I just got into watch repair in February. I found a dozen old watches and a pocket watch my late wife gave me on our first anniversary in 1993. I then Bought a Diesel Rasp and began a micro brands shopping spree. Vostok Komandirski, a K39 which is my 4th , should be here this week, I got the new Panzera Aquamarine pro diver on a mesh strap came Wednesday, which I opted for a yellow rubber strap I am wearing now. Pagani Hulk I bought made me decide I wanted a Batman, which is how I found your channel. That's going to be here today. Can't wait. I bought Alie Express Pagani, Cadisen, Gauguin moon phase, Starking, and I bought a Phoibos Bronze Leviathan 45mm black dial from Long Island watches. Love it. Timex,Casio G-Shock Ga-100c and a Edifice efv-530d. Orient Bambino Gen 3&4 blue, grey dial was the first mechanical I started with in February. Love them. 35 watches total and all less than the one Breitling Avenger I almost bought in March. Instead of one $4000 watch, I decided to buy micro brands. I have been to my Rolex dealer and adore getting the full sales pitch from a new salesperson. I went to see if they sold Tudor. Its been fun this year. I am done buying for now. Three watch boxes full, so it's time to sit back and wear a different one each day. Love your channel. Wish I found it earlier
Very nice mod Dan, normally I’m not overly keen on green watches but this looks good, almost like a British Racing Green, so if whoever ends up with the watch and has a hankering to buy a vintage Bentley, the watch and car will match!! The only thing that I don’t like about the watch is the sterile dial, it makes it look a bit like a nameless watch bought in a Sunday market. If the dial had a simple, but eye catching design / logo under the 12:00 and “Automatic 200 meters” at the bottom above the 6:00, that would look great. Keep up the excellent work.
I want to buy a NH35 or 36 and build something up out of that from parts via Aliexpress. I built earlier this year a similar project being a Vostok Amphibia 090 with the iconic "radio room" dial (090's never had the radio room as they were reserved for comms staff on ships and naval bases and found on 060's) and utilised only new parts from online sellers and apart from a meltdown with second hands during the build it has remained an absolute astonishing piece. Have learned the pitfalls a plenty with such a build, it was paint buildup on the second hand itself in the little hole that caused the initial problems but now I know to carefully ream out the little tube bit for perfect fit.
Nice Job! It looks great! I really like the contrast between the green and the orange seconds hand. I'm in the middle of my first mod, but I had to set it aside because I was struggling with the seconds hand. I kind of mangled it trying to put it back on. Your video has inspired me to take another shot at it. Just need to pick up some new hands. Thanks for the links, I'll be taking a look at them for parts. Cheers and keep up the good work!
Practi8ce makes perfect. One can buy a lot of junk watches on ebay to practice doing hands.I recently got my first set of 3 hand applicator tools. Each one is a different size
You have inspired me! I have an old Seiko that I no longer wear, and now feel confident I could mod it, just for fun, and if it works out, start wearing it again.
Great fun! I've fallen down this rabbit hole , so far I've modified a SKX007, a Sekonda quartz, and assembled a field and an Aviator's watch from parts, I'm just getting up the courage to modify a 2824 Calvin Klein. :-)
@@watchmewithwatches I'm still enjoying mine! Need to do a NTTD comparison! I've just ordered the Phylida Milgauss homage, cant wait they have me hooked haha
Hi Dan, that certainly turned out to be a good looking modding, you have got a gift for modding. I would have ended up with a pig in a poke , but I’m learning more every time I watch your videos, so just might try to do something different with one of my watches. Keep safe and well in this crazy world.
Sorry for potentially a dumb question, but what size bezel insert did you order to replace? I would like to modify the same pagani watch by changing the blue bezel to the green one.
I have a TW Steel TW01 with quartz movement. It’s a big case, do you think I could get an NH35A or similar in instead of the quartz movement? Is this something you’ve ever done or tried?
@@paulinvader8428 fantastic! Yeah, mine is a canteen one too so I’m glad to hear someone else had success! Did you follow a tutorial or anything like that?
