AWG 101 "non reflective" and AW 591 "blackout" mod

I removed the lettering in the less destroyed bezel and put the AWG back together.

A few pics of reassembling the pushers first. Mis en place:



Pushers with spring, washer and 2 O rings each



One in, 3 to go.



Yes, i know the case is still dirty. will take care of that.

I do not have enough hands to take a pic of how to place the E-Clip near the pusher with a scalpel blade, position it at the collar of the Pusher with a needle and push it on with the blade of a small flat screwdriver. And i do not have a Macro Lens, so i had to shoot through my thread counter... Hope you can see where the clip needs to sit.



All pushers back in.



Comparison shot with the other case



Assembled:







Your feedback, ideas and comments are welcome! For example, I´m still not sure if i leave the rest of the black in the lettering, looks quite washed out but fits the rough surface. Or should i fill it black again? Now that the metal hardware is dull, i suddenly feel the screws on the bezel should be dull, too.

The AW-591 shall get a black bezel ring, black buckle and i thin about red lettering on the bezel, as the hour hand is red, too.

anybody got an idea if it is possible to glaze the LED to tint the light output? I´d like a deep red. and black pushers would be great, but paint won´t hold up i guess and PVD is abit out of my price range - Any DIY chemical processes available?!

Should look good with a fresh set of resin, don´t you think?

As i received some new Resin for the AWG and put the AW-591 back together, i thought i´d share a few quick shots of the reassembled watches.



The AW 591 has a blacked out bezel ring, black PVD coated buckle and stelthed bezel. The AWG has the bead blasted hardware already shown, just new, stealthed resin bezel and strap. The stock AW-591 is for comparison - tha blacked out one looks somewhat more massive and more compact at once in my opinion.



Buckle shot:



blasted - black - standard. I´ll add better (although still bad) pics.

To sum this thread up i did a few better (but still far from what you are used here...) pictures of the watches:

for reference: A stock AW-590, used and with a blacked out bezel, but otherwise as they come from Casio





The blacked out one:







After finishing i saw i just created myself a positive display version of the ML Minus the PVD coated buttons. But I´m quite pleased with the outcome.

This is the AWG, itr looks real nice in all new resin with the media blasted parts, the soft, smooth resin contrasting nicely with teh rough metal.







I´m looking forward to your feedback.

lowtech said:

Thanks Xevious for bumping, I missed the question here.
You are right - The bezel on those watches is fixed with double sided tape and can be pried off. I held teh case with a folded rag so i would not slip into my palm.
I used a rather sharp blade to atart, as butter knives tend to be too thick. Once you have a starting point, a butter knife is betetr as it is stronger and less prone to impaling your hand should you slip.

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Thanks. I'll try to do what you've said. I wanted to change the color of the bezel ring. Would spray painting it be a best way to make it black?

Here's mine...it's actually an AW-591MS...sans the military strap because I already replaced it with a strap from a G-306X.



If you will notice, the bezel seems to be in olive drab color. Are there any existing mods that will turn my bezel into black? Spray paints are not good for bezels right?