Nice build!

Im currently gathering parts. I just need the case and the movement to start my build. I’ll definitely post it here.

This should be a good thread

 

Very nice!
here’s mine, all parts purchased off Otto Frei, not a kit tho.
36mm, 5 ATM WR, Sapphire crystal and display back, SW200-1 movement and I added the blue lume dots on the dial.

 

Love this build, nicely done!

Any tips on navigating their somewhat dated website lol? It’s a little hard to make sense of. I’m interested in building a quartz or maybe automatic watch of similar style.

Here’s my DIYWatchClub build. Would definitely recommend it.

 

Parnis case, Seagull ST36 movement and a slice of Muonionalusta meteorite iron: enter the Space Pilot. 🚀

 

Some very nice watchmaking talent here.

 

I’m not that talented, but others here obviously are… very nice watch builds

 

Same here. I would love to be able to do this. It would be a much better connection to the watch. Alas my skills are limited to a little regulation and battery changing.....

 

I started with an empty 6309-7049 case I paid $20 del for, I used one of Bill Yao's early type 2 dial and hands and his 1st hard anodized navigator bezel inserts, the movement came from a 6309-5970 black day/date wheels, bezel is from a 6105-811x, I did the glass bead media blasting on the case and Italian chrono bracelet. I did the build in 2002 and once it was done did not wear the watch much, got bored and sold it off. Wish I had it today.

 

Well since you asked.
1977 Timex milspec automatic dial transplant into a Swiss army 9g 500 case and upgrade to Swiss eta 2824-2 movement.

 

Here are mine, being my first two attempts at seiko mods. The other two are timex dial and strap mods I did for my kids.

...and of course, last but not least:

 

62mas case with Captain Willard dial

Captain Willard case with turtle dial

A truly unique build - super thin (11mm) titanium Wenger case and bracelet that's been annodized, housing a NH35.

 

Inspired by my true Grail. The stainless steel mermaids are rope cleats on my boat.

 

Digging it totally. It is a rare feat to bring an idea to full metal. Congratulations! Would love to learn more about the conception, design and manufacturing phases. -John

 

My first attempt. I wanted a "driving" watch and needed a simply build to learn on.
I just got a shipment of new parts from ali, so time to get serious!

 

Great builds all. Impressive work. I'm keen to try but my experience with fine mechanical things is extremely limited. Thinking of the DIY option mentioned here to see if I can do it. A project for 2023 I think.

 

 

The only one I've ever built - after assembling the movement I cased it up with dial and handset.

 

Used to be a Steeldive bronze Willard.
Quick change of dial, handset and strap, it’s now a Feiko.

 

While not a true build like the others in this post. I did "build" the Seiko 300m Tuna that I wanted. It seemed that every generation of Tuna added something but also took something away. In this case, they finally offered a Seiko 300m Tuna with a sapphire crystal and brought back the round lume plots and old style Tuna hands in the current series (SBBN043/045/047) but kept the day/date wheel with a black background of the previous generation instead of bringing back a day/date wheel with a white background. I have always liked the white background day/date wheel gave a nice contrast with the black dial. I love the look of the SBBN007 with its "crop circle" lume plots, the no X or Marine Master dial (just professional 300m) and the white day/date wheel. What I did not like was that the SBBN007's case only had drilled lugs on one side and not the other. (I use a longer shoulder-less spring bar that gives a better fit then the seiko OEM bars but I need all the lugs to be drilled in order to use them.)

I also like having a black bezel insert.

Now I don't have the talent and all the tools a lot of the other watch builder/modders have so I was not going to attempt to screw with replacing crystals and gaskets and bezel inserts(I tried my luck with a couple of bezel inserts years gone by and failed badly)

Now what I did have was a well beat up SBBN007 and a cheap SBBN045 so i simply used the SBBN045's complete case (with crystal, bezel. chapter ring, case back and crown) with the SBBN007's complete movement (the movement was installed with no issues) and took the SBBN045's complete movement and installed it into the SBBN007 case to use as a beater watch/future source of parts watch.

I now have the Tuna I wanted with everything OEM Seiko parts. The SBBN045's sapphire crystal improves the look of the watch

 

This Thread is giving me ideas 🤔
What are your "sources"??
eBay? AliExpress? Namokimods? Seikomods? Other places to look into??

 

Aliexpress case, blank dial and hands. Miyota 8215 movement.

Greetings
Eryk

 

Aliexpress case, blank dial and hands. Miyota 8215 movement.

Greetings
Eryk

Awesome. Nice job. 👍

 

AliX is your friend when it comes to mods.

 

Some of my self built watches🙃👍🤡

 

Wow, such impressive work everyone!

 

 

I've had a go at Seiko "modding" a few times now, mine have all been scratch builds though as opposed to mods of existing watches.
A few examples:

An SKX007 fully lumed with OEM Seiko "military dial":

Seiko SKX mod case, with Omega style green bezel, and a custom solid Malachite dial from a batch of dials I ordered from Alibaba...I was really happy with this, but dial printing was going to be too expensive so I sold the dials on:

And finally my SKX013, fully lumed with jubilee bracelet, sapphire case back and custom gold rotor:

 

It seems we have similar tastes...

 

Modded one and built two. The black dial was the mod, the other two were builds from scratch.

unfortunately, as soon as I built them I fell out of love quickly - fair to say I enjoyed the build process more than the end result. Sold them all.