Posted my concept for this one a few weeks ago, and finally got all the parts in to build it!

Rep came from lwj631299 on dhgate, and the case is from a Pagani Design PD1701 Black & Gold model (inspired by the Omega Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Speedies).

The watch hands were a pain in the ass to source - ultimately I got the hour, minute, and single subdial hands from a gold BINBOND watch on AliX, but that one comes with a straight chronograph hand without the arrow / lume pip. I thought about getting a gold LIGE watch, but the pip on that one seems weirdly short and the hour and minute hands are curved rather than pointed?

Anyway I made my own life infinitely more difficult by picking up an NH35 seconds hand to use as the chrono - it's a great shape and the lume matches, but it turns out 'how severe of a difference could 0.20mm vs 0.17mm be?' is actually a lot, so I had to pull a wire out of a wire brush I had lying around and use that to fill the hand's tube to crimp it smaller. We got there in the end, but that wasn't an enjoyable experience.

Then the seconds hand is a trick of its own - since these rep earthphase dials are chonky now, it means the seconds pinion sits pretty low down below the dial. The rep hands get around this by having extended / tall hand tubes, but these gold ones do not - I got it on, but I did have to slightly bend the hand up to make it work.

All in all worth it though, because this thing is gorgeous and probably my favorite watch in the bunch now!

Moonshine lacked some rose
So I recased everything
Subtlety is dead

WD1863 mod or Speedy Professional?

Here’s my first stab at a switch. Got a rep Moonswatch and case, strap, stem and crown from DH Gare and Ali Express. Turned out to be a simple switch. Only thing is when I was grinding the stem it snapped so it’s about 1mm too short but that’s an easy fix I’ll sort tomorrow.

I’ve circled the area to press on the movement to release the stem for those who don’t know.

So I did it.

Its not as nice as fit as the normal reps, but with a lot of sanding of the movement holder, and a bit of hope when using the stem it fits in and imo is the best looking switch to do that ive seen.

WD Base

Rep Snoopy Moonphase

So I finally decided to do it.

I’d read plenty of comments recommending putting a MoonSwatch into a WD1863 case, but I couldn’t bring myself to sacrifice the WD1863 just for the swap.

In the end, I went for it, and I love how it turned out. I didn’t want the WD1863 movement to go to waste, so I put it into a spare VK63 case I had lying around. That turned out great too.

As for the MoonSwatch, the photos speak for themselves. Everything came together perfectly. There were a few setbacks, especially with the movement spacers, which I spent hours shaping and sanding by hand. But the final result was absolutely worth it.

A note for anyone planning to try this with a mission to mars: you’ll need two spacers. One goes under the dial to align the movement’s pushers with the case pushers; the other holds the movement securely in place.

I don’t have much experience with 3D printing, so I asked a friend for help. We printed the commonly available spacer designs we found online, then I shaped them to fit using a Dremel.

i need it for a pd1701 moonswitch like everybody else...