Polishing and decorating a Seiko Movement
Hey, guys! I have this idea that I am so impressed that there is absolutely no content about it nowhere on the Internet (at least, I couldn't find any), and it's simply about doing perlage, polishing and anglage on (otherwise) mundane seiko movement like the 4R35 that beats inside the Presage Cocktail Time, with a nice cristal caseback... Wouldn't that be awesome? Do you guys think that it is feasible?
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Shiran Rafael Duarte
A simple watch enthusiast that learned to love the durable and obtainable. Owner of a humble collection most of them heritage pieces of small economic value. Aspiring to possess "The Great One"watch s...
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Look up Felipe Pikullik on Instagram, he takes off the shelf movements and makes them beautiful.
Look up Felipe Pikullik on Instagram, he takes off the shelf movements and makes them beautiful.
Woah! Nice! Thanks for the recommendation!!!
Woah! Nice! Thanks for the recommendation!!!
You're welcome!
There's a lot of starting independent watchmakers that do this, although it's more with manual-wind swiss movements, but makes more sense than fabricating them from scratch.
Ali has gold plated rotors and color decals for same.
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Is there any Youtube channel where you can watch some artisan watchmaker like the fore mentioned Felipe Pikullik doing some decorations on common movements?
I always watch cool watch modders ("Lumeshot", for instance) where they mod an entire Seiko 5 but leave the movement without any kind of polishing. Or worse! When you have these watch restoration channels like Nekkid or Red Dead Restoration where they leave the watch movement with scratch marks and rust stains behind. That makes my OCD goes nuts.
I've just noticed that there are TONS of products for watch enthusiasts on AliEx! 😮
Their movements are crap and the dials have issues with feet placement. Their cases and hands are better. Whole watches have quality issues unless you pay more for them.