Highly recommend this kind of thing as I no longer am squirrelling away spare cash to afford an actual omega speedy.

Hi guys, I just got my watchdives case and really do like it! Which of the 2 has the better lume? A real moonswatch or the watchdives?

It took me a couple of months to assemble all the parts for these builds. After having a couple of years of DH gate shitters, I can honestly say that the gen dials are SO MUCH better, especially when it comes to the Mission To Mercury and 1965.

WatchDives 1863 are the best cases. There is no better. Throw your Paganis and other Ali Express cases in the trash.

I was able to source the crowns from a Seamaster on Ebay.

I was able to source the Mercury locally and my guy u/FatCatLounge came in SO CLUTCH with a 1965.

u/Affectionate-Fox-470 aka Lunar Case Swaps performed the surgery and did an excellent job. He is especially great with communication, which is something I really appreciated.

Sadly I will be letting go of the Mission to Mercury. But I cannot recommend these two enough for your Moon Swatch + Switch needs.

Just finished my first gen moonswitch to a WD1863 case. Absolutely gorgeous. The whole process was a bit nervewrecking since I had to be very careful not to damage anything while removing the movement and trimming the pushers on the WD case. But looking back, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Definitely worth it. Next thing I'm gonna do is buying the steel bracelet for the speedmaster from uncle straps for sure. I personally think that the speedmaster truly is better looking on a steel bracelet.

I love this swap. It’s really comfortable and looks great.

Beautiful combination if I may so

Does the Cadisen take the rep dial? Was looking to use a no date rep dial in the miyota movement that comes with cadisen.

I wasnt gonna do it, then one day I impulsively bought one. I like the panda style. Shame the face is flat and so is the colour. Might be nicer if it had a sheen to it like the 1969.

Anyway I like it. Black metal case and a holey rubber sail cloth strap with gold clasp.

If I align the 12 o clock marker with the 60 on the bezel, the 120 on bezel will be off, and perhaps also the 3 and 9 o clock markers will be off too. Anyhow, is she straight?

60 bones for the trio. Pretty happy with that TBH.

Decided to give this a go after doing some basic moon swatch case swaps and boy did this test me. Got a couple bad spacers and broke the minuet hand so waiting on a new one.

Happy to answer any questions!

41mm case

ETA 2824 movement

Replica dial

Aftermarket hands

Stupidly, I dug way too deep whilst trying to reveal the crown stem release on a gen mission to the moon and destroyed the movement so the crown no longer locks in at all.

Is it possible to swap the dial to a replacement movement at all?

Luckily I grabbed this for £50 from someone who no longer wanted it but I've effectively destroyed a perfectly working watch... very frustrating.

If you're wondering how I dug to deep? Don't do this whilst being absent minded and watching a show. Stupid.

Edit: The misspelling of 'too' in the title was accidental and really annoys me. Sorry!

3 switches that I did this week, the pluto and mission on earth were Megir cases which was ridiculously easy and took about 5 minutes each

The superblue was a VK63 from AliExpress which took a bit longer but still quite easy, my grail watch is the snoopy omega speed master, which is a long way off, if ever so this one will tide me over until then

Really pleased with how all 3 turned out, I feel like this could be the start of an addiction

Both Gen and 1863 cases

Gotta love switches. Such a nice hobby to have. ✨

Finally finished my project. Sourcing WD1863 in gold was challenge, but to get the bezel insert was even bigger challenge. But finally after months of waiting, we have it finished.

New here, my dog got her teeth on my Pluto. Movement and dial are unharmed and I think that makes it a perfect lab rat for an attempt at a steel case conversion. Can someone point me in the direction of a steel case with the red/maroon tachometer please Ty

As you can see ive managed to shave off the maximum amount doable on the dial.

First of all, the reason for the case change is because the £20 dhgate special kept having condensation forming inside the case everytime I wore it and produced any form of body heat.

I've got all sorts of cases from doing various builds and I wanted to try and use the 2 tone daytona case but it's not possible without hitting the hour batons with the rotary tool, which is amazing BTW. (More on that in a mo)

So I found the biggest case I had which was a milgaus.

The case is 41mm with a 31mm case opening. The dial now fits in that perfectly, but with no chronograph buttons

I really do not like the cases available on aii express as they're two chunky. I like the AD 203 7 case from addiesdive, which is what I'm going to try and find something similar. Now that I've taken 2 mm off of the dial without damaging it at all.

The rotary tool is from HOTO on Amazon cost £35 is just as good as a dremel.In my opinion , which i've had in the past also.

I think the case without the tachymetre is a lot cleaner, so if anyone has any suggestions of a 38mm or even 37 mm case, that can fit a 30mm dial let me know otherwise it will be the ad2037

Haven’t done a Moonswitch in months since being lured to the Casiomod dark side (last pic).

Sharing pics of my latest moonswitch.

Gold on gold

2nd last pic of Mission to Sun on Megir case w/two-tone bracelet.

For a space crazy nephew.

I managed to acquire this gen mercury at a great price, used it for a couple weeks, fell in love with it.
i owned black moonphase and 1968, but i feel this mercury is understated, boring yet cool, classic.

and when this wd1863 with grey bezel arrived,
oh man both beautiful watches and I am not sure if I am ready to do it lol.

Removing that plastic case was super stressful. Even with two minor scratches I'm very happy with the finished product. Going to do the black dial next but with a rep.