After winning the watch competition, i had to choose a watch..so i went for the Savant Trilite lcd. (thx Matt)
I always wanted to build these small tritium vials in a watch like Abem did with a Fairshild. http://www.timetrafficker.com/watches/lcd/fairchild-lcd-tritium/index.html
Now i have all the Fairshild watches here at home but it must be possible with a savant as well.
After checking the bay, i couldn't find 6 x 1.5 mm vials, so i bought 6 x 2 mm vials in Ice blue color.
the Savant came original with a brown front but i did like the blue front of another tritium watch.
a dark picture of the 10 ice blue tritium vials
first things first...get the module out.
as i worked with such a module before, i knew that the module kept together with the white plastic piece...that was the hardest part.
trying to get it open without breaking the small feed on the plastic piece.
here you see another blue one..to give you an idea.
The old tritium parts are sitting in the silver container that is glued to the back of the lcd...i had to think half an hour
how i could get it loose withoud breaking anything...making warm, cold..using a product to make the glue soften etc.
But i decided to push it a bit because the glue must be old and hardened. And yes..it worked.
then out of the blue ..disaster struck...my lcd starts bleeding. It was not from the push..i think the little container just put
enough pressure on the lcd so that it didn't start bleeding.
but i still wanted to try it so i put the vials on the backside of the lcd...then second disaster...the 2 mm thick vials are
just to thick to get between the back of the lcd and the printboard without loosing contact with the zebra's.
So i was really disappointed.
second idea was ..i put some luminous paint in the container and recover the module for what was left of it.
But i had broke 2 feet from the plastic carrier that hold the module together so i've made another solution
the savant lcd did it again but the extra 1 mm thickness was to much...i tried everything but the digits always kept going blanc after
putting the back plate on the watch
It was the end of a hell of a evening.
Lesson learned : Buy 1.5 mm vials instead of 2
But where can i find them?
I always wanted to build these small tritium vials in a watch like Abem did with a Fairshild. http://www.timetrafficker.com/watches/lcd/fairchild-lcd-tritium/index.html
Now i have all the Fairshild watches here at home but it must be possible with a savant as well.
After checking the bay, i couldn't find 6 x 1.5 mm vials, so i bought 6 x 2 mm vials in Ice blue color.
the Savant came original with a brown front but i did like the blue front of another tritium watch.
a dark picture of the 10 ice blue tritium vials
first things first...get the module out.
as i worked with such a module before, i knew that the module kept together with the white plastic piece...that was the hardest part.
trying to get it open without breaking the small feed on the plastic piece.
here you see another blue one..to give you an idea.
The old tritium parts are sitting in the silver container that is glued to the back of the lcd...i had to think half an hour
how i could get it loose withoud breaking anything...making warm, cold..using a product to make the glue soften etc.
But i decided to push it a bit because the glue must be old and hardened. And yes..it worked.
then out of the blue ..disaster struck...my lcd starts bleeding. It was not from the push..i think the little container just put
enough pressure on the lcd so that it didn't start bleeding.
but i still wanted to try it so i put the vials on the backside of the lcd...then second disaster...the 2 mm thick vials are
just to thick to get between the back of the lcd and the printboard without loosing contact with the zebra's.
So i was really disappointed.
second idea was ..i put some luminous paint in the container and recover the module for what was left of it.
But i had broke 2 feet from the plastic carrier that hold the module together so i've made another solution
the savant lcd did it again but the extra 1 mm thickness was to much...i tried everything but the digits always kept going blanc after
putting the back plate on the watch
It was the end of a hell of a evening.
Lesson learned : Buy 1.5 mm vials instead of 2
But where can i find them?
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