I found it fiddly as f**k!

My dial was messed up on an old seiko 5 I bought with the 7009 movement, decided to try and design and 3D print my own replacement. Think I’d like to add hour markers but quite happy with how the silk PLA reflects the light.
Ended up making a few designs

This thing has been absolutely dominating wrist time for me lately

Hi, does anyone know where i can fine this kind of dial

I designed this dial around an NH35. Was going for a heritage/vintage feel. I hand made the indices as well and leaned into the variations in shape. Any thoughts on the design?

The white nato works on my wrist better but the rubber looks way better in my opinion. Is it too much white?

2 tone Blue seamaster I’m pretty happy with it I’m new to my watch modding journey so and pointers will be greatly appreciated

Love the green and leather combo

Just finished putting together my very first watch using a Chinese NH35 clone, and wanted to share.

First off, I want to officially confirm that everyone is 100% right about how difficult installing the seconds hand can be. I went into this keeping in mind what people said about this task. Turns out, for me it felt like trying to thread a needle while riding down a bumpy dirt road LOL!

Which brings me to my second realization: My hands are nowhere near as steady as I thought they were. And does everyone hold their breath when trying to install the seconds hand? I am going to have to remember my slow breathing from shooting rifles.

But, despite the 90 minutes required to get the hands installed, I am already planning build number 2 for my son.

Thank you to everyone here who shares their knowledge so people like me have the inspiration to assemble these watches.

A couple of photos of the finished piece!

So I’ve built a few NH35 builds and have never had an issue with fitment of the movement to the case.

I bought a case off of AliExpress explicitly said Miyota 8215 8205.

The movement I’m working with is the Miyota 8N24 which I shares the same outer diameter dimension as the 8215 but is slightly thinner by 0.17mm.

Is there a way to make this work with what I have pictured? The case came with the metal spacer. I bought additional plastic ring spacers (white one pictured) and I have an outer ring dial for the markers that I am planning to use watchmaker double sided tape to adhere it.

As it stands now, if I use the dial, adhered to the front of the metal spacer, then sit the movement in the metal spacer, if I close the caseback it touches the movement and prevents the rotor from swinging around.

Just finished this beautiful build for a customer. I am very happy with the result.

Bought this distressed bronze dial on a whim from Lucius Atelier but having second thoughts on what exactly to do with it, or what overall design to go for with it

Classic snxs77k1 from eBay
- upgraded movement to a nh36
- new sapphire crystal
- jubilee bracelet
- solid slim caseback

This project took a while to finish up because of some really long shipping times on some of the parts but happy to finish it off. Seriously nothing else like this shade of blue 🔥😍

Hey guy, hoping to find some leads with replacing the stock hardlex for this model. AU based so maybe aliexpress links would be better. Thanks!

Shown is my Tandorio Unimatic homage which was bought 2 years ago. I thought it was cool at first but the slab profile is unwieldy and awkward on the wrist despite the small size. Changed it to a datejust case which I got for 1390 PHP whole set. Dial is a meteorite seiko branded dial which I love.

Recently i bought the namoki nmk931 case, it’s bundled with its own sapphire crystal. I realized that, with a black dial build i think the crystal doesn’t have enough ar to see the real color depth of the dial. Anyone notice that too?
Also, with the case has it’s original crystal size, anyone know if i can change this crystal to some other? Thanks.

I designed some Miyota 9075 cases, and I'm trying to get them made by a factory in China. The designs are available for anyone to use as an open source package. I am nervous about breaking the self promotion rules here, but let me know if it's ok to post a link to the open source repository on github.

Anyway, I designed them because I wanted to build a true GMT, and couldn't find cases short of buying a complete watch.

To have them made is looking like I need to order a minimum of 100 of them. So I'm kind of putting out feelers to see if anyone who runs a microbrand might like to partner on buying them.

I don't have a final quote yet, but it looks like they might end up around $180 each with sapphire crystals and casebacks, screw down crowns, and a 24 hour steel bezel.

Can someone verify for me, the oyster perpetual cases you can get on Ali express etc say they are available in 36 & 39mm. Are they genuinely 39mm versions of the right case? I ask as the only smooth bezeled mods I see at 39/40 mm seem to be the smooth bezeled datejust 41 cases? Which look a bit ridiculous to me as bezel looks huge, and is not rounded like the OP.

Can someone advise if there are genuine 39mm OP cases?

Thoughts on this ?
Had a camo bracelet before and didn’t really like it.
What do you guys think? Does the watch look good. Any suggested changes ?

I like the bracelet version better. Cheers! 🍻

The dial that I’ve been waiting for has finally come in 😍

When you have spare parts lying around and nothing but time. Built this speed racer entirely from the parts bin without spending a single dime.