Build Your Own Watch from Parts on Ebay or Parts Suppliers!
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2020
- Hi Guys!
In todays video, I'm going to cover the subject of buying parts to make your own watch. I'm not going to be using anything expensive, but some Chinese products that you can get that believe it or not, are very good.
For all the parts you need and a list of instructions to build your own watch,
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One good tip for first timers is before putting the hour hand on, set the time on the watch just until the date changes. That way the hour hand goes on at 12 just as the date would change making the date change more accurate.
That was going to be my exact question. So many videos gloss over this, and I ve always wondered how they do it. One of my biggest pet peeves is a watch that doesn't click over at the right time.
Followed along and finally completed my own watch. Looks little bit like this. Second hand was a bitch to get set right with tweasers😊
@user-sj3dt2ny9b is it very difficult to build a custom watch?
Wow that's pure genius love the watch great job you make it look so easy. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
❤ CZcams algorithm. Please bless this channel with views
This is really cool. Thank you for taking the time to show us.
❤ thank you Peter. You're a temptation to start building watches.
Nice Job and clear explanation how to. Thank you!
I will always give thumbs up for videos like this,nice watch👊🏼💪🏼
Love that seamaster style dial
Just the video I needed. Thank you. Was wondering if I should trim extra dial feet off - now I know that is correct. Nice to know I can remove the day or date rings if the the dial has no window.
Thank you so much for this lesson!
This is a great video! Please make more videos like this where you just build your own custom watches of different styles
You are so professional while working on watches. I inherited a Rolex from a dear friend. We were both in the service, me Marine and he was a Vietnam vet and was my hero. I got to take care of him the last 3 years. I got stage 4 tonsil cancer and he saved my life, I helped him back. I inherited his Rolex 16234 36 mm cream stick dial, white gold bezel. It means the world to me. I beat the cancer with my support staff. I'm blessed. I think you could help me. I want to take his 16234 and have you make a stament piece with US Marine colors and use the white gold bezel. Is this something you could do? I look forward to see many more of your videos. I have two other if it turns out good. Thanks for being a true watch professional. My great grandfather was a master watch builder and was Hamilton watch company General manager for years and years. I have watches in my blood. Lol. Neal Lee Apollo Beach Florida. Thanks
Hi, Excellent video, perfect for a beginner like me. Thanks
Thank you
Great video , very helpful. Thanks
This is the best video I have seen today about this. Thank you very much. Looking forward to building my own Seiko. Do you recommend to put sealing grease?
Wow so impressive. Ive always loved/collected watches but and my next big step is to order the necessary tools to build my first watch. Do you have any recommendations for a watch kit? Like a pre made toolbox. Also, do you sell watches? To see a watch built, then own it, would be very cool.
I miss the part where you print the decal and put it onto the dial. The red second hand would have been fit better. Nice video, though.
Awesome watch! Thanks for sharing. Can you please tell us what's the criteria you use to choose the different parts?
I love your video's, you should make a video where u case a pocket watch movement in to a wristwatch case!
Love it, I'm going to start making my watches, very descriptive... how'd you make the stckers?
I'm thinking about doing a build with cheap ali expres parts, but I have a question. The spacer ring between the movement and the dial, the spacer between the movement and the case and the case clips (the ones you fold in the vid) are they included, or do you need to buy them seperately?
I take a pin and push it down in the second hand just a little and it will fit to the movement easier.
Great video!
Nice video, thanks👍
I have been using NH35/36 for my builds.
thank you so much for this nice video. From your personal experience, is it possible for a NH35 case to fit a Miyota 8200 movement? Has it ever happened to you? thank you
Hi Pete Great Video!!
I¨m triying to build my watcg. Purchase a 8215 movement, came with a plastic fiting ring but no calendar ring.. what you recomend buy a metal date spacer?
Loved the video , i am new to your channel and watch "crafting" so i have to ask where do i find the tools you used 😁
Where can I find good quality gaskets/o rings for water resistance?
