Customising my Air Command
I have my Air Command for about 18 years now. It is my daily beater and it is rocked. I love it, but in comparison to my vintage Fifty it is to far from the original. So I decided to customise it. Firdt step some years ago was to coat the luenette black. ...
I like the quality of the work done on the bezel...
... although I personally prefer the original bezel on the Trilogy Air Command. What I like most that your Blancpain sees so much wristtime, well aged ;-) Cheers Henrik
Interesting tutorial and great work
By the way, what's this little snake on the last shot? Best wishes Alkiro
Thanks mates for kind words
I have a second original bezel to change, so I have the choice to change to original status. The snake is a brass plastic of a cerastes cerastes adder. Best regards Stephan
I had my doubts, but it turned out really nice. How big is the watch with this bezel?
I think BP should make a FF time only and chrono in this size. Well done. John
Great job on insert.
The insert appears to be convex on the top side. He wonder if he had a cad program to engrave the numbers and dashes? Thanks for posting.
Hi Brian
Yes top side is a little bit curved. The Numbers are similar to the original vintage FFs. I do not know if he uses a CAD program to engrave the numbers. There is still a lot of handwork. Stephan
What bezel inserts can be bought second hand?
What bezel inserts do you have that are able to fit inside the stock bezel? It looks like the one is potentially a Rolex? I'd love to try changing the bezel insert on my GMT
Please ask
at the Rolex site. Mine is a Blancpain. Rolex Inlays, the old ones, are easiely to change
Aftermarket bezel insert
Seriously, your watch looks fantastic. Cannot believe I was missing this beauty until now. Totally, undervalued in the market. About the bezel insert, those bezel inserts developed for Rolex fit this model? Thank you.
Dear watchbear
I think that the Rolex bezel inserts do not fit the Blancpain. If you are interested, where to get probably an aftermarket replacement, send me a pm. Best regards Stephan
air command
I had this piece and also was not very fond of the metal raised number dial.I like the enamel bezel. The raised metal dial was very controversial and was never used again. I had one of the few aftermarket display backs made ( at the time) for the watch, w...
It came out looking great!
Funny enough, I was looking at Concept 2000´s lately and wondering about customization possibilities, you took it to the extreme and made it rock! Congrats! Alex
quite the change
Much better design than the original bezel which was way too heavy for the dial. I had this custom detail on my Air command .... ...