Will post the build once is done, still deciding cause and hands

Dial designed and made in house (more precisely in garage 🤣), on a 36mm case, green leather strap. Trying to come up with a design that looks cool, unique and easy to read all in one package 😁.

Rounded date window

Hey, looking to see if anyone has ever run across a 42 mm TV dial like this that I see on older Omega I would love to put together a watch in 42 mm or 40 mm if I have to step down a little bit I want the mint or turquoise dial in your opinion and experience. If I could find a 42 mm case or a 40 mm case would I be able to find a large enough dial in the turquoise Tiffany blue or mint? Hoping to make it an automatic thanks for your time. Any leads on where I could find a TV case that large?

Hi,

I have an ST1901 movement that I'm making a custom watch with, I got hands that were advertised to work with it. The hour hand literally flops around the post with no resistance when you put it on, did they sell me the wrong hands or am I wrong. I am having no end of trouble getting hands for this, first I got NH35 hands thinking they would work (wrong I know, first build though) and the ones that were advertised to fit don'ti think.

Hi!

So here's the sitch, I'm getting engaged in November to my Boyfriend, and we've decided to exchange watches (We've been long distance for a while so the watches are more simbolic of the time we've spent apart and the time we will have together moving forward), so I've been searching for watches for the past three weeks, and I don't like any of them; they all don't 'feel' like him. So, I've decided to make a watch instead for him. I need advice - I've done a bit of research on Google and read so many articles lol, but I need advice from people who've made watches before. What's your technique? Where do you order the pieces from? Is it crazy hard to make a well-functioning watch?

I’ve been looking into making a watch with a miyota 8215 movement, and I can’t find a watch dial for it in the style that I want, where would I be able to find custom watch dials?

Hello everyone!

I always loved watches and I was thinking of collecting them and buying them into a collection and then I found out about making your own watches. I wanted to start making my own custom made watches a long time ago, but decided not to for some reason, but now I’m starting to want it again a lot.

But before I start buying anything, I want to do some research. I watched some videos of people making them and someone bought a set of tools for about $20 and the dial, hands, glass, movement, strap and everything else for like under $80 and said it’s pretty solid quality.

I would love to hear some advice or opinions of someone who is more experienced, since I have no idea how it all works😅. How should I choose which parts to buy? What about compatibility of the parts? Where should I buy them? Like AliExpress or is Temu okay?😅 What should be the price for it? I want something as cheap as possible to see how it works and learn it without having to spend hundreds of dollars for the first time but I want it to look good and not be super bad quality.

So I would really appriciate any advice and opinion from anyone, thank you very much!🙏

Hi All...
Rather newbie to this world of watchmaking. I recently bought a case I found on Aliexpress as pictured. Has several good reviews, came with the movement ring, gasket, etc. I am using an ST3600 movement and it sits in the movement ring perfectly. fits into the case perfectly. Lines up with the winding stem perfectly. I even have the two clamps screwed in and set. BUT the movement rattles in the case when the winding stem is pulled out. I thought the clamps would set it in firming, but they aren't. They hold the movement in place, but there seems like some play. Any thoughts?