@@nathski22 no tutorial just chucked the movement in, they also do an automatic version of the canteen using the same case so knew it would fit, let me know if you need any help 😀
Insert is a bit tricky, due to its larger size. Measure the size of your standard bezel insert, and look at a parnis insert that is that size. Hands, I would get from "one second closer"
Good question, but I am not sure. Would need some measurements from the steeldive (I no longer have mine). If it does, I feel a yacht master homage coming along. Great idea, let's see if that's possible!
Very nice job, totally unique, your videos are ace has you dont bore with uselesd crap, cheers mate, you are getting really good, especially the puffing, but more finger johnnies, keep the puffer puffing mate.👍👍👍👍
@@watchmewithwatches this one? With the nh35 inside? You are not chinese and when you consider customs fee, taxes and shipping fee. Between 100 and 150 euros? I am garbage at watch prices:). Really own brand? With the right logo and the right name it would catch on!! Not like phyilida tho(phillis):)
The bezel insert is fine. That's the "sloped" profile design for the skx007. For the GMT movement, You could get different hands and dial as well from AliExpress.
I love you do this man. I am trying to get into watch modding. Can you give us a tutorial ur something mate. That would be Amazing. Like which tools are a must have for a dial change or something. Greetz from Holland.
You guys in UK would say "BRILLANT" . Good Eye .. I could see you doing a Collaboration with Phylita .or one of the watch companies to partner with to do a channel Watch.
I've been binging your mod vids. It's time I step up to modding. I am finally modding my invicta 8920. Looking for a grey sunburst dial. Are Ali express dials and hands any good?
Give it a go! Mistakes or not, you will learn and be rewarded. I have mostly bought my dials and hands for nh35 movement watches from either Namoki, DLW or One Second Closer. The quality is top notch 👌
Love it! Looks really nice! I would personally try a curved end green rubber strap on it to make it look even better, but that leather makes it look really formal and gentleman appropriate haha! Greetings from Madrid Spain!
eBay seller Lawr389 does very very nice handmade zulu's and coloured hide straps which I can recommend as his quality is superb, have bought about 7 from the chap including a burgundy thick hide 18mm for my 1960's Revlon, a thick textured hide in bottle green 18mm for my rare Vostok Amphibia 119 and a beautiful navy blue thick hide for my oldest Vostok Amphibia 090. Just been on Aliexpress buying in some much needed bracelets, I have a stack of NATO's I use when I have nothing left to put new items onto and sorely needing some 20 and 22mm bracelets and hit on some surplus Pagani ones with the glidelock thingys :D
Rolex should let people buy bit by bit and build it yourself lol like the hands ect ect untill you've got everything then build it ,,,also you wouldn't be spending one big lump of money but little bit at a time but at the end you still end up with a pucka watch.lol😁😳
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I just got into watch repair in February. I found a dozen old watches and a pocket watch my late wife gave me on our first anniversary in 1993. I then Bought a Diesel Rasp and began a micro brands shopping spree. Vostok Komandirski, a K39 which is my 4th , should be here this week, I got the new Panzera Aquamarine pro diver on a mesh strap came Wednesday, which I opted for a yellow rubber strap I am wearing now. Pagani Hulk I bought made me decide I wanted a Batman, which is how I found your channel. That's going to be here today. Can't wait. I bought Alie Express Pagani, Cadisen, Gauguin moon phase, Starking, and I bought a Phoibos Bronze Leviathan 45mm black dial from Long Island watches. Love it. Timex,Casio G-Shock Ga-100c and a Edifice efv-530d. Orient Bambino Gen 3&4 blue, grey dial was the first mechanical I started with in February. Love them. 35 watches total and all less than the one Breitling Avenger I almost bought in March. Instead of one $4000 watch, I decided to buy micro brands. I have been to my Rolex dealer and adore getting the full sales pitch from a new salesperson. I went to see if they sold Tudor. Its been fun this year. I am done buying for now. Three watch boxes full, so it's time to sit back and wear a different one each day. Love your channel. Wish I found it earlier
honestly i like the original look more! but it is fun to watch. it is my first time to see watch modification process.
