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| Helson Bronze Shark Diver Arrives | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28th, 2011 03:00 pm |
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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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Bravo amigo! This was the ultimate version at first view and at second view: You been lucky to get it at time
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28th, 2011 03:51 pm |
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stew77 Admin 
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Jeff, Brice, William, & William !!!! Thanks guys!!! Yes...it does appear that 2011 is a bronze year...definitely several manufactures (both big and small) joining little old Anonimo in producing Bronze cases this year.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29th, 2011 10:12 am |
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krethk 3T WIS 
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Great looking watch!! I have a Bronze with a blue face coming in soon! Will post some pictures when I get it. Wear yours in good health!
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29th, 2011 10:44 am |
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Veritas99 3T WIS 
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Congrats, it's a great looking watch and color combination!  Can't wait to see how it ages. Mike
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30th, 2011 01:43 pm |
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stew77 Admin
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Thank krethk and Mike for the continued kind words on the Bronze Shark Diver. krethk - please post up pics of your blue face Bronze when it arrives!!! Looking forward to seeing that one too! So this weekend, I spent a little time getting the patina going on this one. The most interesting thing that I noticed is that the boiled egg in a ziplock technique that worked really well on the Bronze Moray didn't work nearly as well on the Shark Diver case (I could really only get the case to a deeper, more reddish color with that technique even leaving it in the bag for a long time). With the Moray, the egg in the ziplock bag was a very progressive process, in that the longer the case stayed in the bag, the darker things got. My theory is that the blasted bronze finish on the Moray is essentially more "opened-up" to the environment than the brushed case on the Shark Diver...just my thoughts, but who knows? In order to get the case headed to the darker patina that I prefered, I decided to actually go a step further (and I really have no interest in using chemicals on my watches at all, so all of the many options using chemicals were completely off the table). For me, it was still the egg or salt water for consideration (man I'd love to have access to an ocean, but with the nearest ocean thousands of miles away....). So, I went a step further and put the entire watch case into the mashed hard boiled egg to see if that would work...and it did, with the bezel taking on color quite a bit faster than the case. With that information, I heated up an egg yolk until hot and thick but not fully cooked solid since I still wanted "smearability" (really not sure why just the yolk, as I've heard that sulfer is present in both the white and yolk, but that's what I did). I then smeared the yolk all over the watch case and monitored progress. That is about it!!! Please keep in mind, I do not guarantee this process, and your results may vary!!!  Here are a few before and after shots for your enjoyment:       I'm liking the move away from the more 'gold' look, to the much darker patina myself!!!  Last edited on Sun Jan 30th, 2011 01:53 pm by stew77 |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31st, 2011 11:30 pm |
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Nordstrom 3T WIS 
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That is outstanding...a nice and even patina. Well done. I salute you for having the courage to submerse your new watch in egg yolk. It looks great. Erik
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| Posted: Tue Feb 1st, 2011 01:43 am |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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Darn it, Chris!!! Now, I have to put a bronze watch on my radar. But I think if you do egg process a few times, it can only add to the patina in a progressive way. Nice look, amigo!!!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 1st, 2011 02:15 am |
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IanM 3T WIS 
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bigrustypig wrote: Darn it, Chris!!! +1, mate. Looks great!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 1st, 2011 07:12 am |
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FnuSnu99 3T WIS 
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Congrats! Great looking watch you got there. And a really nice combo with the bronze/brown. Also liking the patina towards brownish-effect you got going. Looks great!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 1st, 2011 12:51 pm |
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stew77 Admin
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Erik, Jeff, Ian, and FnuSnu...Thank guys!!! Jeff - I would agree...the process should be progressive as one continues to do it, and I would say the process has definitely been progressive on the Bronze Moray which has a blasted finish on the bronze. BUT, I did get a bit of a head-scratching moment when I did another round of "smear hot egg yolk" directly on the case, and I think the result was actually a slight lightening of the case  . hmmm....I will say the case look shown above had already had a few hours of exposure in a sealed ziplock bag with the mashed up, freshly hard boiled egg (note...egg not touching the case...just sealed with the watch case in a zip lock bag). With the slight lightening of the case that I got on the most recent round of smeared egg yolk, I'll probably try another exposure of 'mashed egg in the ziplock', and see what the result is. I say all that to say, this is a process with at least several variables, and some experimentation, so your results may vary!!! I still prefer to stay with the egg, and normal use and exposure for getting the patina to develop...I know that people use 'liver of sulfur' for getting some very fast and dramatic effects on bronze and copper and other metals...just not for me.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 1st, 2011 06:51 pm |
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Gregger 3T WIS 
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Congrats on the new one and love the bronze 
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| Posted: Thu Feb 3rd, 2011 08:45 pm |
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Pearlmanz 3T WIS 
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Great looking watch, would love to buy this same model with the white dial and blue markers!!!
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