Fun w/ my 750T Pro

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Fun w/ my 750T Pro

Post by rpmooreii » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:55 am

As I wear my 750T regularly in the ocean, virtually all of the orange and most of the black bezel paint has worn away. After reading a few thread on restoring the bezels, I decided to try it on my watch this weekend.

While I love my orange Pro dial, I have never been that fond of the orange numbers on the no decomp side of the bezel and have seen some vintage pieces with red numerals. After exchanging emails w/ Doxa guru Pete Millar, I decided to mix up a orange/red mixture from some of my sons paints and go to work on the bezel. It still needs a bit cleaning up under the zoom of the pics but to eye it looks great. I was also pleased by Dr. Millar's comments on the finished product and I quote:

"Oh yea. Now that is the business. Just perfect.

Nice one."

I realize this isn't original and some purists may scoff, but I fully expect it to wear off in the water within the next year so I can always go back to original orange if I so desire.

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Re: Fun w/ my 750T Pro

Post by rockmastermike » Sun Jun 21, 2015 12:14 pm

Watches are meant to enjoy and this looks great!
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Post by kfalk » Sun Jun 21, 2015 12:20 pm

Looks great. Nice work.
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Re: Fun w/ my 750T Pro

Post by JBZ » Sun Jun 21, 2015 1:17 pm

Looks good. If Doxa didn't want you to change the paint color, they wouldn't have designed it to wear away so easily.
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Post by CGSshorty » Sun Jun 21, 2015 5:20 pm

rockmastermike wrote:Watches are meant to enjoy and this looks great!
Yep.
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Post by deepcdvr » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:08 pm

Good job! Looks great
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Post by mattcantwin » Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:06 pm

Great job! :cheers:
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Post by mellonb1 » Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:48 pm

Turned out great. Job well done :thumbsup:
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Post by Marjak » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:44 pm

I also think it looks great Roger!
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Post by Dedalus » Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:05 pm

JBZ wrote:Looks good. If Doxa didn't want you to change the paint color, they wouldn't have designed it to wear away so easily.

Brilliant. :lol:
Looks great.
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Re: Fun w/ my 750T Pro

Post by deepcdvr » Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:48 pm

I modified a couple of Doxas

This one was fully brushed and numbers blackened
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Re: Fun w/ my 750T Pro

Post by andrema » Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:52 pm

deepcdvr wrote:I modified a couple of Doxas

This one was fully brushed and numbers blackened
that looks great!
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Re: Fun w/ my 750T Pro

Post by rpmooreii » Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:51 pm

The brushed bezel looks great. Did you do it yourself or have it done professionally?
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Post by deepcdvr » Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:27 pm

rpmooreii wrote:The brushed bezel looks great. Did you do it yourself or have it done professionally?

Lol I AM a professional :lol: (you should see the tools I use on my watches - marlin spikes, awls, hammers...)

Yep - I did it all myself with scotchbrite
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Post by deepcdvr » Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:43 pm

Pre-mod mounted on a tac board ;)
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Post by kempoman » Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:59 pm

deepcdvr wrote:I modified a couple of Doxas

This one was fully brushed and numbers blackened
Looks good! Would like to try a Doxa pro Ti soon.
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Re: Fun w/ my 750T Pro

Post by T.R. » Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:07 am

Nice job. I have been wanting to do the same on my 300T Sharkie.

Pete Millar, he is one fantastic dude. :cheers:
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