1st build! So so so happy!
I’m going to start with a big thank you to all the folks participating in this hobby who have inspired me to make the move to build my first watch. What a fantastic way to create something, and destress from work while stressing about the seconds hand and stem cutting ;-)
I had so much fun coming up with a design, inspired by my car. So obviously the theme is black with yellow, so the added touches were the date wheel and crown replacements to match. I wanted something super legible, and I’m so happy the final result is everything I was hoping it would be.
Changing the date wheel was… challenging to say the least. This was my first time “working” on a watch, and everything went wrong. The screws are tiny, they hold two metal plates that are super tricky to re-align while screwing everything back together, then a lost a screw, then the wheel wouldn’t turn anymore… 4 hours later I finally had a movement that had a new date wheel!!!
For those of you who haven’t done their first build yet: absolutely go ahead and do it. The pride in wearing something you built is hard to describe, I won’t, I know you will experience that yourself.
“Treat others like you want to be treated”, so here are all the parts I used (besides the obvious NH35 that had a white date wheel):
Date wheel black with yellow numbers https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256811811145387.html
Hands https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808043199901.html
Crown matte black / yellow https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804822024308.html
Case https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256810335805073.html
Carbon fiber dial https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256810475273844.html