Very nice mod Dan, normally I’m not overly keen on green watches but this looks good, almost like a British Racing Green, so if whoever ends up with the watch and has a hankering to buy a vintage Bentley, the watch and car will match!! The only thing that I don’t like about the watch is the sterile dial, it makes it look a bit like a nameless watch bought in a Sunday market. If the dial had a simple, but eye catching design / logo under the 12:00 and “Automatic 200 meters” at the bottom above the 6:00, that would look great. Keep up the excellent work.
The green and the leather strap look fantastic.
I want to buy a NH35 or 36 and build something up out of that from parts via Aliexpress. I built earlier this year a similar project being a Vostok Amphibia 090 with the iconic "radio room" dial (090's never had the radio room as they were reserved for comms staff on ships and naval bases and found on 060's) and utilised only new parts from online sellers and apart from a meltdown with second hands during the build it has remained an absolute astonishing piece. Have learned the pitfalls a plenty with such a build, it was paint buildup on the second hand itself in the little hole that caused the initial problems but now I know to carefully ream out the little tube bit for perfect fit.
Oh boy, a 20 minute video! Let me make some food and come back to this.
Did you enjoy? The food I mean.
@@watchmewithwatches yes. The video was terrible though and you should delete your account. LOL
I like to settle down. So long as I am not going to be disturbed 😦.
Complete utter knob
Nice Job! It looks great! I really like the contrast between the green and the orange seconds hand. I'm in the middle of my first mod, but I had to set it aside because I was struggling with the seconds hand. I kind of mangled it trying to put it back on. Your video has inspired me to take another shot at it. Just need to pick up some new hands. Thanks for the links, I'll be taking a look at them for parts. Cheers and keep up the good work!
Keep going, its not easy! Practice makes perfect, some of us just need to practice more! myself especially,
Practi8ce makes perfect. One can buy a lot of junk watches on ebay to practice doing hands.I recently got my first set of 3 hand applicator tools. Each one is a different size
Very nice!
You have inspired me! I have an old Seiko that I no longer wear, and now feel confident I could mod it, just for fun, and if it works out, start wearing it again.
What seiko is it?
Great fun! I've fallen down this rabbit hole , so far I've modified a SKX007, a Sekonda quartz, and assembled a field and an Aviator's watch from parts, I'm just getting up the courage to modify a 2824 Calvin Klein. :-)
Very cool!
Good job sir, absolutely master piece , beautiful
Your mods always turn out so nice! Well played sir!
Thanks Jason. Got my bond phylida coming this week, look forward to that coming.
@@watchmewithwatches I'm still enjoying mine! Need to do a NTTD comparison! I've just ordered the Phylida Milgauss homage, cant wait they have me hooked haha
Beautiful looking watch well done. I'm a fan of pagani design
Cheap base mod is super fun you can go nuts with parts!!!
Its so much fun, and cheap!
Excellent stuff you have motivated me to replace the NH35 movement on my PD-1639 and put on snow flakes as mod noobie 👍
Nice one! Have fun and enjoy the outcome.
A nice autumnal watch. Perfect for this time of year. Cheers Dan
Thanks 👍
Hi Dan, that certainly turned out to be a good looking modding, you have got a gift for modding. I would have ended up with a pig in a poke , but I’m learning more every time I watch your videos, so just might try to do something different with one of my watches. Keep safe and well in this crazy world.
Thanks 👍
Looks great! Love the hand set & using the bezel for a 2nd time zone is what the kids call these days a great 'hack'!
So true!
Wow, you are very talented, great job and love to watch.
Thanks so much 😊
Really enjoy your show , much appreciated 👍💯🇬🇧
Best mod yet. I reckon you might have a lot of interest in this, if and when you sell it.
Thanks so much. I might actually gift this to my father. He loves it too!
Sorry for potentially a dumb question, but what size bezel insert did you order to replace? I would like to modify the same pagani watch by changing the blue bezel to the green one.
It breaks easily when you remove the bezel insert from the watch. Is the bezel insert made of plastic or metal?
I was sceptic when I saw that green dial and the weird hands but I gotta say it came out really well. Good job!
