Jump to content

Prototypes


Recommended Posts

On 12/3/2021 at 7:10 AM, Angrybear said:

As I get older 44mm feels just too large! 

I have some giant watches that I never wear. The worst offender is 44mm and 15mm thick. The only reason I keep it is that I helped create the dial.

The largest I feel comfortable with is 40mm, and it's very easy for me to get used to much smaller mid century watches. 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 12/8/2021 at 3:48 PM, dadistic said:

I have some giant watches that I never wear. The worst offender is 44mm and 15mm thick. The only reason I keep it is that I helped create the dial.

The largest I feel comfortable with is 40mm, and it's very easy for me to get used to much smaller mid century watches. 

 

All watches I own over 40mm are currently gathering dust. I have some lovely Panerais and a Planet ocean XL that I really need to get rid of. I can’t see myself ever wearing them again. I only tend to wear my homemade watches these days. I’m quite a big chap, but my favourite is 35mm. Everyone laughs at it, but I love it. 

FFA041BD-0EE7-4840-8B92-27237BA58C9D.jpeg

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

My partner showed an interest in my watches for the first time recently. She really liked the military inspired one, and requested one for Christmas. So I made here a more feminine version of the dial (is that sexist? If it is and offends anyone please let me know and I’ll retract it!). 
Not sure she likes mother of Pearl, but that’s what she is getting! A6A4DD99-2467-42BE-8602-B6E6A45936E5.thumb.jpeg.8c0821e63ecc8a9bd23e68adb280f2e1.jpeg

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

Photos of an almost finished watch. I love the way the light reflects off the dial markings (sterling silver). But I really don't like the case. Ive decided 44mm is just too big for me, and I hate the crown. I have ordered the 40mm case from Japan which should arrive mid January. Ill post photos of the watch once it has been re-cased.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hi   What are the hands made of ? looks like a matt material on the photos.  I think the jury is out on the size of the hour hand. My own preference would for it to be a bit slimmer as it seems to take the eye away from the watch its self which looks good.. My own opinion entirely.  The Mother of pearl dial feminine or not is a smart addition.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 weeks later...

You are of course completely right watchweasol, the hands are pretty hideous! The plan was to make my own hands from scratch, but its another project I haven't got round to yet. Im not sure what the hands are made of. They are bay specials, so probably the cheapest stamped brass with some sort of plating. They feel like they are made from aluminium foil to be honest.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...
  • 2 months later...
On 11/12/2021 at 11:54 PM, Angrybear said:

Shiny new dial waiting to be fitted to its shiny new sellita sw200. I know the sw200 has a date complication, but it makes more sense for me to buy these as I can use them in projects with date windows if necessary. 

6E8B6B90-7288-4D57-B797-18F2608D2A15.jpeg

This dial is just a killer, really!!!

I would definitely wear it, a big congrat to you!

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.




  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Topics

  • Posts

    • Hi to Blackminou29–am a collector/ caretaker—good luck to you following your repair course—with hindsight I wish I’d pursued a career in both watchmaker/ jeweler fields—good luck with whatever career passion you engage.   Thank you Watchweasol for posting the amazing TZIllustratedGlossary! Best wishes, Mike
    • yes I noticed the new site and I miss the old site. It's the unfortunate problem of the Internet here today gone tomorrow sometimes some of the stuff gets backed up and sometimes well it does not then the problem with the early Seiko's were there were not necessarily designed for distribution across the planet and as such there is no customer support for them. So trying to find early stuff like technical information or sometimes even parts list for older Seiko is is problematic. But I did find you a you tube video. A quick look he seems to take a heck of a lot of time to actually get to the service single I did not watch all that but it does look like he did disassemble or started to say there's a tiny bit here  
    • RichardHarris123: Hello and welcome from Leeds, England.  I have family all over Australia, went as £10 poms Thanks Richard. Hope you’re able to visit your family here and that they’ve all done well 🙂 My relatives arrived from England in the 1790s transported on the ‘Second & Third Fleets’—a story of timber sailing ships, of convicts and doing well in this huge Country of Australia. When I visited the UK in the 1980s, I was too young to comprehend the depth and breadth of its history…  Best wishes, Mike William Chapman, my 4th great Grandad’s charges, at age 23 read at the Old Bailey; sentenced to 7 years of transportation to Sydney.
    • The whole process and the progress are closely observed, it's hand-driven and very controlled. I can't see the "danger", unless you are watching the TV while doing it. As you could have read, and in this quote "wheel" is the balance-wheel.
    • Have you got the pallet fork installed in the movement when you see the train move when using the setting works? As nevenbekriev said, without the pallet fork to lock the train, the behaviour you are describing is normal. If this is happening with the pallet fork installed, you have a problem in the gear train, it should be immobile when the pallet fork is locking the escape wheel.  The fit of the circlip above the pinions on that wheel is crooked in your pictures, it should sit flat up against the upper pinion as in Marc’s picture.  Hope that helps, Mark
×
×
  • Create New...