r/SeikoMods

I broke the pinion, it get stuck in the tube of the second hand! Very sad...

I was a bit tired and should let the modding for another day, so I put too much strong and crash the second hands.

Probably it was too small, now I know that you can open a little bit the "hole" / tube of the hands.

Let's wait for the next movement!

Yes it’s an Slogo dial, yes I knew, yes it’s on purpose, and I’m sure Seiko will be just fine.

Also I bent the seconds hand 😂 decided to leave it on since I kinda liked how it looked, it bent so uniformly! I do have an identical spare but I’ll keep this on for now, but I kinda like it.

Anybody have any clue how often CMS restocks their products? I had my eye on this case for a while and was planning on building 5 watches with this for the other groomsmen in my friend’s wedding, but checked today and they’re sold out.

Is this broken, right? I tried to install the hands until I noticed this. This is mine, and the other picture is an example of what it should look like. It seems like this part is damaged/missing, so the hands don’t fit properly. Am I right?

Love how it turned out, I prefer the look and feel of the leather strap to the AliX bracelet.

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

I’ve been a big fan of the Emperor Tuna since my early watch days. Someday I’ll be buying that watch, but for now, this SKX scratches that itch. I wanted to emulate that look, considering that the SKX dial kinda looks similar to the Tuna. I added the rose gold slim bezel as a homage to the Emperor Tuna colors, as well as the ceramic insert. However, with the leather strap, the watch now resembles the SSK036, minus the gilt hands and indices. Ended up with what I call a happy accident that echoes other models from the Seiko lineup.

Parts list:
- Rose Gold Bezel Insert (Watch and Style)
- Double Dome Sapphire (Watch and Style)
- Orange Second Hand (Shopee)
- Ceramic Insert (Shopee)
- Roulette date wheel (Shopee)
- Black Kanji day wheel (Shopee)

After seeing loads of Mods, I would love to have my own mod built. I'm not confident enough to build my own and seeing what people have created are amazing. What I would like (Probably been done before) is a Joker Seamaster/Submariner/GMT. Green and Purple. Purple Face green lume with a 50/50 bezel in the 10 to 60 rather than the 2 to 24 range on it. I think it's called a Mercedes hand with a lighter purple second hand. I can't decide if a black case and strap would suit it or a stainless case and strap. I like to think the black strap will help give it the dark side of the joker. What are people's thoughts 🤔 . I like the purple of Lewis Hamiltons helmet and a mid green I found online. Looking for recommendations with vouches for previous work. Please don't private message me as this is just a concept at the moment.

This is my second seiko I’ve built but I think it came out awesome. I love the way the blue hands shimmer when the light hits it just right. The navy blue leather strap just ties it all together!

So this is my 1st mod, which hands do you think i should use ? And how can i find hands with the same shade of white as my indices ?

Jubilee always felt too fancy for my taste but paired with a white dial is making me reconsider. I wish I could find a nice slim DJ41 case for NH35. All DJ41 cases seem to have a thicker profile than I'd like. Has anyone found a good alternative to the ones listed on Alix?

Something a little different this time.

Wanted to experiment with doing an actual watch “build” without spending a ton of money, so I picked up an SNXS75 from Jomashop for $135 and figured it would be a perfect platform to mess around with.

Mods:

-MonsterWatches gold fluted bezel

-MonsterWatches double-domed sapphire crystal

-MonsterWatches two-tone Jubilee with butterfly clasp

-eBay 7S26-3160 solid caseback

Kept the original dial, hands, movement and case.

The entire build took me about 20 minutes using a cheap amazon watch repair kit. After removing links to fit my 7.25" wrist, the finished watch weighs 126g, which gives it a surprisingly substantial and much more premium feel compared to the stock SNXS.

Also have to give MonsterWatches credit for the shipping. I ordered the parts on 10 AUG, they shipped on 11 AUG, and they were already in Germany by 14 AUG. German DHL took a few more days to get them the rest of the way to me, because of course it did.

Really happy with how this turned out. Maybe I'll attempt a movement upgrade in the future but for now this is perfect.

Finally got all my parts for my first build. Laying everything out to make sure I have it all. Been lurking about a month and will be tackling a NH35 build. Nothing fancy but something to add to the rotation.

Been reading and watching videos, waiting for the fun of the hands but really dreading cutting the stem. Hopefully I will have it done over the next few nights as work has been crazy.

Any other tips that are not as out there in the sub?

First of all sorry for my bad english,not my first language.

I'm new to all of this and because of that i wanted to order a complete build

After waisting alot of time i found alix seller named SEAGIS that after long translate because he only understand chinese,the only one that had all the parts and he the only one that offerd me to order the parts from him and he will assemble the watch for me plus send me the tool for the case back screws.

After i got the watch i noticed that the chronograph hands arent centerd to 12 oclock when i reset the chronograph,the hour and minute hands also aren't centerd but that was not that annoying,the sconds hand chronograph every reset got back to 5 sec before the 12 oclock mark and after 1 day when i press reset it goes back to random location,after 2 days the secods hand chronograph fell so it was loose,poor assembly from his "factory".

When i contact the seller he wanted to build another one to check and send me video,i don't think he did that because i didn't got one

After that and all the photos i sent him he only offerd me a new set of hands that i can isntall myself,the problem is that i don't have movement holder or hands removal tools,and i'm really don't want to try it myself for thr first time on that expensive build(sl4802 skeleton movement with forged carbon case)

After alot of messages i suggested that he will send me a new movement with dial and hand assembled together,and the tool for the case back because i don't have a way to open it,and i will replace the complete movement and send him the one i corrently got so i don't have to deal with removing the old hands and reinstall them. If i had the screw driver for the case back the movement was already on the way to him.

So my only options are return and refound,with the hassle of dealing also with tax refound (and end up without the watch and i can't find anyone else to build it) or get a new set of hands and look for local watch maker that wants to do it on my cost.

what would you do if you were in my shoes? ,i know alot of you can install chronograph hands easy but my only experience was to replace the case itself with complete NH movement with dial and hands and i don't want to damage something,when at first it was poor assembly.

Thanks for all the help 🙏

I just wanted to compare prices on Superbuy and AliExpress for the same watch and it's mind blowing 🤯. On Superbuy it's half the price (it's without the shipping but it's approximately 15€)

Just picked up my custom made chapter rings made from BGW9 and C3 lume in SKX007 dimensions.

Took them outside to charge up in the sunshine for 3 minutes and this is how they look indoors.

Here is a video showing the lume transition from outdoors to indoors.

The drop in and seat perfectly into the Tokeilab V2 explorer cases, which means they will fit in any SKX007 case. Last 3 pics show the fit in the case compared to a Tokeilab steel ring.