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Aplying luminous Compound onto a dial and hands.

IMG_5305I serviced this Longines back in 2014 and I replaced the luminous compound on the hands and was not skilled enough to replace the compound on the dial. I since gained much more experience applying compound and mixing different tones. The bright compound on the hands and the missing compound on the dial does not look that great, so I decided it was time to do something about it. 

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I remove the compound from the hands.

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I secure the dial to some cardboard.

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I mix up some compound.

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Here you can see the numbers after filling in the compound.

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The dial looks much better with the numbers filled in with compound.

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I’m very happy with the tone, as the aged look matches the patina of the dial.

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Much better!

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The watch still runs like a newly serviced watch and feels good on the wrist!

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