Vintage Dive Watch Homage Build - Part 3: The Bezel
PREVIOUSLY - Part 1: The Idea, Part 2: The Dial
Excellent feedback Crunchers on the dial! I made some additional tweaks of my own to the Dial and put together another dial design based on the overwhelming "less is more" response:
(Also coming hot out of nowhere, Frutiger for "ANALOGS")
Designing the Bezel
As promised, this post will be a lot shorter than the previous one. On top of that, I have a feeling options are going to be far more limited due to part availability for bezels (especially if it's difficult to match rose/gold tones from different vendors). Still it's good to have a design so that there is something to shoot for when sourcing parts. There are really only 2 things to decide between:
Rose/gold markings or white
With or without 15 minute markers
And that leaves only four options, which also makes for a convenient poll on WatchCrunch: VOTE HERE
Thanks again for reading my posts, we're getting close to a final design!
UP NEXT - Part 4: The Final Mock Up
Making classic watch homage faces for Fitbit and Android, has inspired me to get into the actual watch hobby. Much to the chagrin of my lovely wife who does not share my enthusiasm. (it's a lot of ent...