Very good
Thank so Much
Great video sub today question how do you remove extra feet on dial just starting out my self practicing thank you for everything
Thank you for the video please make more watches and make more videos
i am now more intrigued more than ever. been doing alot of research and might start building one for myself. will check out your site. any advice?
Yes. Make sure the dial fits the movement correctly. The dg3804 date disc has been reduced in diameter in some versions. This will make it a bit harder to make sure the date window and the date disc alignment is correct.
@@watchesandjewelry yes
Dont forget to mount the hour hand so it properly clicks over the date.
What would be the cost to have you go through one of those movements for me before I build one?
Thanks!
After watching this video, I fell in love with the charm of homemade watches.
Then, I started uploading videos of people making their own watches to CZcams, and on November 11th, I will publish videos of people who assemble their own watches.
Love it I make try my own
Maybe you can help: When opening my watch to replace the battery I discovered that a very small metal part (L shaped, that's the part that makes the contact between the battery and the watch) broke.
DO YOU KNOW THIS PART NAME? Thanks
need some help with selecting the right dial. watch cases recommend the dial size is 38.5~39.0mm. does it have to either be a 38.5mm dial or 39mm dial. or! lol. any thing between a 38.5~39.0mm dial? thanks. im new to this
Amazing video! I am just wondering if I wanted to make a Day-Date 128348RBR Homage but I want to make it my own since I want to do rubies instead of diamonds. but I can have that done by my jeweller. I am just a bit confused on how I could find a watch case that looks like the day-date and also have the flat surface for the jeweller to add the rubies. Is there any way you could possibly help in my venture? I am looking to also get a champagne dial but with no markings since I want to add my own logo and name on the watch. Please let me know if you can help keep up the great videos
I used to feel the exact way that you do concerning building Rolex lookalike watches. I believe you said: “It’s just wrong” You know what’s “wrong”? The fact that Rolex is registered as a not for profit organization. They obviously do that in order to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
When I think of nonprofit organizations I think of churches, Salvation Army etc… Not high end luxury watch companies. To me, that’s “wrong”.
Great video, you’re very talented! I’d be proud to wear a watch that looks like that. I am curious as to why you didn’t go with the reliable workhorse movement in the Seiko NH 36a?
So long as you do not try to sell them, fake Rolex watches are harmless. They're sold in many places here in Asia. Anyone who buys a Rolex watch from other than an official dealer and expects it to be real is foolish.
I've got a couple of expensive swiss watches but I've also been so surprised at finding a company called steeldive that do homages a I've bought a few of there watches and for the money they're awesome and I found myself asking the question how do the big swiss brands make a watch and claim it cost X amount ten times more than a steeldive , it's madness , it's made me think that I'll never spend hard earned cash on a swiss watch when I can easy get a cheap watch that's got all the top specs and a reliable engine in the NH 35/6 and looks good .
As are San Martin and Heimdller.
@@roberthulme1543 I've also heard good things about Pagani Design
@@shatterstone3045 pagani design aren't as good as steeldive or addiesdive. They do however have a gmt that is decent but lume is bad.
You can make your own Swiss watch by using eta movements . Atleast better than tag or rado . They all use eta movements😅🤣🤣
@@regional1000if you want a decent gmt get one of the newer ones that has the Seiko NH34 in it, the older ones have a funky Chinese movement in it that is a time bomb. All the lume is fairly decent on the NH34 powered gmt’s the bezel is even lumed on it. I bought the Seiko powered one, a friend got one of the older models with the Chinese movement and the watch as a whole is a step better than his.
Don't you create a fake dead movement on the crown when removing the day ring? I am not a watchmaker but can't it accidentally break the watch when changing the day when the hands are at vulnerable position (during the day change)? I know this watch was for yourself but if someone who didn't know it had the day ring removed, turned it in wrong direction wondering what it does breaking the watch.
