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 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.

commented on Huh? ·

Total mindf*ck to read the time.

commented on How often...? 🤔 ·

This is what 25 years of wearing a watch with a bracelet looks like in a ultrasonic cleaner:

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commented on An epic accident while painting a dial. ·

This is the effect I was trying to replicate.

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I painted this dial two years ago, but I quess you can never repeat the same thing twice. (Still doesn't stop me from trying)

commented on An epic accident while painting a dial. ·

Well... This wasn't my first rodeo😁

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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