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In this lesson we will make a shiny vintage watch and make it very old and rusty.

Open a document 400 x 400 px. Create a new layer , and apply black color.

Now apply the gradient to make a steel look.

After applying the gradient. This same gradient we will use it for other parts by changing a little bit here and there.

To make thickness apply the bevel as below. Please dont forget to change the contour settings (which has been marked red)

Apply a satin effect to make more realistic.

Make a second ellipse. Apply the gradient. Change the angle to make the differece from the earlier layer.

Repeat the same for the for the third ellipse.
Now create three rectangle boxes. For the top one apply transform > perspective and make it as below. Bring it to the bottom to touch the ellipse.

Apply the gradients which has been done for the ellipes. Leave the center part . Dont apply gradient. Make vertical rectangle shapes and repeat it with a gap, till it reaches the other end.

Make a ring as below.

Apply bevel, and gloss contour to make it a shiny feel.

Now lets move to the dial part. Here i have done a dial for you.

Right click and copy it. Or make a dial of your choice.

Place it perfectly on the centre. with a gap of 5 px when you scale down. So you can see a thin ring around.
Apply inner shadow

Make a shape like this and fill it with white color. This part make the highlight for the glass.

Apply Gaussian blur radius to 5. Next make the transparecy to 75%.
Now you have the shiny vintage watch ready. Select all the layers and make a group.

Duplicate the group and name it rusty. Hide the shiny group.

Now will will change the hue values to make it a old watch.

Lets start from the dial. Change the values of hue and saturation as below. Don’t forget to check the colorize box.

The results are shown below.

Add some rusty patches to the dial.

Add Filter > noise to it by selecting some area as below.

Break the glass!!

Draw a path and and apply stroke with simulate pressure ON.

The results will be as below.

Now Select the three elipses and merge it. Change the hues as above wuth the below values. Just play around with the values . Make it bronze or copper – just by moving the hue slider. I have applied the the settings as below.

From the filter gallery > craquelure apply the following settings.

After applying, the final image will result .

Download psd file from here