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Post by toxicavenger on May 1, 2015 9:22:03 GMT -8
John, I think Bill finally gave up trying to please all the modders. Like Jake and Harold, among others, he probably found that he was wasting way too much time on tire kickers, indecisive people and too many mind changers after the fact. Making custom watches is obviously an easier and more lucrative way to do business. We are a finicky lot and often to our own detriment. I can blame the guys for moving away from supplying custom parts and accessories into complete watches. On another note, Bill used to have a program that let the buyer try out different case, dial, hand combos onscreen just by selecting the available parts from a menu. I once asked if he would sell me that program but he wasn't interested...at that time he was still full into selling parts. I've thought a couple of times of trying to put together an app that would allow us to try out parts from Jake or Harold or anyone else and assemble them CGI to see how they would look. That would be a cool app! I think that the one and only reason is $$$. If it was not, he could have easily turned over the production or at least the data on the production of the parts for the modders. However if he did that, one could have seen how much he was profiting for the parts. Back then he was already charging $50 for one dial or set of hands when the regular price was around $20 or even less for the same from other sellers like Noah or Yobokies... Then of course one watch is hundreds of $$$ in profit rather then tens of $$$ for a part... ^^How true
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Post by C4L18R3 on May 1, 2015 19:22:49 GMT -8
Thanks Carlo but I already have hands for it.
I did get the Dagaz re-issue (Dive Pro dial). I noticed Jake re-designed the dial by a few mm making it seem larger than the original Dagaz one and closer to the original PloProf dimensions/scale. I didn't buy it originally because from pics on the net, I noticed the Dagaz dial was a bit on the small side, even for an SKX.
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Post by carlows on May 1, 2015 20:33:22 GMT -8
Thanks Carlo but I already have hands for it. I did get the Dagaz re-issue (Dive Pro dial). I noticed Jake re-designed the dial by a few mm making it seem larger than the original Dagaz one and closer to the original PloProf dimensions/scale. I didn't buy it originally because from pics on the net, I noticed the Dagaz dial was a bit on the small side, even for an SKX. Yes, some of the dials that Dagaz used to make have the markers well spaced from the edge, meaning toward the center and some leave a 1mm or 2 between the outer edge of hour/minute markers and the inner case or chapter ring. The FFF dials are like this and many of the ones he has been doing in the past. The last few however have been made differently and the markers are more outward, closer to the edge of the inner case, making them fill the space better. I believe he noticed the difference and started making them with better (in my opinion) proportions. That is one of them.
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