Hi Peter;
Love the video by the way. It helped me sort out some things I want to do. You also showed me where to get parts.
At the beginning of the video I noticed that the dial was blank, and then when your watch was finished the dial had an Italia sticker on the dial, which I thought set the watch off beautifully. When I’m building my watches, I want to add that touch also, Only with different logos. Where can I acquire stickers small enough for dials?
Hey Melvin... Easy solution... You will need a can of clear spray enamel or laquer and some waterslide decal paper for either a color laser printer or color inkjet printer...
I get mine on amazon, of course! lol
amzn.to/37dbN7W
It is easy to work with, and you'll have to practice to make your logos small enough for a watch, but once you do, you can print hundreds on a sheet.
@@watchesandjewelry Thank you so much Peter. I'm on it!
Hey! I was wondering if you could make a nike triax as I am trying to. I just started getting into watches and I’m pretty lost on how to build one and ontop of that, what specific parts are needed. I recently came across a seller selling parts on eBay for cheap considering a triax goes for a couple thousand. Please reply that would help.
How do you know which case fits the dial?
Can you please update your website with the list and links to parts?
I always wondered what happened to Elwood Blues
Hey, the link to the parts list is not working. Somewhere i can find it?
Can I seek your advice on how to center the dial nicely in the case?
Gently bend the dial feet if the dial is not seated nicely on the movement. By doing that, you can make small adjustments to the center and the rotation
What's the simplest way to know which case to get for the movement piece?
At 14:43 what device are you using for the beat count? Is it a device we can purchase and use with our PC’s?!! Please tell us more!
How you print the dial with Italian logo?
Where we can get dial stickers ?
Water-slide decals available on Amazon or ebay
Does the movement fit any size of diameter?
I already do it made about Six so far and they look good cost about £100 for all parts case movement dial strap hands and logo if you want one made a GMT Pepsi mod NH34 movement Mercedes hands oyster case black dial green lume indences I love it I made it about 3 month ago and not lost any time at all
how did you make the logo?
Great vid. I've done something very similar, with very similar part. I did however screw the movement into the movement holder. On the miyota there are 2 screw holes so I used screws with a very wide head to secure it. Perhaps This was not necessary?
In this instance the dial is held in place by the movement adapter ring, which is held to the case by screwed down movement clips. The movement itself is held to the dial by the dial feet, as such the clips between the movement and the movement adapter ring are not necessary.
Lol. You are obviously much smarter than most people in the world. However in this case the clamps are in place to hold the movement securely in the case. So that it doesn’t shake, fall out and rattle. But if I’m wrong please let me know.
@@watchesandjewelry Go back an read his question. He's asking why you didn't clamp the movement to the movement ring, which you didn't. You clamped the movement ring to the case. In this instance, the movement is held to the dial by the dial feet, and the movement ring, which is holding the dial, is clamped to the case. In this instance it's not necessary to clamp the movement to the movement ring...would be overkill. I'm guessing you're a graduate of the Evelyn Woodhead School of Speed Reading...lol.
Got it. I'm "over kill" with clamping the movement, for some reason I'm pleased about that ;). Have a good Christmas everyone
@@cosmalas7742 You can't admit that you didn't bother to understand what he was asking you. I'm sure that while you were typing in your parents' basement out on Lawn Guyland, you got distracted when your mom yelled, "Meatballs are ready!".
I purchased my parts and noticed I need a movement ring! I am looking online for one to fit an nh35, but can't find anything. Doesn't seem right.
If you have a 3D printer you can make one. Also, there is a putty mix that is available that allows you to make custom spacers at casker.
Do most 2824 movement's come with the date spacing ring?
Yes. From the factory. I have had movements shipped to me from wholesales that where missing parts. However they are included with the movement
@@watchesandjewelry thank you for the reply.
Gday Pete, the link above for the parts you used for this build is broken. Can you re post it? Many Thanks Roger, Melb Australia
It’s an old video. However. Start with your movement of choice. Search for that. Then the dial, hands and case to match. That is the best way to do it. Remember to match the hand sizes to the movement as well as the diameter of the dial. A 40mm case should use slightly shorter hands then a 42mm case.
