My rookie homage K-141

[slacker123]

my eyes... hath seen... the glory!

[shuseido]

Yea man! The lume at the back, really amazing! very nice.

[johnfish]

Okok....i know some call it replicas, fakes or poor man's pam.....so not really wanted to create a big hoohaa here....juz thought it's nice to share my new found hobby here....no flaming ok?

Recently I received the 45mm Radiomir parts I ordered from the net… so decided to do some hands-on to build my first homage…something that’s different from my current collection. Been looking around for a 2533 dial but just can’t find one that fits the 45mm case, so no choice but to custom it myself using photoshop and my company laser cutter…I decided to forgo all historical accuracy there since I needs to add some modifications on the dial design for this project, since it's a homage, so we don't have to get all crazy specific like that here.

I decided to make my first custom watch in tribute to a nuclear submarine and its 118 crews that perished on a fateful training 10 years ago……The Russian Navy K-141 Kursk, lost with all hands when it sank in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000.

Instead of doing it the historical vintage style, I preferred it to be abit more contemporary in design after being inspired by Jason’s Ring Of Fire concept. For the 2533 dial design, I made the dots bigger, the lines thicker, smaller dial face with an attempt to emulate the Radium burn rings effects and also engraved the Kursk callsign in place of 9 o’clock. And not forgetting, a tribute of the time (11:28 local time) Kursk exploded and sank to its watery grave with all her brave crews. The colour of the dial is abit of Dark Tobacco, to mimic the prolong colour of the submarine exterior due to corrosion. As for the movement, it will be perfect if I know how to customise and get a Molnija that can replace the current 6497 I’m using now in the 45mm case….so for the time being, a simple die-cut of a “memorial plate” to cover the glass back of the watch

And here I have it; my first customise watch. I just put it on the Big Daddy buckle on the spare strap for the final touch. Pics below. what say you of my first custom Rad?.

Here's the 2533 inspiration


Some rookie shots of the rookie watch


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Lastly the lume shots

I must say... Very cool design!!! I like " U too creative dude

[Keith8896]

Very nice avatar

i mean the 2 watch

[daywalker88]

I am impressed bro

Keep up the good work

[bigwatchroom]

Wow looks relli good sia! U might wanna consider making customised watches for the fellow bros here! Make some $$$ hehe

Thanks bro....no lah..its juz a hobby....not intending to make any $$$...(no time lah)

[tsetse]

Wow looks relli good sia! U might wanna consider making customised watches for the fellow bros here! Make some $$$ hehe

[bigwatchroom]

Second time coming

Ever since my first custom homage, my wifey has been bugging me to make her a K-141 series watch….. Well, guess I got some time to spare since it’s a national holiday here and I got a neglected Getat mini-fiddy (which she had been eyeing) inside my watchbox.

Same as my previous dial except that this time I include the second hands at the 9 o’clock…..a little mod to the dial design, after spraying it with black spray....oven it for 15mins to bake it. For this watch there will not be any lume on the indices but instead I did some lume touch-up on the inner of the case itself and also the hands. Add on a new strap from BR and no sooner I got the pieces together and finally it’s on her wrist.... Enough said, here are some pics - of the second K-141 watch I have ever assembled.

Come to think abt it....the dial really reminds me of the sub radar system.......

[sportee]

Very nice and inspiring indeed Great job...

[watchlover1986]

wah bro u have talent man..shld share this in homageforum.com

[bigwatchroom]

Nice case back display wif lum

Thanks...yes its kinda new to put lume on the back display...but my wife finds it kinda redundant thou....

[bigwatchroom]

i tink can get the mini fiddy case from DSN....but the issue with the crytal always poping out....47mm is the new 44mm...big is good lar....hehehehe....

haha...okok...will email him see how much first. Thanks!

[Spoon]

Nice case back display wif lum

[feilong108]

i tink can get the mini fiddy case from DSN....but the issue with the crytal always poping out....47mm is the new 44mm...big is good lar....hehehehe....

[bigwatchroom]

hehehe...u got talent!!!!make more in the future.....how about a 6152 homage?

no lah no lah....yeah...been sourcing for a 6152 case without CG le....but the one i found only got 47mm....too big liao