I'm not sure why I did it... I think I was just playing with colors... But I do think that I have just built my first 'fashion watch'...

Although not my favorite in style, the Seiko 5 is the watch I wear the most. It ticks all your boxes besides 5, but I have plans for that...insert :mischievous grin: emoji here

Wery nice! I love the case/bracelet, the offset pattern in the bezel, and of course the color. Add the custom movement, and that's quite a time gage. Add a real felt dial in that color, a spiced up date wheel with more characters, Animal colored indexes, and .... Oh, this is firing up my imagination!

Barnahedron? Quonsahedron more likely!

With this time gage, I pay homage to an influential cartoon of my childhood.

I tried for the same vivid colors and simple retro styling as Hana Barbara employed.... The watch itself (an automatic Bulova) is the same vintage as the cartoon.

Brought another old Timex back to life last night... I have a soft spot for these dollar watches and their crazy dial designs.

It's a start... Plenty of room for amassing the collection to come.

:clap: :clap: Well... I am impressed! :clap: :clap: With your will power, the time gage you chose, it's performance, and the fact that you are getting so intimately familiar with it. The straps you are making also look pro! Solid leather, nice edges, straight and even stitching... perfect for any to...

Frankenwatch from spare parts...
200m case, hand wind movement, hand etched tribal manta dial, indexes with MOP inserts instead of lume.
I don't think the offset dial is me though..., yet. Maybe old dogs can learn new tricks...

Hello... My name is Dan,... and I am a watchaholic... I have not always been one... Most of my life, I've only had one watch... sometimes I had NONE! But then my mother in law pushed me a Seiko... Good luck! I hope you can escape from the asylum. .... come back to visit us if things get to hairy 😬

Botty3105 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 12:14 pm 20230314_111041.jpg

You have captured it perfectly!

I think I see where you’ve sketched out where to make the cuts on the barrel, yes? Keep us updated on the progression of this watch :thumbup: Yup, that was the plan with the pencil marks on the barrel, but I ran out of time... I've got some other irons in the fire at the moment, but I will expand o...

Well iain , like I did say in my previous build posts, criticism is not just ok, but very welcome. There is a fine line that I am weary of crossing, one between good work and better work. It is easy to cross that line, to try and make everything as perfect as I can, but if I do, I will end up spendi...

This one goes out to Kip with a very special thank you for providing me with the original watch for this surgical exercise. THE PATIENT: 70 year old, brand new old stock Ernest Borel with small seconds. All stainless case. PRE-OP CONDITION: 8/10 cosmetics (minor acrilic crystal surface cratches, min...