u/tenkasen

I guess you make a 40mm Duro Pilot 🙂

Wasn't planning to buy a Proxima but this one came up 2nd hand in excellent condition.

Really pleased with this one, it fits and wears incredibly well.. for me it's an almost perfect watch 🙂

Tdc once again sent me down a deep, disturbing, rabbit hole.. 🙂

I really like these lume block dials and skeleton hands.

Tbh the lume on these black versions might as well not be there, but the overall look is pretty neat 🙂

I'd prefer a chapter ring without the minute markers but couldn't find one that matched the dial colour.. was an absolute mission to get all the marks to line up!

I've been messing around with this case for nearly a year, I could never get the crystal to press in level.

Last week I bought some I shaped 31.5mm crystal gaskets for another build and figured I'd try a spare one in this case.. and it worked!

I'm so happy as I really like the TV case shape 😁

Will have to decide on a dial & hands to go in as this is a scrap parts test set at the moment.. would welcome suggestions for dials and hands to use.

I picked this dial up the other day, it's 29.5mm square, sunburst silver with silver markers.. feels quite old.

Does anyone know what model it comes from? Was there an automatic version of the Seville?

At a flea market for £25..

I've never seen a blue one outside of the much later automatics.. thought it looks cool so went for it

Just got it home and opened it up.. 2609b movement not the HA version.

I thought the dial looked pretty correct though, y'know apart from being.. blue.. 😂

N7 (1977) Caravelle 'Set-o-matic dual day" on an old stock Maruman bracelet of about the same age.

A little care-worn but still runs really well 🙂

£26 with a sale coupon. Actually not the absolute cheapest watch I've bought but very close!

Shanghai 7120, red v2 version has the glass case back & skeletonised main bridge.. I think it looks incredible 🙂

Just picked this up, seems to be running quite nicely.

Can anyone advise on what would be safe to use on the crystal to try to take some of the scuffs and scratches out without damaging it or losing the wording?

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CasioOak mod using one of /u/Ptr3nt13 's metal mod case kits

Build was really easy, hardest part was remembering where I'd put my crystal press to salvage the chapter ring out of my 2100.

The kit is really high quality, very nicely built and really well packaged as well.

No complaints but If I had to criticise, there's maybe two things I'd pick up on:

1. Slot-headed screws for the caseback: Ideally I'd want these to be phillips / cross-headed screws - totally not an issue for me to build the kit, but I'm always wary when messing with slot-heads as it's really easy to slip off of them.

2. I found it took a couple of tries to get the movement vertically aligned in the case. Everything fastens together really well and it's held securely by the caseback, but I wonder if there's a way to create a key slot between the inside of the case barrel, and the outside of the movement spacer that'd ensure it was lined up right?

Other than that, I'm really pleased with this kit. It's massively better than the metal clamshell mods.

Now I have a decision to make, stick with this yellow build that's using a 2100 I really wasn't wearing, or swap in the 2100HD lume dial model that I've just bought?

Bought this one recently, it's been running really well so it's come to work with me today 🙂

Can anyone help me work out how to dismantle the links on this Bulova bracelet?

It looks like there's two links here that should be removable. I was expecting a split pin, or pin and collar setup , but running a standard pin screw in it doesn't hit anything for about 3mm in either side..

There's something in the middle of the link, but I don't want to get too physical with it until I know how it works!

The holes are about 1.2mm wide, there doesn't appear to be any direction markings on the links though.

I've had a Sniper dialled 2409 Amphibia sat in a drawer for a year or so, missing a seconds hand but mainly retired due to the springbar holes in the lugs blowing out.

But, I just picked up an unused 42mm 710 case off eBay, decided to see if it'd fit.. turns out it does, and with the hand-winder caseback on from the 2409 case, it's only 0.2mm thicker than it was stock.

Temporarily added a Komandirskie seconds hand to get it working.. I think it looks ok but I'll find it a red hand at some point =)

Trying it out on an unbranded bracelet that I got with an early 70s Seiko. 🙂

This watch has become one of my frequent work day choices 🙂

Long side of the strap snapped, but it makes a good handlebar clock.. added an orange gel filter because ktm 😁