There is nothing wrong with the Sea Dragon lume. A bit hard to explain but lume intensity with rest constant depends on 3 factors:Will the lume be better than the Seadragon lume?
I agree big time...no bracelet needed. I would package it with a rubber and nato strap. As the proliferation of isofrane-style straps is getting to be a bit much. I would go with a Tropic-style strap without question. This is an exciting project.Please do not border with a bracelet on a SM300 homage piece to keep the cost down. As most future owners would probably wear theirs on either a high-quality divers rubber/silicon band or a two-tone NATO/Zulu band. Why not supply both NATO and rubber bands! Just a thought!
Anyone care to chime in on what bands would pair well with a SM homage diver?!
I am so looking forward to see more rendering in the near future.......
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We have already replied a few posts back that a tropic strap is not possible. To develop a brand new one costs are over $15000 USD. However we may be able to work on a 20mm iso style with premium vulcanic rubber. This will very much depend on a future launch of a 22mm premium vulcanized rubber we are working on.I agree big time...no bracelet needed. I would package it with a rubber and nato strap. As the proliferation of isofrane-style straps is getting to be a bit much. I would go with a Tropic-style strap without question. This is an exciting project.
I think it would be nice to also have numerals lumed as well.Yes, going to be fully lumed in bezel as for the dial do you think it is needed to have numerals lumed as well?
Pure heaven. You produce something a close to this as you can with drilled lugs and the size you have committed to and you are going to have a beautiful watch here. I love the fact that you are keeping to black (and possibly blue) faces. Although many like the variety in colors my personal opinion is that doing so lends to a "mall-ish" quality to watch projects and certainly not meant for a piece that's paying homage to a mega-classic watch.As for the bezel side view we will make it as close as possible to the vintage Omega SM300 reference166.024
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Photo is from my husbands watch. As for crystal will have a slightly distinct look as instead of acrylic we will use double domed sapphire.
Also for lugs we will feature drilled lugs making it easier with strap changes.
NO DATE!!!!!!!!Also, where's the date? We need a date!
EXACTLY RANI!I dont care about date or no date. Both would look good to me. As for the lume, cant you still use BGW9 and add a little pigment or dye to get that vintage look? Although, I'd actually prefer no vintage lume and just thick layers of BGW9 for some serious blue lume on there or even C3 for bright bright yellow/green lume. (would be cool to get tritium like the vintage watches but no one works with that anymore).
As for straps, any possibility for a clone of the old tropic straps and maybe a bond nato or if cheap enough a selection of natos