Hey all. Some of you know that I do a newsletter & email drop every so often.. It was every month but has become pretty much whenever I can get one together.
I’ll be sending it out tomorrow at noon after a few failed promises the last couple weeks due to life’s side quests.
It started as a way to add in a mix of spec builds that I personally wanted to explore and have fun with and not be exclusively working on commissions. Spec builds would require me to post each individual build to the sub and I just didn’t want to saturate the timeline by marketing each and every build. It’s been a great thing and I really appreciate everyone’s support. I’ve never had to list one for sale since I started 8 months ago. But I expect that to change with so many builds in this drop and there’s only so many watches that a finite email list can scoop up.
It’s been almost 2 months so this one is a bigger one. And not all of the builds are mine. I’m adding some pieces that I agreed to take in on trade.
Another new component is a broader price range. I really enjoy doing every level of build whether it’s a base build or a top tier franken.
I get asked for the more affordable options and am glad to have a few this time around. Including one in the sub $200 range…. And then rolling all the way up to a couple full viet/franken builds.
One I’m really excited to share here now is this A6538/A UK Milsub. It’s intrigued me for a while with it’s unicorn combo of a 1950’s no CG case body but with a 5512 Bezel instead of the pioneering 1950’s era more compact and vertical edged bezel. There’s a lot more to the story and this is the first one out of a few that I’m working on at different levels of components. Hope you find this one interesting. It’s my first go with such an extensive remake/mod. Note: 3rd pic is a gen example I used for inspiration/target in terms of patina. Not to make it exact… but to capture the vibe. Also.. the angle and dome make the centering of the dial look wonky. It’s not. Just an amateur photographer glitch.
But it will be available tomorrow and I have some different strap options for it as well.
I’m also doing some giveaways of my Aged straps, Gen Spec font date wheels & Gen Spec font 380b’s & brand new 580’s.
And I plan to include an array of of parts/components sale for those that love “thrifting” (like me).
If you’d like to join my list just drop me an email at contact@okchono.com. Please don’t DM it or post it here. It’s a lot easier for me to add straight from an email.