Thanks so much! Im glad people have enjoyed the outcome, I am very proud of it!
I have a TW Steel TW01 with quartz movement. It’s a big case, do you think I could get an NH35A or similar in instead of the quartz movement? Is this something you’ve ever done or tried?
Hi I did this with a TW Steel canteen watch and the NH35 fit, just had to buy a new stem as it needs to be quite long, good luck
@@paulinvader8428 fantastic! Yeah, mine is a canteen one too so I’m glad to hear someone else had success! Did you follow a tutorial or anything like that?
@@nathski22 no tutorial just chucked the movement in, they also do an automatic version of the canteen using the same case so knew it would fit, let me know if you need any help 😀
@@paulinvader8428 yeah I checked that today too. Need to get it back from a service first then see if I can face taking it apart!
you will have to use dial dots to fix the movement to the dial, but apart from the stem thats it oh and some suitable hands
Very nice job. Reminds me of the old Smith's car dials.
It's the nicest mod from You so far! Kudos for using a dial with date window! I was waiting for the cyclops removing part 🙃
Nice job, Sir 👌👌👌
Only if necessary my friend.
Is the original bezel insert plastic??? It's quite easy to break.
Great job ! Where i can find a bezel insert and hands for my PD 1639 please !???
Insert is a bit tricky, due to its larger size. Measure the size of your standard bezel insert, and look at a parnis insert that is that size. Hands, I would get from "one second closer"
Fantastic job ..... Lovely looking watch
Thank you! Cheers!
That`s come out popping that has mate nice job,well done.
Thank you! Cheers!
Great mod Dan, it is beautiful 👍
Thanks 👍
Very nice! On a side note, never touch a movement or dial with your bare fingers. Use finger cots. Cheers.
Thanks, will do!
Great theme!
Great video, would like to have seen you put the bezel back in, really nice watch😃👍
Great video, i want to do the same with one of my Pagani´s it was very helpful to see how it must be done. Thanks
Would like to have seen unedited video inc the rebuild< glueing bezel and cyclops alignment so for me only half a video
Check out my other mod videos. Plenty of helpful resources there. Thanks for watching.
Will that broken ceramic bezel fit in a steeldive 1953?
Good question, but I am not sure. Would need some measurements from the steeldive (I no longer have mine). If it does, I feel a yacht master homage coming along. Great idea, let's see if that's possible!
Great job, love the color!
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi! Big fan of yours, i have an orient bambino open heart and i want to change it's dial with a branded blue one. Can you give a guide where to look?
If you can take the watch apart to measure the dial, you can then buy any dial that is that size, and attach it via dial dots.
Very nice job, totally unique, your videos are ace has you dont bore with uselesd crap, cheers mate, you are getting really good, especially the puffing, but more finger johnnies, keep the puffer puffing mate.👍👍👍👍
Nice Video. I have to try this. What size of bezel insert and dial? or which Seiko model is it comparable to in size?
The dial should be 28.5 and the bezel 38/31.5 if it uses standard skx mod parts
That absolutely gorgous!! Great work!
Really i think this design is spot on. Put your own brand on it and it will sell like hot buns.
Thank you! Cheers!
You reckon? I do have a brand I am developing. Maybe I could build a limited run of these. What would you pay for it?
@@watchmewithwatches this one? With the nh35 inside? You are not chinese and when you consider customs fee, taxes and shipping fee. Between 100 and 150 euros? I am garbage at watch prices:). Really own brand? With the right logo and the right name it would catch on!! Not like phyilida tho(phillis):)
Great looking mod, I've just purched a pagani gmt....are the mod parts freely available, are they a similar size to the skx007??... thanks
The bezel insert is fine. That's the "sloped" profile design for the skx007. For the GMT movement, You could get different hands and dial as well from AliExpress.
@@watchmewithwatches
Cheers pal
That was awesome. Thanks 😊!
Glad you liked it!
I love you do this man. I am trying to get into watch modding. Can you give us a tutorial ur something mate. That would be Amazing. Like which tools are a must have for a dial change or something. Greetz from Holland.
