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Post by minimental » Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:37 pm

Hilly30si wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:22 pm Loving that G Shock a lot great colour
thanks! for me it was £75 well spent! i thought i would go for something a bit different to the standard black, my mate bought the grey not long after which was a cool choice too!

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Post by -Tom- » Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:53 pm

minimental wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:34 pm
Bombardino wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:59 pm Treated my Tudor BBB to a new strap for Christmas, made from a 1932 Swiss ammo pouch. Really pleased with the result as it tones in well with the bronze patina, not that you can see the true patina in these photos.
Love a black bay bronze! that and an Oris carl brasher was the inspiration for me wanting a bronze watch... but i couldn't really afford either at the time and i have always fancied a seamster but couldn't really afford one... so i went about building my own bronze seamaster.

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not the best photo but it is starting to age well, and keeps really good time! basically bought a cheap "scrap" omega movement off eBay and rebuilt it, whilst i was doing that i made the bronze case, crown and rotating bezel (access to a cnc mill really helped with this!)

some other watches i have are my daily ball engineer, great watches for the money IMO

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thats it with the prototype case for the seamster, the ball is currently in bits for servicing so whilst it was in bits i bought this to use as a daily

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"Casioak" in green its really grown on me and I'm not sure there is better value in the watch market currently! comfy and i have never once worried about it whatever i am doing whilst wearing it!
Did you take any photos of the watch build? ... really impressive!
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Post by Vornwend » Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:29 pm

minimental wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:37 pm
Hilly30si wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:22 pm Loving that G Shock a lot great colour
thanks! for me it was £75 well spent! i thought i would go for something a bit different to the standard black, my mate bought the grey not long after which was a cool choice too!
I've been thinking of getting this watch and performing the "Casioak" mod on it. The results look really good
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Post by minimental » Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:17 pm

-Tom- wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:53 pm Did you take any photos of the watch build? ... really impressive!
Thanks, i did take quite a few was going to write it up as a build thread somewhere but never got round to it!

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there are a few for now though!
Vornwend wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:29 pm
I've been thinking of getting this watch and performing the "Casioak" mod on it. The results look really good
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From what i have read on some of the watch forums quality of those kits ranges hugely with no rhyme or reason to which/where is best, quite a cool mod though!

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Post by Vornwend » Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:32 am

minimental wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:17 pm
From what i have read on some of the watch forums quality of those kits ranges hugely with no rhyme or reason to which/where is best, quite a cool mod though!
Yes I think you're right on the quality front from some of these AliExpress/Chinese suppliers. I only wish I had the skill to undertake the modifications you've undertaken here - just awesome!!
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Post by Bombardino » Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:09 am

-Tom- wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:53 pm
minimental wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:34 pm
Bombardino wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:59 pm Treated my Tudor BBB to a new strap for Christmas, made from a 1932 Swiss ammo pouch. Really pleased with the result as it tones in well with the bronze patina, not that you can see the true patina in these photos.
Love a black bay bronze! that and an Oris carl brasher was the inspiration for me wanting a bronze watch... but i couldn't really afford either at the time and i have always fancied a seamster but couldn't really afford one... so i went about building my own bronze seamaster.

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not the best photo but it is starting to age well, and keeps really good time! basically bought a cheap "scrap" omega movement off eBay and rebuilt it, whilst i was doing that i made the bronze case, crown and rotating bezel (access to a cnc mill really helped with this!)

some other watches i have are my daily ball engineer, great watches for the money IMO

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thats it with the prototype case for the seamster, the ball is currently in bits for servicing so whilst it was in bits i bought this to use as a daily

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"Casioak" in green its really grown on me and I'm not sure there is better value in the watch market currently! comfy and i have never once worried about it whatever i am doing whilst wearing it!
Did you take any photos of the watch build? ... really impressive!
Looks fantastic, to think you’ve machined your own case is very impressive.

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Post by minimental » Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:29 pm

Thanks! for me the machining was the least daunting bits, it was the bits i didn't even consider that took the time and thought! sourcing parts for the movement proved challenging, and a lot of time went into making the bezel rotate smoothly with the right click and only in one direction! the cad modelling took some perfecting too!

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Post by Zed Baron » Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:55 am

minimental wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:29 pm Thanks! for me the machining was the least daunting bits, it was the bits i didn't even consider that took the time and thought! sourcing parts for the movement proved challenging, and a lot of time went into making the bezel rotate smoothly with the right click and only in one direction! the cad modelling took some perfecting too!
amazing stuff :thumbsup:
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Post by C4Dman » Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:07 pm

like my watches automatic and my cars manual :driving:
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Post by mr wilks » Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:18 pm

Ok , i'm not on any watch forums & i do appreciate the knowledge base shared on here so before i blow a stash on another watch want to ask for thoughts / opinion , , , , , , Baume & Mercier :? ive read through almost all the previous 100 pages with virtually zero mention of them :(


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Post by minimental » Thu Mar 04, 2021 4:37 pm

No real experience of them either, when I have briefly looked at them in the past they have always seemed nice and well made i have always considered their best models to me have been their dressier stuff, part of the same group as cartier, montblanc paneri, jaeger and a.lahnge so quality should be great! their sport models have always just been a bit close to an oris, longines or used omega for me!

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Post by mr.tourette » Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:17 pm

One of those brands that fly under the radar, looks to be decent build quality and some nice looking pieces, I often think though when you're spending a couple of K on a watch you often, even if only subconsciously want some prestige to the brand and some just don't cut the mustard, I find the 1-2.5k market awash with Swiss made stuff I just cant bring myself to buy when for 5/600 quid I can get a pretty amazing micro brand watch. I often look at Maurice Lacroise Eikon but just can't pull the trigger at 1500 quid new when for 2k I can get a nice used Breitling or Longines. Anyway a bit of a waffle but just my thoughts on budget Swiss stuff.. Those watches you put up look decent though Andy
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Post by enzed4 » Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:25 am

mr wilks wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:18 pm Ok , i'm not on any watch forums & i do appreciate the knowledge base shared on here so before i blow a stash on another watch want to ask for thoughts / opinion , , , , , , Baume & Mercier :? ive read through almost all the previous 100 pages with virtually zero mention of them :(



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They look nice, but I believe only the newer Clifton models have an inhouse movement. For that kind of money, I'd be looking at Oris, Tag, definitely Longines, and even Hamilton or Tissot (Powermatic 80 models).
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Post by Hilly30si » Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:52 pm

Picked this up a week ago for the wife, been after a nice example for a while now this came up on TZ sales corner. It’s from 1989
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Post by Vornwend » Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:28 pm

Something a little different. CIGA Design Z Series, skeleton, automatic Seagull movement, titanium case, sapphire crystal . Not the easiest watch to read but that's not its main selling point! I quite like it despite the "kittens of rotor doom" :lol:

And the review that prompted me to pull the trigger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2DCfk- ... eMoreWatch
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