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Posted By: Ricky Lee McBroom
Date: Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 10:37 p.m.

Take this dial;

And paste onto this case..

The one who comes up with the most convincing edit gets 2 straps. Their choice from a pool of about 2 dozen..

The first one to even attempt to change the hour markers and hands to white, seconds hand red, & posts the results gets a single strap.

-Ricky

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Photoshop contest. Enter now, win valuable prizes! > (views: 179)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 10:37 p.m.

Red, White, 'n' Gold entry! (views: 10)
lee miller -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 5:52 a.m.

Here's mine ... (views: 42)
cameraz -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 2:56 a.m.

WOW...Steve, how are you?!?!?! Nice to see you back! (views: 3)
TMK -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 4:58 a.m.

Re: Here's mine ... (views: 8)
cameraz -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 4:22 a.m.

Sorry ... I didn't read the rules carefully before posting my abstract version. I hereby disqualify myself (but it was fun anyway!)

--StevenN

Thanks, Ted! (views: 4)
cameraz -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 1:53 p.m.
I've been involved in so many different things over the past year that I haven't been able to devote much time to PMWF. But I have it listed as one of my favorites and would lurk whenever I had the time. Lately, however, I've been stopping by here a lot, and just the other day I ordered a watch from Japan after seeing it here. I will post a picture when I get it (next week, I hope!)

--StevenN

Whoa! Got dizzy lookin' at that one! (views: 3)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 4:26 a.m.

better yet without red hand..... (views: 17)
Mina Tadros -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 2:26 a.m.

Image Host finally worked... here's a better version... (views: 25)
Mina Tadros -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 2:15 a.m.
hope you like. i spent some more time with it...

Sorry for multiple entries, but PMWF kept saying "server error" upon upload (views: 5)
lee miller -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 1:59 a.m.

's OK, I got the error, too. I like the gold around the crystal! (views: 3)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 4:25 a.m.

Here's my entry! (views: 41)
lee miller -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 1:37 a.m.

How about this? (views: 30)
old skool -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 12:50 a.m.

Or this? (views: 18)
old skool -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 12:57 a.m.

Here's my entry. (views: 46)
fmcat -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 12:20 a.m.
What do you think?

Whoa! New hands, even! (views: 5)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 12:34 a.m.

my attempt (views: 34)
Mina Tadros -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 12:14 a.m.

Here you go... wasn't sure if ... (views: 41)
Harold Clitheroe -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:42 p.m.

you wanted the hands/indexes to remain gold, or match the case, so you got both...added some lume, too..

Quick and dirty Photoshop..

I confess 'tis still not what I'm REALLY after.. >> (views: 35)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 12:05 a.m.
Which is to add this;


To get this;

You did a great though, Harold! Wish I'd seen yours before I did that pathetic attempt at the McBroom Crest-Of-Arms..

-Ricky

OK,,, try this then... (views: 29)
Harold Clitheroe -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 12:40 a.m.
Cheers

Harold

That's it! (views: 4)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 1:01 a.m.

Any other changes neede? Now that I have... (views: 5)
Harold Clitheroe -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 1:18 a.m.
the layered PSD file, should be easy..
Cheers
Harold

Well.. You really did nail it. Pretty much.... >> (views: 4)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 4:47 a.m.

One thing I am curious about.. I'm wondering if it might not look better if the Coat-Of-Arms were moved down juust enough to keep the hour marker at 12. That would mean losing the "AUTOMATIC", I guess, but I could live with that...

I love the way you filled the hour markers & hands with "lume" - that's a feature I definitely want to keep!

The red-tipped seconds hand was a surprise.. but a surprise I like! It may turn out that it's not practical, mind. May have to just go with a red-painted seconds hand. Or maybe, just maybe I can find aftermarket hands that will fit this movement. Then the sky'd be the limit! Duarte will decide that... Yes, I have contacted him, and he's willing to give the project a look. With a little luck {crosses fingers} this watch might actually get built!

Thanks so much, Harold! Unless someone pulls a rabbit outta the hat, you got it!

Hmm... Ok, then like this? (views: 6)
Harold Clitheroe -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 4:57 a.m.

and if the arrow tip isn't feasible, then just paint theend of the second hand red.. I;'ll run up that version for you tomorrow..

FYI, EZA's are pretty nice, had a 14K one once..

Cheers
Harold

This is it! >>>> (views: 4)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 4:14 p.m.
Toned down the bright-white color of the clan script, changed to a normal vs. bold font, and added caps
.

That's the closest yet to my vision.. so far.

-Ricky

 Ok.. some changes for ya.... (views: 2)
Harold Clitheroe -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 6:05 p.m.

Hows this.. dropped the read arrow tip, changed it to a red painted end..
Removed the EZA crest, added the McBroom/MacBrayne clan arms (as far as I could tell from my books on heraldry)..

So?

Cheers
Harold

I got mouse cramp! That's It! Done! THIS is the Definitive Version.. >>>>>>>> (views: 1)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Saturday, 13 January 2007, at 3:42 p.m.

Mouse cramp I tell ya! ARRRRRRRRRRRgh!

Took the scan of the actual physical blazon of arms, and pasted into your last pic;

I yam soooooo excited. Now to get these parts off to Duarte!

