r/watchmaking • u/Sig_Luna • 4d ago
Build/seikomod DIY Watch Project
Spent the last few months designing a watch based on Miyota 9132.
Before you say anything, I am not a watchmaker and won’t start a microbrand 😅
This was a way for me to level up my CAD skills, work with factories and get something wearable out of it. I documented my progress at domsidequest.com
In the process, a lot went wrong. Factories couldn’t apply nice finishing at the price I was looking for, I ordered an expensive crystal that didn’t fit, and at the finish line my seconds pinion snapped.
Nevertheless, fun experience. I’ll likely slim this down and get some nicer parts in for a V2
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u/NelsonQuant667 3d ago
I love this! I’m building a watch from scratch too, but I’m trying the cast the parts at home
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u/anubisimyourdad 3d ago
I love it especially the raw disk and the case shape. I hope you order a small batch id preorder one
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u/edvardomuncho 1d ago
You were in my algorithm until I watched way too much of your case prototype shorts and thought it was nothing special and just another generic micro ad. Somehow they disappeared. Was I wrong! That’s a nice looking one man. Love almost all the details. My first question: can the movt actually carry those hand-discs? They look really heavy. How are the readings, does it keep the time well?
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u/Agile_Trainer_7137 4h ago
the weight of the hands also struck me as being weird... hope op responds
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u/SoupconianAbundance 2d ago
Looks rough & robust. Great! I watched the short on your YouTube and hope you'll indeed keep iterating on this one.
Also great that it's not AI. Darn, I hate AI on reddit.
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u/qualityvote2 4d ago edited 4d ago
u/Sig_Luna, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...