u/Sig_Luna

Decided to level up from off-the-shelf Seiko parts, so spent the last few months designing a custom watch based on Miyota 9132.

Before you say anything, I am not a watchmaker and won’t start a microbrand 😅

This was a way for me to level up my CAD skills, work with factories and get something wearable out of it. I documented my progress at domsidequest.com

In the process, a lot went wrong. Factories couldn’t apply nice finishing at the price I was looking for, I ordered an expensive crystal that didn’t fit, and at the finish line my seconds pinion snapped.

Nevertheless, fun experience. I’ll likely slim this down and get some nicer parts in for a V2

Spent the last few months designing a watch based on Miyota 9132.

Before you say anything, I am not a watchmaker and won’t start a microbrand 😅

This was a way for me to level up my CAD skills, work with factories and get something wearable out of it. I documented my progress at domsidequest.com

In the process, a lot went wrong. Factories couldn’t apply nice finishing at the price I was looking for, I ordered an expensive crystal that didn’t fit, and at the finish line my seconds pinion snapped.

Nevertheless, fun experience. I’ll likely slim this down and get some nicer parts in for a V2