I've only built automatics. Can quartz/battery be hacked as in dials and hands swapped?
The Last of Us HBO Joel Thread
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I’m guessing…yes(?).
I recently had a Kennth Cole Rick Grimes watch (movement, dial, and hands) completely transferred into a different case.
But honestly, I have zero experience with watch mods so I’m kinda peeing in the wind with this. Haha.
Looks really good! What's the hesitation with the weathering?
Honestly, if you chose not to, and at least marked up the areas a little where the weathering would start from, you can naturally let it weather from there, and yours would be sublime.
I think a case swap would definitely work on a battery operated watch but I don't think you can swap dials, hands and have it still function. I could be wrong but thats what I was always told and technology is always advancing. Watch hands and obviously dials come in a wide variety of sizes too. But if its just a non functioning prop, then the sky in the limit on modifications.
I've been looking for a watch case for an automatic (bigger movement) so I can build an accurate functioning prop. The more I see the watch the more I like it.
ClockWorkProps
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I am interested as well to have a custom face made could you possibly link their shop?
ClockWorkProps
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loraximus907
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I will certainly find out
loraximus907
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Working with them now, I'll link as soon as it's solid.
paulhaga
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Can I just say how confused I am at the fact that this watch still has a second hand on the main dial, even though it has the subsecond red hand? I wasn't aware watches were made with that kind of redundancy?
CJKent
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Lol, that's true - Completely overlooked that detail. Just looking at that scene again and it doesn't look like the hand moves at all, so likely just a custom primary dial with a printed sub-second dial with the hand affixed for effect.
Once you guys part out everything, will you include links in a list?
loraximus907
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Oh absolutely! No gatekeeping here, APE TOGETHER STRONG.
For the Flashlight, got a guy on Etsy to do a custom Durablack laser etched plaque for it!
Designed the whole thing in PhotoShop. Had to custom draw the fungus lol. But the Ellie and Joel add were so cool!
It's 1" in diameter, and it'll fit on the back of the end cap:
Designed the whole thing in PhotoShop. Had to custom draw the fungus lol. But the Ellie and Joel add were so cool!
It's 1" in diameter, and it'll fit on the back of the end cap:
That’s awesome!
River Island shirt came in! Definitely needs some weathering. Nice quality shirt though!
I’m going to look at some dying options at Joann’s here in LA, and I’ll keep you guys posted with the results.
As for fit, it feels right. I wear a large, so it’s not super big, and not tight either. Might just be an inch tooo long, but that’s always fixable.
I’m going to look at some dying options at Joann’s here in LA, and I’ll keep you guys posted with the results.
As for fit, it feels right. I wear a large, so it’s not super big, and not tight either. Might just be an inch tooo long, but that’s always fixable.
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paulhaga
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I got mine today too! Really heavy and soft material. Almost like a thin jacket. I really like the shirt. Very nice quality and construction.
Are you going to dye it? Let me know how it goes!
I'm going to see what dyes I can work with, and experiment. Sucks that after each dying session, it's going to look super dark at first because it's wet, and you wont know what you get til it's dry lol.
