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Four Nixon Mods torn down and ready for some dial work.
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This is better. I may never get it perfect, but this is very much improved.
I was thinking either
MoT’s
Watch Deal Forum
Est. 12/18/2018
Or
MoT’s
Watch Deal Forum
Thoughts?
I also considered
MoT’s
Watch Deal Forum
At Least It
Isn’t Crack
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This is better. I may never get it perfect, but this is very much improved.
I was thinking either
MoT’s
Watch Deal Forum
Est. 12/18/2018
Or
MoT’s
Watch Deal Forum
Thoughts?
I also considered
MoT’s
Watch Deal Forum
At Least It
Isn’t Crack
Re: MoT's Watch Deal Forum Watches
I really like this one.
I wish the URL was shorter so it could fit on the dial easier.
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Re: MoT's Watch Deal Forum Watches
I had a feeling you might like the est. line. I am not sure if it needs to be a little larger or not. I ran a batch to see what they might look like and they came out fairly well.
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Now I need to prime those dials.
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Usually the text at 6 is smaller than what is at 12, but I am not sure here.
I can also do something in between the two...
Here is one with 5, 5.5 and 6pt font for comparison
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Process pictures and a mock-up as I am short on time.
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Super impressive...is the process getting easier? I know the first time was full of strife.Sporkboy wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 7:47 am Process pictures and a mock-up as I am short on time.
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The alignment process is definitely easier. Baking things on isn’t smooth yet. I may have to actually bake them to avoid the decal from bubbling up.FTE wrote:Super impressive...is the process getting easier? I know the first time was full of strife.Sporkboy wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 7:47 am Process pictures and a mock-up as I am short on time.
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Oddly enough it took actually putting one together to figure out that the minute marks are currently too thick on the black on white version. The outer ring is also likely too thick.
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Looking pretty good!
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MoT's Watch Deal Forum Watches
Thank you. Now if I can just push the design a little further I might have something worthy of getting out to the people. This is definitely a collaborative project and I appreciate all the feedback I have received so far.ManOnTime wrote:Looking pretty good!
At this time the changes to the white dial are going to be:
-Thinner minute marks
-Slightly larger font on text at 6
Those changes are already made digitally. I also figured out how to get all of the elements to scale so that I can make labels for any sized dial that is needed.
In stepping back and looking at the design next to other watches, the text at 12 looks too large. I will try making it a bit smaller as I haven’t tried that with the larger numerals.
Maybe there is just too much white space for that and the remaining numerals should be inserted.
I just want to get something that when it is sitting in a watch box looks like another watch, not a watch with a home made dial.
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Suggestion:
The Est date might also look better smaller. Or perhaps in a script font, as you sometimes find with "automatic" on a dial?
The Est date might also look better smaller. Or perhaps in a script font, as you sometimes find with "automatic" on a dial?
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I put in some alignment lines, and tried to stick to those. Now the statement that TheJohnP said sticks out more. The est. date looks way too large. I can fix that.
Still, it's an improvement, I think, from the previous version. I'll change the est. date so that it is in line with the watch deal forum text and try some different fonts.
Still, it's an improvement, I think, from the previous version. I'll change the est. date so that it is in line with the watch deal forum text and try some different fonts.
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