OldSnafu

Brian
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Service is the great equalizer

Take any mechanical watch whatever country made it and give it a service and regulation. Right out of the box the Chinese movements are well designed...
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Latest builds

Built this chrono from parts. Im sure the case is a Daytona clone and I sourced the VK63 here in Canada. The other is my watch winder 3.0 run with a h...
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Jomashop Rolex

https://www.jomashop.com/rolex-air-king-automatic-black-dial-mens-oyster-watch-m126900-0001.html how is it Jomashop has all these New Rolexes? I thoug...
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DIY Watch winder 2.0

Now the watch orientation is correct and angle. Next is to pretty it up and add a timer to it for number of revolutions. Its very quiet and cheap to b...
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It also wind watches

This is the 1st rendition of my watch winder. cost around 60 bucks except for the timer. just gotta check rpm's and adjust the timer to 500 rpm to sta...
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Cheapest way into a 2824 movement

So far the cheapest way to get a 2824 movement is buying a Certina ladies watch from Jomashop. All the stuff from china can not be trusted and I suspe...
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Everyone meet Frank nh35 not GS and not BB58

Latest creation with the dial I like and the hands I love in a sapphire Explorer kind of case topped off with a cop nato
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Chinese quartz watch upgrade

I got a cheap Chinese quartz watch from Wish.com for 15 bucks and put a Swiss Ronda 505 movement in it from Perrin because I do not trust the Swiss mo...
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Skeleton makeover

I installed tritium tubes on the hands and took off the second hand. I put lume paint dots for hour markers and ground off the crown guards. Watch was...
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SW200 or ETA sourcing ?

Has anyone tried the Aliexpress SW200 movements? They claim to have authentic swiss movements and their clones. I don't trust Aliexpress much. Perrin...
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