I ordered another Laco..

[leslie]

Haha, if what our bros have posted is true, it may right to call is RCS: "Rolex Cock-up Service"!

Bro..Just now I went to raffles city and look at those U-Boat watches..Wow, I saw the U-Boat's hour & min hands lume painted very jia lak..Like they just colour it and let it dry liao..Not even at all with rough patches and indentations on it..

Are they purposely doing that because of design?

[Oceanklassik]

Haha, if what our bros have posted is true, it may right to call is RCS: "Rolex Cock-up Service"!

[toffeesthings]

Bro..Just now I went to raffles city and look at those U-Boat watches..Wow, I saw the U-Boat's hour & min hands lume painted very jia lak..Like they just colour it and let it dry liao..Not even at all with rough patches and indentations on it..

Are they purposely doing that because of design?

Haha, I was just looking at my U-boat Flight-deck MBG's green numerals yesterday and noticed the same thing! If they do it purposely because of the design then that's a great excuse to be shoddy, so a tad disappointed.
I was thinking of getting the lume redone properly and possibly in different color like black, yellow or orange. Green numerals look a little contrived for a military themed watch.

[feilong108]

U-Boat...hmmm....i suppose they are sticking to the original military standard...a few of ww2 watches are lumed unevenly too....hehehehe

[leslie]

Haha, I was just looking at my U-boat Flight-deck MBG's green numerals yesterday and noticed the same thing! If they do it purposely because of the design then that's a great excuse to be shoddy, so a tad disappointed.
I was thinking of getting the lume redone properly and possibly in different color like black, yellow or orange. Green numerals look a little contrived for a military themed watch.

Bro..Really hor? You mean u own for so long liao never see ur watch one? hahaha

I thought i saw one watch that got a bad paint job and then i went on and look at another 7-8 watches on display.. then i realised that almost all of had has their lume painted quite badly on the hands.. Like rock tone liao that.. another one even got a valley.. hhaha

[leslie]

U-Boat...hmmm....i suppose they are sticking to the original military standard...a few of ww2 watches are lumed unevenly too....hehehehe

Bro..why WW2 watches cannot have nicely painted lume job leh? last time ppl hands not steady enough?

also..modern seiko hands are machine painted or hand painted?

[feilong108]

War time leh....all the workers main concern will be whether...my house got kana bombed anot...not whether the watch lume is swee swee anot..as long there can liao..can glow can liao...hahaha....

I not too sure about seiko lume hand painted or not...but i DO KNOW my MM300 lume is 100% hand applied..can see the uneven spots..hehehehe....and no two hands and dials are alike...

[toffeesthings]

Bro..why WW2 watches cannot have nicely painted lume job leh? last time ppl hands not steady enough?

also..modern seiko hands are machine painted or hand painted?

Haha, I wasn't bothered too much by the uneven-ness of the lume as the numerous versions of the Flightdeck I owned were like that. But I was just contemplating if I should get the color changed and one reason in favor was the uneven paint application.
Hmmm...maybe WW2 watch-makers had to produce them swiftly to enter combat? So the lume anyhow apply lah!
Think I need to get in touch with Bro Reedsco and enquire about luming services. Actually also wondering if places like JW or Tophour can get it done. Guess gotta wait for JW to come back from his long long holiday first : (

[feilong108]

Dun think JW does re-lume....Bro Reeds is a cool dude to deal with!!!

One of the rare local guy that dare to venture into the watch business...hehehehehe

[toffeesthings]

Dun think JW does re-lume....Bro Reeds is a cool dude to deal with!!!

One of the rare local guy that dare to venture into the watch business...hehehehehe

Yeah, I reckon so too. Now that I am a little more free, I better reach out to him to get a quote. Trying not to buy anymore watches for a while, so better do some consolidation/tidying up : )

[leslie]

War time leh....all the workers main concern will be whether...my house got kana bombed anot...not whether the watch lume is swee swee anot..as long there can liao..can glow can liao...hahaha....

I not too sure about seiko lume hand painted or not...but i DO KNOW my MM300 lume is 100% hand applied..can see the uneven spots..hehehehe....and no two hands and dials are alike...

Bro..wat is the mm300? i only know got mm lee lah.. BTW, war time must make service men happy lah.. Workmanship also cannot be too sloppy.. haha..

But my cheap seiko lume very nice one.. like machine painted.. very evenly..

Those german pilots issued with IWC and A. Loong and Son must be very happy.. Others must abit dulan..haha

Bro.. you got macro pics of your mm300 or not?

[leslie]

Haha, I wasn't bothered too much by the uneven-ness of the lume as the numerous versions of the Flightdeck I owned were like that. But I was just contemplating if I should get the color changed and one reason in favor was the uneven paint application.
Hmmm...maybe WW2 watch-makers had to produce them swiftly to enter combat? So the lume anyhow apply lah!
Think I need to get in touch with Bro Reedsco and enquire about luming services. Actually also wondering if places like JW or Tophour can get it done. Guess gotta wait for JW to come back from his long long holiday first : (

Bro.. can suka suka change lume colour one? wait service center see how come they never made such a watch before leh.. But singapore got ppl do reluming of dial and hands one meh?

[feilong108]

Hehehehehe..MM300 is SBDX001....Marinemaster....





For now only have these two pictures...hehehehe

[leslie]

Dun think JW does re-lume....Bro Reeds is a cool dude to deal with!!!

One of the rare local guy that dare to venture into the watch business...hehehehehe

I only heard of brother louie.. also got bro reeds one meh? But bro reed can do reluming?

[feilong108]

hehehe...u can contact him lar...me just a happy customer of his...bought his watches and he does have very solid aftersales service@@@@...



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