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Before and after. Nasty old USSR case, NOS dial, Japanese movement with the rotor removed for fit. Misc hands from AliExpress. I'm loving it.
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I just made this thing from parts, any thoughts?

Oh my goodness that was annoying. It took me 2 hours to put this together, but it looks very nice. 👍 There is a little problem though… the screw down...
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West end Watch with Solvil et Titus Signed machine

I got this watch it’s from the 80’s if I’m not mistaken. So after a long time I opened the backcase and found this.(because I wanted to sell and buy a...
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Knew that I should take this one out of the box yesterday. ‘Shame that CNS discontinued this “frogman” strap. It’s really grown on me and I should’ve...
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Chillin after work with newest build. The Fauxdiac Frankenwolf.
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I build this watch yesterday with spare parts I had laying around. I had to bend the minute hand because of the high indices. I also cut the seconds h...
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Spent Whimsical Wednesday with Tony the Diver.
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"Airport friendly" custom quartz that will not set airport metal detectors off. Distressed Raketa dial, Hattori SL68 quartz movement (mostly plastic p...
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Frankenstein watch. Dial I like from an old watch, NOS case and movement from HMT.
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Frankie's

I bought an old watch for the movement. The case was crap, but the dial was nice. So, here's the dial in an NOS case with a $6 HMT movement and hands...
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