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G'day Everyone,

I hope this is the correct place to introduce myself? I guess I'll find out soon enough. 🙂

I've been a reader of this forum for a while, and have been subscribed to Mark on YouTube and a follower of his on Instagram for a few years. I've always been interested in watches, especially dive watches. My dad owned a couple back in the 60's and 70's. I have started tinkering and modding Seiko SKX007s' in the past few years and making leather straps to suit them.

I decided to join the forum because I read a fantastic post on here about making bracelet end links from stainless steel sheet. That post has helped me a great deal in solving a problem. So, I wanted to come and say thank you!

Cheers,

Steve

 

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20 hours ago, Nucejoe said:

Welcome to the WRT forum.

Thank you Nucejoe. Nice to meet you!

19 hours ago, oldhippy said:

Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

We all look forward to your contributions and continued involvement. 

Interesting intro so how about showing us some of your achievements.  

Hi oldhippy,

Thank you for the friendly welcome! Sure, I'll show you some things I've been tinkering with.

I wouldn't exactly say achievements, but it's always a good day when the house is still standing at the end of it 🙂 The first pic is a SKX that I swapped out the 7s26 with a 4r36, SARB crown and a double domed sapphire with a bevelled edge to keep that Seiko look to the crystal edge. It's on a veg tan strap that I made for it. A piece of rotting fence paling completes the look. I know it's a dive watch on a leather strap, which is a major faux pas to some.

The second is kind of a 62MAS homage made from mostly Seiko parts-dial, 4r36, case back, SARB crown, click spring, and gaskets. The rest is all aftermarket mod parts-case, hands, top hat crystal, bezel, oyster bracelet, and bezel insert. 

The forum post about making end pieces that brought me here will allow me to link the oyster bracelet to some flat end pieces I found at Cousins that fit the case.

What brought you here in the first place Mate? I'd love to see what you get up to also!

Cheers,

Steve

22mm natural veg tan waxed white stitch top with watch on side.jpg

367008429_62masonstrapcodeoyster.jpg

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On 10/23/2022 at 4:02 AM, Stevo2022 said:

Thank you Nucejoe. Nice to meet you!

Hi oldhippy,

Thank you for the friendly welcome! Sure, I'll show you some things I've been tinkering with.

I wouldn't exactly say achievements, but it's always a good day when the house is still standing at the end of it 🙂 The first pic is a SKX that I swapped out the 7s26 with a 4r36, SARB crown and a double domed sapphire with a bevelled edge to keep that Seiko look to the crystal edge. It's on a veg tan strap that I made for it. A piece of rotting fence paling completes the look. I know it's a dive watch on a leather strap, which is a major faux pas to some.

The second is kind of a 62MAS homage made from mostly Seiko parts-dial, 4r36, case back, SARB crown, click spring, and gaskets. The rest is all aftermarket mod parts-case, hands, top hat crystal, bezel, oyster bracelet, and bezel insert. 

The forum post about making end pieces that brought me here will allow me to link the oyster bracelet to some flat end pieces I found at Cousins that fit the case.

What brought you here in the first place Mate? I'd love to see what you get up to also!

Cheers,

Steve

22mm natural veg tan waxed white stitch top with watch on side.jpg

367008429_62masonstrapcodeoyster.jpg

Nice mod Steve and definitely no problem with the leather strap it looks really nice and something i would enjoy having a  go at making. I thought the leather tools would be expensive but not especially so compared to the watch repair.

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Hi Neverenoughwatches,

Thank you for the compliments about my tinkering efforts. The mods were pretty simple. I'm building up the courage to restore something. I guess I'm in the right place for that. 😆

To make my strap, I drew a template for the strap and printed it out. Then I taped the print onto a piece of 1.5mm vegetable tanned leather. I then pricked the shape through the paper onto the leather with a pin and cut it out with a scalpel and steel ruler. It's stitched with 1mm saddle thread and glued with a water based contact adhesive. I had a buckle lying around that was the right size.

If you get a chance, give it a go. It's fun, cheap, and rewarding. It'll give you another reason to look at your wrist.

Cheers,

Steve

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