunting down some bands, unless Utinni has anything else up his watchmaking sleeve for that aspect. :)
 
Dr.S....I dig the idea of the mock date. seriously it would be as accurate as when I use the date function :D set it to 9 or something.


another thing, is the watch totally broken in the show? or is the crystal just cracked? could be a good reason to make the date not work :p

any ideas if simulating the cracked crystal would be worth it? I'm not even sure how tht could be done. Clear sticker overlay with the crack graphics?

I wore a cracked Citizen diving watch for years, but I doubt I'd have much success actually cracking the crystal.
 
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