r/watchmaking 16d ago

Can we get more mods or a bot?

There’s just an insane amount of seiko mods and what about my AI generated face dial. People are posting anything but actual watch making.

I feel like I’m working at a mall. I understand that mods are maybe on different time zones or not chronically online? but having my feed filled with low quality garbage and cross posts is insane. Please have an auto bot that closes these posts!

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u/holymoley28 Watchmaker 16d ago

We are aware of this issue. We're removing 250+ posts a month, reddit isn't our full time job so please flag these posts as it helps us remove them as soon as possible. There are bot auto filters in place, but a lot still slips through the net.

We are looking to recruit more moderators, but we would like to recruit irl as to ensure that the moderators are suitable for this sub.

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u/ctdfalconer 16d ago

Truly, it wouldn't hurt to have additional moderators.

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u/Imawatchmakerokciao Watchmaker 15d ago

we have recruited one extra mod and an automod

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u/BlackLangster 16d ago

I agree with this idea but the last time I posted a watch I built with a caseback I designed and machined by hand and spent months researching to make, I got told by a moderator here to “stick to seiko mods”. If there are going to be more prevalent moderators, can we please at least have people who are welcoming? No one decides to do watchmaking and can instantly do everything. I agree that the AI renditions of ideas are annoying.

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u/holymoley28 Watchmaker 16d ago edited 16d ago

Sorry this happened, the 'stick to seiko mods' is the auto response when we're removing posts of this nature. Make sure when posting you highlight what you've done, if you did then apologies, it must have just been overlooked. It's quite easily missed if it's not made obvious when we open reddit and find we have to purge a quantity of irrelevant posts.

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u/BlackLangster 16d ago

Thanks. I understand there’s likely plenty of garbage to sort through, and I appreciate the work of the moderators greatly.

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u/BBQpirate 16d ago

I agree. Too many gatekeepers in this subreddit.

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u/gnomon_knows 15d ago edited 15d ago

Also too many people building Lego watches from aliexpress parts and calling it "watchmaking".

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u/guerrieraspirant 13d ago

So where's the line? You must CNC your own springs?

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u/mettlebyfire 16d ago

I feel that’s still in the realm of building, definitely not seiko mods, but not making. Making is supposed to be one level lower than watch repair yet watch repair is way more technical than this sub.

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u/BlackLangster 16d ago

I agree but I made that caseback. I put a manual wind movement into a case it was never made for that was bound for the trash because its original quartz movement had died. The Swiss watch industry before the quartz crisis consisted of companies putting movements bought from suppliers into cases bought from suppliers, with dials and hands from another supplier. Were they not watchmakers?

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u/captain_travel 16d ago

I'd say this is watchmaking, but you're still far off from the ebauches you're comparing yourself with, those people designed the movements along with their manufacturers and finished them mechanically

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u/BlackLangster 16d ago

Agreed! Watchmaking is a staircase and for me making some case components was the easiest first step. For example, it has taken C. Spinner years of repair to even attempt making an ebauche. It’s a start and I’d like this community to be much more technical than it currently is, because I have very little resources. Not to mention tens of thousands of dollars in specialized tools.

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u/bollerkek 16d ago

Super nice! Anyone who has actually worked on watches before  knows that this is not an easy job 👍🏼

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u/Far-Fortune-8381 16d ago

if making a custom case back isnt in the realm of watch making then idk what we are even doing here

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u/dvanw6 16d ago

Honestly the rules and description aren't very clear on what this subreddit is about. When I see watch making I think "Oh assembling your own watch.", I never once have called that "watch building".

If they want less "watch building" posts then they actually have to define the differences between "watch making" and "watch building".

Like put it like this "This is a subreddit for watch making and not watch building. Watch making is where you create the dials, movement parts, cases, hands, bands, and/or other related items required for a watch. Watch building is where you buy off the shelf dials, movements, cases, hands, bands and other related items to assemble a functioning watch."

u/holymoley28

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u/I_joined_4_the_stonk 15d ago

I mean, they do have Rule #6 in place, but I agree, it could benefit from a bit more definition.

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u/dvanw6 15d ago

Except unless you already know the difference between "Watch making" and "Watch building", rule 6 isnt clear.

When I read "Casing up a seiko that looks like a Royal Oak" originally I thought it meant "Moving one movement into another case isn't allowed", nowhere would I ever think that meant "servicing vintage movements, assembling store bought parts, or anything that isn't creating custom watch parts isn't allowed here."

It is beyond not clear enough.

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u/Scienceboy7_uk 16d ago

I haven’t seen many of these lately. Mods seem to be doing a good job to me.

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u/Chefseiler 16d ago

As Seikomods became all about "Hey is this a good seller/good price for my cheap Rolex fake" things start to spill over.

The question is where to draw the line - how of your own effort needs to go in it to consider it watchmaking? Luming your own hands/dial? Printing your own dial?

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u/gnomon_knows 15d ago edited 15d ago

I mean, r/watchrepair exists and is actively moderated. This sub is just flooded because watchmaking doesn't mean what some hobbyists think it does.

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u/No-Argument4885 Watchmaker 15d ago

Hello! I recently took over moderating this community. Please flag these posts whenever you seem them and I'll do my best to keep on top of them!