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anidel
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.