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Judah · 17 June 2020, 09:53 AM

Today is a special day for me. I finally completed the assembly of my custom watch. It took 4 months to get all the correct parts, assemble, test and complete and after a few mess up I finally got it done. BLACKED OUT. It's a 1 of 1.

-40mm sapphire glass ceramic PVD bezel Watch Case
-29.2MM Sterile Black Leave Dial hand painted with matte black acrylic paint
-Swiss ETA 2824 automatic movement
-Generic H3 BLACK Date indicator date wheel 2557/
-WATCH HAND STICK FOR MOVEMENT ETA 2824
-Vintage perforated rubber strap

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Collector2019 · 17 June 2020, 10:11 AM

Nice

I like the passion

Send in more pics

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alpharulez · 17 June 2020, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Judah

Today is a special day for me. I finally completed the assembly of my custom watch. It took 4 months to get all the correct parts, assemble, test and complete and after a few mess up I finally got it done. BLACKED OUT. It's a 1 of 1.

-40mm sapphire glass ceramic PVD bezel Watch Case
-29.2MM Sterile Black Leave Dial hand painted with matte black acrylic paint
-Swiss ETA 2824 automatic movement
-Generic H3 BLACK Date indicator date wheel 2557/
-WATCH HAND STICK FOR MOVEMENT ETA 2824
-Vintage perforated rubber strap

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Nice one

bit like a black out yatchmaster!

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scarlet knight · 17 June 2020, 10:54 AM

Impressive! Love tropical straps!

Brew · 17 June 2020, 10:57 AM

Very cool!

CKizzy · 17 June 2020, 10:59 AM

DIYer!

Pw92676 · 17 June 2020, 10:59 AM

Hats off to you. Looks very nice! Enjoy the fruits of your labor

denmanproject · 17 June 2020, 11:05 AM

Very cool! I did this a while back, made a few as gifts, still have my first

Dsmith1974 · 18 June 2020, 01:59 AM

What a great achievement! I am jealous. Well done.

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avilhena · 18 June 2020, 01:24 PM

Nice! Enjoy it

BNA/LION · 18 June 2020, 02:28 PM

Awesome, Enjoy it!

shaunylw · 18 June 2020, 02:38 PM

Tell us more! How hard was it? Where did you end up ordering everything from and how much are you into it? It looks great!

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taura · 19 June 2020, 05:24 AM

Wow! I second the previous reply - tell us more about the process and what it took to get it done. How much did you learn about watchmaking?

thrillhouse · 19 June 2020, 05:51 AM

Nice! This is how it starts :). Next thing you’ll start learning how to service watches. Soon you’ll have $1000s of dollars worth of tools and consumables, and be looking at spending thousands more to get a watchmakers lathe to make replacement balance staffs and pivots. At least that was my journey :). Well worth it in my opinion to have a deep understanding of the things we spend our hard earned on, as well as an appreciation the work that goes into high end watches.

rockdrock · 1 July 2020, 12:03 PM

Cool!

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schoolboy · 4 July 2020, 02:16 AM

Super cool!

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DCheeta · 5 July 2020, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by thrillhouse

Nice! This is how it starts :). Next thing you’ll start learning how to service watches. Soon you’ll have $1000s of dollars worth of tools and consumables, and be looking at spending thousands more to get a watchmakers lathe to make replacement balance staffs and pivots. At least that was my journey :). Well worth it in my opinion to have a deep understanding of the things we spend our hard earned on, as well as an appreciation the work that goes into high end watches.

Exactly, me too. Although I’m still servicing/restoring vintage Seikos, I’ve yet to start looking into lathes. Like the OP, I began by building my own custom watches.

OP - congrats! It’s a great build, looks like you had fun and most likely learned a lot. Keep going!

17 June 2020, 09:53 AM	#1
Judah "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Washington D.C. Watch: Daytona 16523 Posts: 357	Finally finished assembling my own watch. Today is a special day for me. I finally completed the assembly of my custom watch. It took 4 months to get all the correct parts, assemble, test and complete and after a few mess up I finally got it done. BLACKED OUT. It's a 1 of 1. -40mm sapphire glass ceramic PVD bezel Watch Case -29.2MM Sterile Black Leave Dial hand painted with matte black acrylic paint -Swiss ETA 2824 automatic movement -Generic H3 BLACK Date indicator date wheel 2557/ -WATCH HAND STICK FOR MOVEMENT ETA 2824 -Vintage perforated rubber strap Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

18 June 2020, 01:24 PM	#10
avilhena "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Brazil Posts: 1,115	Nice! Enjoy it __________________ Once you wear the crown, you can never go down.

18 June 2020, 02:28 PM	#11
BNA/LION 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Larry Location: San Diego, CA Watch: ROLEX Posts: 25,206	Awesome, Enjoy it! __________________ ✦ 28238 President DD 18K/YG ✦ 16610LN SS Sub ✦ 16613 18K/SS Serti ✦ 16550 Exp II Non-Rail Cream Dial ✦ Daytona C 116500 ✦ 126710 BLRO GMT-Master II ✦ NEXT-->? ⛳ Hole In One! 10/3/19 DMCC 5th hole, par 3, 168 yards w/ 4-Iron.

17 June 2020, 10:11 AM	#2
Collector2019 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: USA Posts: 610	Nice I like the passion Send in more pics Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

17 June 2020, 10:54 AM	#4
scarlet knight "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: USA Watch: Good ones Posts: 8,149	Impressive! Love tropical straps!

17 June 2020, 10:57 AM	#5
Brew "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Real Name: Larry Location: Finger Lakes Posts: 6,007	Very cool!

17 June 2020, 10:59 AM	#6
CKizzy "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Real Name: Chris Location: Nampa, ID Watch: Tachymeter Posts: 696	DIYer!

17 June 2020, 10:59 AM	#7
Pw92676 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Georgia Posts: 6,134	Hats off to you. Looks very nice! Enjoy the fruits of your labor

17 June 2020, 11:05 AM	#8
denmanproject "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Real Name: Wayne Location: Canada Posts: 4,356	Very cool! I did this a while back, made a few as gifts, still have my first

18 June 2020, 01:59 AM	#9
Dsmith1974 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Real Name: Duncan Location: London Watch: DD 40 Posts: 2,262	What a great achievement! I am jealous. Well done. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

18 June 2020, 02:38 PM	#12
shaunylw "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Here Posts: 4,504	Tell us more! How hard was it? Where did you end up ordering everything from and how much are you into it? It looks great! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

19 June 2020, 05:24 AM	#13
taura "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Finland Posts: 99	Wow! I second the previous reply - tell us more about the process and what it took to get it done. How much did you learn about watchmaking?

19 June 2020, 05:51 AM	#14
thrillhouse "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Seattle Posts: 39	Nice! This is how it starts :). Next thing you’ll start learning how to service watches. Soon you’ll have $1000s of dollars worth of tools and consumables, and be looking at spending thousands more to get a watchmakers lathe to make replacement balance staffs and pivots. At least that was my journey :). Well worth it in my opinion to have a deep understanding of the things we spend our hard earned on, as well as an appreciation the work that goes into high end watches.

1 July 2020, 12:03 PM	#15
rockdrock "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,120	Cool! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

4 July 2020, 02:16 AM	#16
schoolboy Banned Join Date: Nov 2017 Real Name: Jesus Location: Texas Watch: 116234 Posts: 8,721	Super cool! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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