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 Posted: Wed Aug 26th, 2009 10:59 am
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Congrats Hammer on your new Seastar! party.gif

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tombs wrote:
Congrats on your new watch party.gif I have one myself and I like it alotBouncy.gif
I have weared mine frequently for many years and the bezel looks good still so I don`t think Tissot made a bad job there.




Well, the thing is that the paint they used is nothing else than mat acrylic paint: I guess a glossy paint or a bezel insert would have take the class up a bit... Meaning that it look a bit cheap...
In that case, a sharp stainless-stell bezel would give more charm I think

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stew77 wrote:
Congrats Hammerfjord!!!!ThumbsUp02.gif

I have the black dialed model and like the Seastar alot!!!   It has a very unique design that is instantly recognizable as "The Seastar"...from the unique handset and dial to the nicely contrasting polished and brushed finishes...a very nice piece!!

I have seen someone with a chipped blue dial actually go through the process of "carefully" using nail polish remover (or paint stripper...can't remember which) to remove all of the dial paint with the result looking exactly like the silver dial model shown above.  He ended up removing the red 15 seconds paint as well in the end because trying to backfill the red didn't go so well.  The end result looked very good, however.

 


Yes, I'm really considering to take out all the blue paint: First, I like "custom" models , second: I like full steel bezels, third: The paint that I replaced is very much the same and I used Tamya mat acrylic paint for modeling....Meaning that Tissot didn't break them ass to find out how they would color them bezel: It shows somehow....

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Hammerfjord wrote: stew77 wrote:
Congrats Hammerfjord!!!!ThumbsUp02.gif

I have the black dialed model and like the Seastar alot!!!   It has a very unique design that is instantly recognizable as "The Seastar"...from the unique handset and dial to the nicely contrasting polished and brushed finishes...a very nice piece!!

I have seen someone with a chipped blue dial actually go through the process of "carefully" using nail polish remover (or paint stripper...can't remember which) to remove all of the dial paint with the result looking exactly like the silver dial model shown above.  He ended up removing the red 15 seconds paint as well in the end because trying to backfill the red didn't go so well.  The end result looked very good, however.

 


Yes, I'm really considering to take out all the blue paint: First, I like "custom" models , second: I like full steel bezels, third: The paint that I replaced is very much the same and I used Tamya mat acrylic paint for modeling....Meaning that Tissot didn't break them ass to find out how they would color them bezel: It shows somehow....

Hammerfjord...I will PM you with a link to the stripped SeaStar bezel discussion with pics.


 

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 Posted: Wed Aug 26th, 2009 05:03 pm
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stew77 wrote:
Hammerfjord wrote: stew77 wrote:
Congrats Hammerfjord!!!!ThumbsUp02.gif

I have the black dialed model and like the Seastar alot!!!   It has a very unique design that is instantly recognizable as "The Seastar"...from the unique handset and dial to the nicely contrasting polished and brushed finishes...a very nice piece!!

I have seen someone with a chipped blue dial actually go through the process of "carefully" using nail polish remover (or paint stripper...can't remember which) to remove all of the dial paint with the result looking exactly like the silver dial model shown above.  He ended up removing the red 15 seconds paint as well in the end because trying to backfill the red didn't go so well.  The end result looked very good, however.

 


Yes, I'm really considering to take out all the blue paint: First, I like "custom" models , second: I like full steel bezels, third: The paint that I replaced is very much the same and I used Tamya mat acrylic paint for modeling....Meaning that Tissot didn't break them ass to find out how they would color them bezel: It shows somehow....

Hammerfjord...I will PM you with a link to the stripped SeaStar bezel discussion with pics.


 


Great pics of this modified model! Really tempting modification: Think I'll go for it! Thanks Stew!!

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