Hi, check out my watch mod guide video in the mod playlist. Its got a full step by step guide in writing to compliment the video. Enjoy!
@@watchmewithwatches cheers man!
Great mod! It would be great to see a before and after at the end. Besides that, great video :)
Thanks! Great advice. See you in the next one!
Nice colours. Do you have any experience with removing entire bezel? Where to buy bezel wires. What to use to lube under the bezel, etc.
Not yet, but in time I will
I also think a Black Bezel insert would have worked great as well.
Definitely, so many amazing options
This is your best effort so far. Certainly you are growing in confidence doing this. Is your eBay store including shipping to Canada?
Thanks Chris , practise makes perfect!
You guys in UK would say "BRILLANT" . Good Eye .. I could see you doing a Collaboration with Phylita .or one of the watch companies to partner with to do a channel Watch.
Great idea
I have a Pagani 1651. Looking forward to modding it in the future. Did you consider removing the cyclop? Nice job.
Thanks, i did consider it, but it lines up so well I had to keep it on!
I've been binging your mod vids. It's time I step up to modding. I am finally modding my invicta 8920. Looking for a grey sunburst dial. Are Ali express dials and hands any good?
Give it a go! Mistakes or not, you will learn and be rewarded. I have mostly bought my dials and hands for nh35 movement watches from either Namoki, DLW or One Second Closer. The quality is top notch 👌
Looks great mate. Is that a Maikes strap?
Thanks mate
It looks great 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
that is a very handsome watch in the end.
Thanks!
Fantastic video, earned my subscription 👍
Thanks for joining!
Great job 👍👏
Thank you! Cheers!
Love the video mate seriously
Glad you enjoyed it, mean a lot
Love it! Looks really nice! I would personally try a curved end green rubber strap on it to make it look even better, but that leather makes it look really formal and gentleman appropriate haha! Greetings from Madrid Spain!
Great idea!
Love the videos m8 keep it up
Glad you like them!
Great mod. I’ll have to give this a go
I would’ve liked it even more with the original Rhodium dial but that’s probably just because I don’t really like sterile dials
Thanks for watching
Is it still water resistant?
I had it in the bath and it was ok after that. In the sea jet skiing? Not sure
Me thinks a good (Xmas) gift for springboks fans.
The original pagani dial is it grey or silver ? Nice mod btw
Hi, its silver/grey, lol no help really,
wao good job my friend.stay safe watching now feb 2021
Where are the finger cots? Never handle watch parts with bare skin
The ones i had were too small, my fingers would go white! Got bigger ones now!
eBay seller Lawr389 does very very nice handmade zulu's and coloured hide straps which I can recommend as his quality is superb, have bought about 7 from the chap including a burgundy thick hide 18mm for my 1960's Revlon, a thick textured hide in bottle green 18mm for my rare Vostok Amphibia 119 and a beautiful navy blue thick hide for my oldest Vostok Amphibia 090. Just been on Aliexpress buying in some much needed bracelets, I have a stack of NATO's I use when I have nothing left to put new items onto and sorely needing some 20 and 22mm bracelets and hit on some surplus Pagani ones with the glidelock thingys :D
Dan, would you sell the grey dial to me?
Sorry, I didn't keep it! My bad,
@@watchmewithwatches thanks anyway!
Very nice
Thanks
How about a video showing how to remove the whole bezel.. not the insert.. I am sure the action can be improved..
Great idea, I will look into that
Wow
that thumb tho.... Gnarly
Rolex should let people buy bit by bit and build it yourself lol like the hands ect ect untill you've got everything then build it ,,,also you wouldn't be spending one big lump of money but little bit at a time but at the end you still end up with a pucka watch.lol😁😳
Are you aware that Pagani Design actually released a watch just like your modded one but in black?
Edit: they have it in black blue and green!
No way! They have great taste lol
The hands removal tool (1 piece) would come in handy if you do this often enough.
I might invest actually, worth a try
No they are terrible. They can easily damage hands. Always use levers!
@@watchmewithwatches Please don't. The levers you already have are way better.
Firs
This is how to scratch a dial... nono
🤮🤮
You better see a doctor
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