DIY Seiko Mods

I never really liked the all black bezel and insert mod that I did a while ago, so I put on a different bezel today (need to give it a good clean to)

So my dial finally showed up :eek:

The chapter ring I have is too thick and covers a bit of detail on the dial :rolleyes:

No one has a thin chapter ring in stock :mad:

It's not exactly how I would have liked but I'm happy with it. I would have preferred a black dialled version but I couldn't find one. And I probably should have got a flat crystal instead of the slight dome this has.

Excuse the out of focus last picture. My phone wouldn't focus and pick up the lume.

Just bought this from the US



Could be a while before arrives



Parts list:
36mm oyster-style case, screw down back & crown, with 20mm lugs
Seiko NH35 movement
Namoki explorer dial
Namoki mercedes hands
GS Thin-Tite acrylic crystal
20-16mm jubilee bracelet

micks_address wrote: »

hi folks,

i just picked up an skx007 and thinking of some mods. Maybe batman bezel insert, saphire and a blue second hand. Confused re crystal.. clear or blue tinted? flat or double domed?

quite like the look of this

Snip

Blue AR and double domed would be my choice but a lot are sticking a Cyclops on which looks better on flat. The blue is quite subtle on the AR's and looks good I think, only get the internal coated version.

https://www.seikomods.com/shop/

You should find most of the stuff there.

saccades wrote: »

Not cheap though, £45 for a nh36 is 20% over priced. Some of their offerings are on a par with the cost of OEM parts.

DLW is excellent. Yobokies has a massive range (some more big price jumps).

Dagaz has a sale on at the mo.

The Seiko dial in my picture. Where can I buy that? I can only see sterile ones

saccades wrote: »

That's a JDM skx007 dial, watchpartsplaza or monster watches can get them. There is also a French crowd good for OEM that I can't remember at the mo.

Otherwise eBay, probably a little hard to get comparatively as that's the one everyone wants on their watch compared to the "k" version (that you have). Modders buy the K because the dial is often the first thing replaced.

Turns out that's the dial I have anyway. I need to pay more attention

banie01 wrote: »

Money saved!
To put towards more mods :P

Yeah I just ordered a lumed saphire bath insert from US... Next are actual saphire crytsal, change out chapter ring..think I'll go play polished silver and maybe change the bezel itself. Domed, flat, double domed, blue tint, clear it's all to much

saccades wrote: »

Sorry to burst the bubble, that's a "k" dial, note the lack of "21 jewels" and "made in Japan" on the dial, the made in Japan used to make people think that it was a higher quality due to the perceived wisdom on Japanese vs A.N.other country, hence why it's harder to come by. Any one who wants a J, wants it to keep on a stock skx007, otherwise they buy the 5% cheaper k. 99% of people don't care, just the occasional WIS.

Bubble intact...I just wanted the white markers

Kewl.

Are you doing the mods yourself?

Just had a delivery...

So my modded watch has developed a problem.

When I first put it together it ran fine. Now though the second hand seems to get stuck on the minute hand. I've checked from side on and the hands pass each other without touching.

Is this a sign that the movement is fecked?

It's the same when it's out of the case too, so it's not touching the crystal.

I might pop off the second hand and reseat it to see if that fixes it.

TheW1zard wrote: »

I have a broken movement, does anyone fix them?
Think I pushed the stem in too hard

they don't seem that expensive to replace?

TheW1zard wrote: »

I have a broken movement, does anyone fix them?
Think I pushed the stem in too hard

As said, for anything lower than a 6R (nh15 is the cheaper version) just get it replaced.

Pushing the stem will eventually just get the crown to the end stop on the case/stem tube.

TheW1zard wrote: »

Any website recommendations for movements? Cheers :-)

I bought regulated nh36 from seikomods probably overpaid

Pretty quick postage from dlwwatches
My shipment arrived this morning.

Signed crown
Double domed blue tint saphire (feels heavy)
Hands
Brushed chapter ring
Coin edge bezel

Left to arrive is lumed saphire bezel insert from US via addresspal. Movement from seikomods

saccades wrote: »

Picked a builder or doing it yourself?

Well I have a watch fixer who services for me but he's away till end of September...know anyone around Dublin that would be handy at it? I probably wouldn't tackle it myself

saccades wrote: »

My local watch guy wouldn't touch mods, even with all Seiko parts. Have used two guys in the UK but have been taking to a guy with a good rep in Belfast who is doing the next clump.

Would you mind passing on his details via pm?

Done.

Shared this in the main forum as well, but thought I'd post here too (although it's not a Seiko).

This is a Unitas 6497 with a Chinese case, hands and dial.



Compared to the Seiko mods, I'd say it was a little bit easier. The larger movement and lack of rotor made it easier to handle. Where I struggled was mounting the second hand (note I knocked the lume out of it). There is a tiny pinion that the hand goes over, and it was really tough going to get a good viewing angle to seat it. When I thought I had it sorted, it fell off and I had to uncase the movement again.

The hand ended up being bent upwards, and got caught on the hour hand. I choose the lesser evil of mashing it down instead of trying to take it off, bend it back into shape and re-seat it.

I also put on the movement holder ring the wrong way around, and it took me way too long to realise. It still went fine into the case, and the crown stem could go in - but the screws for the mounting tabs just wouldn't go in. When I did cop on, it took 5 minutes to sort out.

Not sure what the next project will be - I'll either do this again with a sandwich dial (I miss my Panerai already), or I might re-do one of my SKXs - I fancy a white faced watch.

Blanchy90 wrote: »

Vostok are a great base to mod if you want something different. There's a few sandwich dial options on eBay etc

I've somehow managed to get back up to 10 watches again, so I'll prob just keep tinkering around with the mod-able ones I have already!

micks_address wrote: »

hi folks - anyone been in touch with neil milliken watches recently? I'm having trouble getting neil on whatsapp or email and he was usually pretty rapid responding. im due my seiko mod back from him a few weeks now and its been radio silence which is a bit unusual

cheers,
mick

Have you a link to this guy? i need some work done on my 55fathoms!