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Oh damn, people are actually reading to the end of the write-up? My first thought was actually an iPod touch because that's what I grew up with. I think an iPod is definitely the right call
Didn't really know if it would work until the end so didn't want to sink even more time and money in. That watch oil is bloody expensive.
I'm sure he would be but I think he must get lots of requests and I am not sure it is his usual victim for a repair =)
It is glued with B7000 glue commonly used for phone repairs and the same glue used on the back glass. It softens right up with some heat and isopropyl alcohol.
True, thank you for that I will change it in the write up. I was thinking mostly of these Seiko movements which to my understanding are normally just sandwiched by the case back but that is certainly not the norm across other watches.
I kinda screwed it up taking it apart. Didnt have any oil to add back and rusted one of the gears a bit. Goal is still longer than 5 years and probably an easy 10-20
Did a few captions and would have liked to do more narration. Needed to get it done for an Instructables competition tho so just posted it as is
Just a no name, Chinese, 20W fiber laser. Takes a minute to get through but it works.
Would have liked to do a little more talking but the video already took way too bloody long and I didnt know if anyone would watch it
And had to be open heart 1. because I liked how the mockup I did looked with an open heart and 2. because any more stem positions for different complication settings would have made my life a lot harder with getting the button/crown to work
It wouldn't have been anywhere near as funny to me or enjoyable for me to wear. Literally the only reasons. Mechanical movements are strictly worse
I've had a lot of people asking...
Damn yeah, you guys are all on the money. I was thinking of an ETA clone or Sellita. As well as the Miyota 90S5 which was a really odd pick from ghostganz because I don't think its that popular of a movement. But I was looking at it as I had 0.5mm less height than Seiko's recommended minimum height within the case, and the 90S5 was much thinner. Ended up with the NH38 anyway because I was really REALLY unsure if I could even get this to work so it was a lower monetary investment. And, the stem shape worked for the weirdo linkages I made, because the linkage I made is technically within the footprint of all those movements.
Through posting on Reddit I learnt that Moser wasn't the only one either. Apparently Ciga Designs did some similar watches and even Casio has one, the MTP-M305
I thought people would find it really boring, hence the 800% speed up on most clips. Very glad to hear at least some people enjoyed it