-Ricky

Bingo! >>>>>>
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Saturday, 13 January 2007, at 2:50 p.m.

I like it!

} ..dropped the read arrow tip,
} changed it to a red painted end..

I liked the arrow-tip seconds, but my gut feeling is that finding one which would fit the Eza movement would be an exercise in futility.

So the red-tipped OEM seconds hand is the best practical option, to me. The crest doesn't quite 'pop' as well with the hand fully red-painted, IMHO.

} Removed the EZA crest..

Err.. that was the McBroom crest, actually.

Well, an edited version of it, at any rate. I omitted the ducal coronet and dropped the dexter arm right down on top of the the shield...

} ..added the McBroom/MacBrayne clan
} arms (as far as I could tell from
} my books on heraldry)..

Our books on heraldry differ. Mine's quite emphatic that the MacBrayne blazon of arms should have two lions passant guardant.

That said, I do love the fact that you were able to keep the ducal coronet in place! In fact, I could live with the single lion, simply to keep that feature.

Here's the official 'clan Ricky' version of the McBroom blazon of arms;

I'd love to put that entire exact crest on the dial, but fear that the scale would be so small you'd need a loupe to make it out. Which isn't a bad thing necessarily, I s'pose...

} So?

It rocks!

-Ricky

Gimme an hour or so... (views: 1)
Harold Clitheroe -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 4:54 p.m.
Been toying with some ideas for you..
I'll email you as well..

OK, the gold lettering has to go.. ALL of it.. >>>>> (views: 6)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 12:07 p.m.
How's this grab ye?

I gotta tell you, I'm gettin' excited about this project! Just hop the parts are compatible, so Duarte can bring it all together!

-Ricky

You, Sir, are the PSP-meister! >>>>>
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 11:16 a.m.

And you have superlative taste in watches!

} and if the arrow tip isn't feasible..

Unless I can find aftermarket hands what'll fit the Eza mvmt, 'tis not.

Hmm.. perhaps I should step back. Use an ETA or Miyota.. sumpin' there's a wide selection of hands for. I mean, I don't got to use the li'l Eza.. just seemed like a good idea at the time.

's sure nice to pick & choose the style of hands one likes best....

} then just paint the end of
} the second hand red..

Yeah, always an option. I'd actually kinda like to lume the second hand, too...

} I'll run up that version for you tomorrow..

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this, Harold. Helping me get the image of the watch in my head on-screen, I mean. My PSP skills suck! ..well, not so much suck as.. see, I could maybe've come close to the edit you ended up with.. but it'd a took me 14 hours! I tend to go into CAD/CAM mode when image editing and it just don't work that way.. or at least not as quickly as the artistic mode that you use.

} FYI, EZA's are pretty nice,
} had a 14K one once..

No foolin'? Whoa! Then you are the first brother WIS I've encountered who has! Never seen them on the fora, so I'm assuming they're pretty rare. Low volume. It does seem like one gosh-darned nice movement;

Does anyone know anything about these? German..?

Anyway.. what kinda straps you need, Bro?

I confess that your choices are a little more limited than you might have been led to believe by the "choice from a pool of about 2 dozen" statement.

Basically you got your brown leather and black leather.. Oh, and I do have one OK velcro strap w/ the brand. Also a black leather w/ deployant.

What say you?

-Ricky

Quick and dirty job (views: 79)
Andamanen -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:12 p.m.
Don't really need the straps though

aaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwww yyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhh (views: 3)
d4thun -- Friday, 12 January 2007, at 12:08 a.m.

Nice work! (views: 3)
Jittery Jim -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:16 p.m.

Holy Moley! A new Front Runner!! That's xACTLY how I see the watch! (views: 6)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:16 p.m.

Me and photoshop don't play well together >> (views: 18)
greg honeycutt -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:04 p.m.
either way..I think you just gave up four straps sir

Re: either way..I think you just gave up four straps sir >>> (views: 9)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:12 p.m.

Err.. 3. One for d4thun, 'cuz he was first.

But hey! The contest is still open! For TWO straps!

True, Jittery Jim is in first place so far..

Come on, somebody do a hi-res version, with the white chapters and hands!

I swear my mind is failing me....but here's an attempt, anyway... (views: 62)
Jittery Jim -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 10:55 p.m.
It felt like I'd forgotten how to use Photoshop... Damn cold...

I wish I had I cold if I could do work like that (views: 5)
d4thun -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:02 p.m.

Yeah, but you beat 'im by 5 minutes! (views: 3)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:03 p.m.

I had started to try to change the color of the markers and hands but gave up. Too much work! (views: 3)
Jittery Jim -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:16 p.m.

You're tellin' me. Why you think I threw the contest..? (views: 2)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:20 p.m.

That Rocks! Man.. >> (views: 11)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:01 p.m.
This may be harder to judge than I thought.. May have to put it to a

I mean, THIS will be the best one.... (views: 49)
d4thun -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 10:50 p.m.
Until the next one comes along

We've got a winner!! (views: 20)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 10:58 p.m.

What kind of strap you need?

You de man!

Hey!.. (views: 18)
fmcat -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 11:14 p.m.
Yo, I was gonna give it a go. Is this still open?

This will be the best one..... (views: 16)
d4thun -- Thursday, 11 January 2007, at 10:47 p.m.

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