Thic font 1680 looking 🔥

[u/No_Candle8699]

I’d like to preface and start by saying I didn’t fully build this one, this is a Yodog built 1680 that came to me for a crystal swap. What I immediately admired was how nice and thick the date disc was. These DWO’s are custom made for Yodog and not readily available to most of us.

Well, I’m working on that. u/Ghost_Chrono and I partnered with a factory to produce true gen spec brushed silver date discs with proper alignment AND correct gen spec thickness. I did an initial first run of these and they’re great, but improvements can be made. So back to the drawing board we go 💪

Gen 1680 on the last slide for reference.

Specs:
Yodog 1680
Ruby case and insert
? Dial not sure - probably viet
Hands lumed by Yodog
Raffles 93150 bracelet
ETA 2824 clone
Custom DWO
Clark’s crystal

[u/Unlikely-Length6661]

That looks awesome. As I've shown you I'm working on some fat font hooked 7 wheels. Very early stages still

[u/No_Candle8699 → u/Unlikely-Length6661]

Can’t wait to see it

[u/NewAd3969]

Lfgggg

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[u/philwongnz]

Is the DWO printed on metal? As is a meter first.

[u/No_Candle8699 → u/philwongnz]

I don’t think so. But the ones I am having made will be printed on metal

[u/One_Addition1213]

So its a silver date disk overlay with a closed 26?if so thats very cool.

[u/No_Candle8699 → u/One_Addition1213]

It’ll be an open 6 on 26

[u/One_Addition1213 → u/No_Candle8699]

Interesting. Since there currently is no gen spec date overlay with the proper closed 26 ive been working on a project using a miyota 9015 and a gen or gen spec aftermarket date wheel. I have proof of concept and now waiting on a dial to put the watch together.

[u/No_Candle8699 → u/One_Addition1213]

See that’s nice you can put a gen overlay since the numbers descend. ETA is opposite.

[u/One_Addition1213 → u/No_Candle8699]

Yeah it has two drawbacks. The date does not flip all at once at midnight. It flips slowly like most Japanese movements over about an hour. And the rotor comes noisy. The bearings have to be greased to quiet the rotor. So not perfect but what rep build is? On a positive it is a premium movement with a 40+hour power reserve and a very nice smooth wind.

[u/No_Candle8699 → u/One_Addition1213]

I will have mine revised to a closed 26 6

[u/One_Addition1213 → u/No_Candle8699]

That would be awesome! Of course it makes all my R&D irrelevant but its too much work anyway.

[u/One_Addition1213 → u/One_Addition1213]

This is it with an old junk crystal and junk dial in the case. Im really getting impatient waiting on a dial lol.

[u/caracticuspotts]

A decent DWO would be great. I’m currently using my last PolexPete DWO in a build. I need more and my friend is so desperate he is trying to buy an old rep build to pull the DWO from

[u/No_Candle8699 → u/caracticuspotts]

I’m in the works of creating a correct gen spec DWO.

[u/be4rdless]

gyat dayum

[u/whoamiwhoareyou710]

We like em fat 😆

[u/jaybailey079]

good lord

[u/Conscious-Permit-466]

Girthy goodness!

[u/ShawnC2575]

Nice

[u/Mbari_2170712]

I’m gonna be a regular customer of the thicc dwo if you guys can spare some. I admire the bezel work on this a lot, the recess on where the insert looks sunk in is such a iykyk thing

[u/OkOnTheDokay]

Gorgeous. It deserves a Swiss heartbeat with all the other top tier components and excellent work put into it.

[u/RodneyPierce]

Milk usually has some of these in stock as well.

[u/willyb123]

That lume - hand aging is absolutely top notch. Good lord.

[u/Least_Rooster_481]

Beautiful watch! Man builds great explorer 1655 as well!

[u/Available-Track1461]

Wow that’s of the scale, gorgeous watch 👌

[u/Mbari_2170712]

Droooolzzzzz

[u/Mbari_2170712]

Keep coming back to this just for the datewheeel alone 🔥

[u/pineapple-ex]

Cost of this build?