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All the cheapo HK watches running piece of crap ‘automatic’ movements with skeleton dials have really ruined that aesthetic for me. Looks like you’re gonna have a great little watch to enjoy, but I would totally stick a sterile dial on it.
You could still have a display back to enjoy looking at the movement. The underside is the more interesting anyway.
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That caliber looks like the Omega/Tissot movements which they shared for a while.
Whatever you do when designing the case, pay careful consideration to the “stem height”. It will probably be quoted in Ranfft as a value “T” but you’d have to also add the dial depth if you plan on using a dial (which I would as the dial side will be fairly dull).
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Great project, totally bonkers... My only criticism would be that your lugs are a little on the agricultural side, they could use a bit of finessing imvho... Apologies if this is just a rough, can't wait to see the finished thing... 🙂
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You sure it's working? From the un wages it looks still
(I know, I know 🥳)
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thought i'd share this with the watch people of lfgss.. i hope i won't get thrown out by the purists :)
it's kind of a current project - it will be a gift for the gf.
i scored a tissot 784-2 caliber off ebay with a few parts missing. after realising that no shop will take it and sort the parts + put the thing together, i went full bender and thought "fine, i'll make my own watch...". got all the bits from 5 different countries and after a ton of reading + the magic of youtube, i took it apart, cleaned and lubricated it and put it back together (i've messed around with scale models, but fuck me these parts are small....). it works (yay!).
since there's only a few watches that i like "as they are" from the manufacturers, i didn't want to look for the original case. since i really love the skeleton designs where you can see all the internals, i wen't ahead and spent some time in inventor:
i got the glasses, the o-rings and the screws. the case will be machined from stainless steel (some time in january). it's going to have a mesh-type bracelet and i was planning to paint the hands yellow as i didn't want it to have a proper dial (also a nod to braun). the longer pointy bits on the black "dial"-thing are supposed to highlight the date.