Leijona

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When hobbies come together.

Feeling a bit under the weather this weekend due to flu (plus its cold and snowy outside). There's no better time to do some weird projects than a sic...
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Marble finish dial.

Another one of my paint experiments. This time with a white base coat and lots of green paint while the base was still wet (basicly let the paint run)...
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Another weird paint experiment.

This time I used three diffrent colours (white, purple and green) to get that funky reaction from diffrent paints. First the white base, then while we...
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Recent Comments

commented on If "DayDate" doesn't do it for you, maybe "DayHour" will 😂 ·

Like the colours tho...

commented on Hockey puck ·

Amateur😁

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commented on Help.. does anyone knows the Roamer brand? ·

This is my grandad's old Roamer Popular. A really nice watch from somewhere around mid 60's to early 70's

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commented on Marble finish dial. ·

Great idea! I allready have a electric motor than I could modify for the job. I think the result would be kinda funky🤪

commented on Marble finish dial. ·

Just basic acrylic spray paint. It's thin enough for this kind of job.

commented on An epic accident while painting a dial. ·

You wanted one with lume under.

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This is a test dial with green lume as a base paint and purple metallic on top.

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It looks like this in the dark.

commented on Is Quartz movement shit ?? ·

Quartz watch is cheaper to make, so manufacturers can take more risks with the designs. Many fun and weird watches would not exist without Quartz.

More posts

An epic accident while painting a dial.

I was painting a dial with normal white spray paint and added some blue metallic spray paint on top of it while the base was still wet. I knew these t...
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Is gray this year's color?

Omega released the seamaster in grey color and my son sent me this photo when he was visiting in a watch store. Or is the world going back to black an...
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Strap as an accessory.

I've seen a lot of accessories used with watches here. But does anybody use a plain watch strap as a bracelet or am I just weird or a trend setter🤣?...
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Custom(er) job

A friend of mine from work wanted a watch for her 40th birthday party. She asked for something over the top girly. Be careful what you ask for😁 I pai...
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Many years of grime🤮 (trust me, there is a bracelet in the first picture)

I was restoring my first Leijona that I got from my parents in mid 90's. I wore this watch in my school days from about -94 to -00. The clasp broke an...
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Another "WALL" watch

One day I was cleaning an old amplifier and was left admiring the beauty of a circuit board. Then I desided to do a watch dial with that image in mind...
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My own dj watch

Most likely I'll never be able to get the RO dj watch (even if I had the money). But I've allways liked the 80's synthesizer vibe of it. So I made one...
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