I have a relumer!! UPDATED Recent WORK DONE

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I have a relumer!! UPDATED Recent WORK DONE

Post by toxicavenger » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:10 am

So after some long hard thinking I decided, lets get some lume work started. There are only about 3-4 great Relumer's in the US, and the backlog can be from 2 months to up to 1 year. I was able to convince one of the top guys to join the ToxicTEAM (hell I don't think he knew what he was getting into). Which means faster turn around's than normal but still with great prices.

We also have a new lume from RCTriTec in Switzerland (who makes Super-LumiNova) called Grade X1 with much better performance than others lumes including their standard lume. It does cost $15 more than a standard lume but it is worth it. We can use the new lume in C3 Light green, C1+10 White, Blue with blue green glow, and Light Orange with yellow glow to be used with vintage mixes.

So there are quite a few options available.


Here are the prices:
Relume of Dial: Typical dial indices $114
Relume of Hands:Typical charges $38 ($44 for GMT set)
Chronograph Relume: Additional charge +$35 to typical charge
Pressure Test to 165': $25 recommended on all diver watches
Grade X1 Super Lume: $15 extra
Bezel pip lume: $25.00 which requires clean out old lume, replace with new lume, put a layer of Swiss UV 500 lacquer, bake in UV oven to give a (glossy or satin) hardened waterproof finish.


Right now the longest it should take is 3 weeks time. I am working with the relumer to get the time down.

Here some lume work he just finished. I will let the other guys post up theirs when they get their watches.
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Post by justsellbrgs » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:13 am

damn... you are productive. and here I thought you were sitting around pulling your belly stick all day...
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Post by hoppyjr » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:21 am

Good to know.

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:22 am

justsellbrgs wrote:damn... you are productive. and here I thought you were sitting around pulling your belly stick all day...
that's not productive????? :crybaby:

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Post by manitoujoe » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:27 am

Sweet!!!
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Post by blowfish89 » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:33 am

I have a noob question. Is it possible to deliberately do the golden/orange/yellow vintage/faux/patina lume on a standard superluminova dial/hands - for instance on my Smiths ?

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:49 am

blowfish89 wrote:I have a noob question. Is it possible to deliberately do the golden/orange/yellow vintage/faux/patina lume on a standard superluminova dial/hands - for instance on my Smiths ?
Absolutely. Here is a 7548 that was done that way.
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Post by blowfish89 » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:53 am

hmm :think:
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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:59 am

^^^Personally on that watch it would look fantastic. Just the biggest thing is deciding how much staying power does that watch have to invest in a relume. One other thing is usually with vintage looking lume the lume brightness does go down, but with this new lume being available it will be brighter than it could possible been before.

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:00 pm

Here is a watch I had done years ago with regular C3 and C1.
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Post by nweash » Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:11 pm

I'd be down to try it on my Alpina.

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Post by Panerai7 » Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:15 pm

That's awesome Terry, need to come up with something to relume
Next, please find someone to drill Nick's Aquatimer lugs :lol:

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:22 pm

Panerai7 wrote:That's awesome Terry, need to come up with something to relume
Next, please find someone to drill Nick's Aquatimer lugs :lol:
I have two watches I am sending out this week to get them relumed.

Forget about Nick's AQ, I would be scared to even get someone to touch that thing if ABC said no way. :mrgreen:

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Post by Panerai7 » Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:25 pm

toxicavenger wrote:
Panerai7 wrote:That's awesome Terry, need to come up with something to relume
Next, please find someone to drill Nick's Aquatimer lugs :lol:
I have two watches I am sending out this week to get them relumed.

Forget about Nick's AQ, I would be scared to even get someone to touch that thing if ABC said no way. :mrgreen:
Nope, where there's a will there's a way, I just need to get my dentist drunk out of his mind one day and use his tools :lol:

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Post by nweash » Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:34 pm

Everyone's always crushing my Aquatimer dreams weekly around here :/

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Mar 01, 2016 1:18 pm

Panerai7 wrote:
toxicavenger wrote:
Panerai7 wrote:That's awesome Terry, need to come up with something to relume
Next, please find someone to drill Nick's Aquatimer lugs :lol:
I have two watches I am sending out this week to get them relumed.

Forget about Nick's AQ, I would be scared to even get someone to touch that thing if ABC said no way. :mrgreen:
Nope, where there's a will there's a way, I just need to get my dentist drunk out of his mind one day and use his tools :lol:
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Post by Danny_T » Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:17 pm

Terry what would he charge to do a bezel relume? I want to do c3 filled bezel markers on one of my h20 orca bezels. I'll shoot you a pm with a pic of the bezel
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Post by mellonb1 » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:20 pm

Does this guy do other types of watch related work? Paint hands? Bead blast?

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Post by dukerules » Wed Mar 02, 2016 4:09 am

Maybe I should buy a new SRP Turtle and have it relumed :think:

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Post by Joeprez » Wed Mar 02, 2016 4:14 am

dukerules wrote:Maybe I should buy a new SRP Turtle and have it relumed :think:
That's exactly what I was thinking.
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Post by r.palace » Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:50 am

nweash wrote:Everyone's always crushing my Aquatimer dreams weekly around here :/
When you find someone to drill your Aquatimer lmk. The Pelagos will be receiving the same treatment :angryfire:
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Post by toxicavenger » Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:05 pm

Joeprez wrote:
dukerules wrote:Maybe I should buy a new SRP Turtle and have it relumed :think:
That's exactly what I was thinking.
We can give it a try. Just I am not sure, the issue is it seems like those are lume dots and not actually pods on the dial. So it will have to be something to looked at if you want it done.

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Post by toxicavenger » Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:06 pm

mellonb1 wrote:Does this guy do other types of watch related work? Paint hands? Bead blast?
Brian, he wants concentrate on lume only. And honestly Duarte does all of this for a crazy cheap price. Just tell him I sent you since we have a "thing" :mrgreen: going

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Post by toxicavenger » Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:09 pm

Danny_T wrote:Terry what would he charge to do a bezel relume? I want to do c3 filled bezel markers on one of my h20 orca bezels. I'll shoot you a pm with a pic of the bezel
Danny, that wouldn't be a big deal at all. He also coats it with Swiss UV 500 lacquer and bakes it in a UV oven. So it will be pretty durable if not better than what most factories would do. :thumbsup:

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Post by Danny_T » Fri Mar 04, 2016 6:35 pm

Shipping my bezel to you Monday Terry[THUMBS UP SIGN]
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