Hi. Thank you so very much for this! I want to make my own custom dial by firing vitreous enamel onto copper essentially creating a painting in glass. This means that I will have to make the dial from scratch, and my issue will be how to add the feet and enamel around them. I plan on finding a suitable watch and replacing the dial with my own. Another issue that I will have is with the thickness. With each layer of glass I may have trouble controlling the thickness. Your videos are so inspiring and I look forward to making my watch, and seeing more of your work.

nice work! thanks for information

Does it matter if I use the steel plate that comes with the pad printing machine? Because I bought the exact same machine that you have and it came with one steel plate. The reason I’m asking if there is any difference with the steel plate is because I did all the process that you said but the silicone pad won’t get the ink out if the plate not sure why could be the ink is not good ? Or is it the plate? I will really appreciate if you can help me

Hi thanks for the great video's. Van you tell me how deep the laser is in the plate?

Any thoughts on using a liquid mask to create an image that can be painted over but easily rubbed off to reveal the base metal? Kind of like the old rolex white pan am gmts.

Hi, sorry if I missed this, but I'm eyeballing the same printer and was wondering if the rubber pads are included or if I need to order them separately. If so, where did you get the main one you use for dials? Thanks mate, love your work!

Is it possible to pad print with luminous ink? Or would it be better to simply apply the lume by etching or carving the dial, and additively applying the lume to the dial, like in your other video? I want to make my own dial, to modify a watch that I own, with a 2416b movement, to have a custom logo on it.

Heyy really like this series, very informative. Question, have you tried hand painting watch dials? What’s your thoughts on that?

Love the series. A couple of questions, if you don’t mind. There are some really cheap electric pad printers on eBay ($160aud ~ $110usd ... cheaper than manual!)... do you think they would be any good and what downfalls? With the inks, are they just a high opacity enamel? I’m just a hobbyist and really only want small sample inks and having trouble sourcing in Australia. I’ll keep watching the series in case you have already answered any of this in a future episode.

Hi, thanks for the detailed video. I have a question about laser etching machines. They do not seem to be very expensive - at around the $400 price point. Would you ever consider adding one to your workshop to avoid having to outsource that step of getting the etching done?

Hi. Very informative video for someone like me exploring pad printing. Question: when you have your laser shop etch the ink plates, how deep do you tell them to go for optimal ink holding/transfer?

Hello! Very informative video! Would you mind sharing the dimensions of the steel plates as well as the placement of the dial pattern on the plates? I have the same machine. I am trying to figure out where to start. thank you!

Thanks for all the information in this video. Can you link the pad printing machine that you have?

That was very interesting sir. I wanted to ask if you have had any experience with using laser engravers to directly print/engrave the numerals on brass dial blanks ?

Thanks for the video. Do you know of any online companies that make custom engraved plates. Maybe where I could upload my design and they would make the plate. I've tried searching for such a service and can't find anything. THANK YOU.

Hi, can you please tell me where to buy the plate?

Quick Question, Do you need to have something previously etched on the dial to apply ink? Or would you be able to print a logo on it with just any dial you put under the printer? Also, awesome video! :)

what type of laser machine did you use? is it fiber laser or co2? thanks!

G'day Mate Could I just ask the brand of the Pad Printer you are using I know you said chinese of Ebay but I would like to get one for myself. Many thanks and great work on all your tutorials? Ash

where did you buy the pad printer? thanks in advance

Really nice video. I missed any info about what specific pad printer plus accessories you were using. Can you give give informations about the product and where to get it. Rgs Anton

Hello mister, great videos and content, have you tried to make a watch dial using 3d resin printer?

Excellent dear.

Tell me please. Is there manual pad machine for printing 140 mm.

Hi.Please let me know the ink name and where I can buy it/Thanks.

I am considering purchasing a pad printer for my small watch dial restoring business, and I can't seem to find anyone who etches cliches in my area. I need an estimate on the cliche etching to determine if the purchase of a pad printer would be cost effective. Are you willing to share how much you pay for the etching of your plates? Or any knowledge of who I can go to to do this?

is it easier just to print from a printer and glueing it on to the dial

Can you share the name of the provider that does your etching?

Hi do you offer any workshop or lesson if I am interested to learn?

Hey do you have any plans to build it?

Hello, Any chances you could tell me the size of the cliche this machine takes ?

How deep does the laser etching need to be?

If I make and send you a vector file, could you get a plate made for me? I will compensate for your time/knowledge/costs, of course. I bought a machine but I'm having a hard time finding any resources on having plates made.

Where can i buy this printer ? Thank you do much !!

50 years ago we had no silicone pads - we would melt gelatine into molds. Laser engraved plates, photosensitive papers? Way too simple! We would order hardened steet plates from Switzerland, coat them in wax, using a pantograph would scratch off the wax where required, then acid etch the markings. I could go on about galvanic silver plating, grinding up salt, precipitating silver, cyanide stripping, chloroform fumes. Tritium luminous powder. Radium on old dials flushed down the sink, along with some cyanide - frown on behaviour today. What is this modern witchcraft you use? It seems way too straightforward and lacks any the dangers we so enjoyed usually avoiding. And your ways slash the labour involved putting people out of work! Pad printing dials was a specialist job then - I never attempted to master it myself. Great video, I might just learn a thing or twenty here - but I miss the skin irritation and headaches from the chloroform. And the odd minor fires from acetone. All the dust issues of spraying lacquers taught me resiliance and many many swear words too. I still have a scintillation meter the Gov. required us to purchase for the Tritium license - I keep it in case those Ruskies get over excited and nuke us.

I design watch dials (digital images) i could convert a few examples into a dxf file and send the file to you if you're intrested also nice video !!!!

if the video has a caption, that would be better. But still thanks for your sharing.

Tedious in the extreme! "Ok, you get a screwdriver, which is designed specifically to screw in and unscrew screws, and it is inserted into the fixture, making sure that the tip of the screwdriver inserts centrally on the surface of the screw. Then, mild pressure is applied to the screwdriver, and with a counterclockwise motion, my wrist unscrews the screw to the fixture. I continue with the counterclockwise motion until the screw is completely separated from the fixture. When the screw is wiggling in it's hole, that indicates that the screw is loose enough for removal, and signifies the end of the process of unscrewing the screw to the fixture..."

Dude you talk to much. we all clued up thats why we hear. Get on with it.. Thank you. frustrating you trying to explain your process, why not just do it in a run and talk us through it. it would be a lot better for your viewers and your channel. God only knows how ink is held inside a vessel like you showed. Surely the way you showed us it would just pour out, i thought the neo-mags where to hold a screen of some sort. everything else i got. but im halfway through. maybe you will surprise us. nice little set-up. you print lume too? arr ok, i got it the ink container stays stuck to the plate and slides back n forth, i got it on my hunt. those printers are fir sick. i was thinking to do dials with screens. but the pad is a sweet process. all doable by hand and a few 3d printed parts i reckon.

The video has good information but god do you ramble too much. I dont know how you manage to say so little in so long