I can't a dial with a slot cut out for the day. Any ideas?
What is the tool called that you used to place the hands? It's like a screwdriver with a suction cap on the end?
Hand pushers. Or hand setting tool.
amzn.to/3jGB8gS
Hey Peter, do you have a good recommendation for a better replacement for a DG2813? I notice that the current DG2813 i have has a weird thing happening. When you give it a flick to get the weight to move while on my wrist, it seems like the weight is building up energy and then unwinds so to speak and you can hear it. The watch us working and keeping time. But just seems like the weight can only go in one direction and if you try to go the other it build up tension and then releases. I'm sure that isn't right, so I want a better movement like ETA, or Rhonda, but I can't seem to find a direct replacement for the dg2813. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
Ok... I’ve seen this many times... It isn’t necessarily the watch but, a problem with one of two things... Either the setting position, or the clutch system is not seated correctly, or, the clutch or setting gears may be worn... Typically, they are just out of position. Sometimes, wearing the watch and setting and winding it a few times will re-seat them. Other times, you may have to open up the watch and manually re-seat them. It happens to ETA, Valjoux and Rolex movements also... Hope that helps...
One other thing to try... Remove the winding system from the watch if you can. Run it, Set it, and then re install the winding system. That may also fix the problem.
@@watchesandjewelry Thanks for getting back to me so quickly I really appreciate it. I must admit I am fairly new to watch making, in fact, I haven't even torn down a movement yet. I just replace them. Could I convince you to do a teardown video of a dg2813 and show what you are talking about and show me? I'm sure its a greenhorn thing, but that's where I'm at. I'll also admit. Your video inspired me to make my first watch and got me into it, but I still have ALOT to learn so I thank you for that!
I’ll cover that. Give me a week or so
@@watchesandjewelry Thank you again for taking the time for little ole me. I look forward to your video! Also I noticed you use 3d printers (SLA) . I build/sell/supply parts on a small scale. If you ever need anything or help getting parts give me a shout! Thanks again!
6:57 the dial has a magic logo!
Amazes me how inexpensively they can make those watch cases. Hardly a flat surface on them. Multi-axis CNC I suppose. Program it and start cranking them out.
URL for parts is broken
What software are you using to tune the watch?
I use two different machines... That are affordable one that isn’t... here is one...amzn.to/3muFyG9
Here is the other... www.esslinger.com/tymc-timegrapher-mtg-1100-personal-watch-timer-tester/
did you make your own watch logo? 'RKY' saw a similar logo in the teardown video... if so would love to know how you did! Thank you for the help too
Yes I did
@@watchesandjewelry unless its a trade secret I would love to know!! I am constructing an "AirForce" branded watch for myself. Right now I am going to use a custom small stamp but have been researching alternatives.
Lol. No trade secret. I used a water slide ink jet printer paper to make the logos. You can use any image you want for personal use. You may be restricted if you want to use any military logo for commercial purposes. I’m guessing I should make a video about this. I get this question a lot
@@watchesandjewelry Would a small sticker work on a watch dial? I have one that is about the size of your logo but I'm not sure if it would stick.
Thanks!
Thickness of a decal matters. You don’t want to cause any issues with hand movements
What tools do I need and where to get them?
If you are going to do a custom watch, the list is simple. Watchmakers screwdriver set, case back tool, a way to trim the stem (drummel). Case screws and clamps. I also recommend watch hand tools to push the hands on, either plastic or rubber. Gloves to handle the parts and a good pad to work on. Not pricy at all. Tools to assemble a watch like this should be less than 75.00 us
can you put here a link from watch parts please ? where we can buy parts from watch. not ebay..
Sure. I will post some sources on my website by Friday for you.
@@watchesandjewelry thank you. subscribe and like !!
Just a heads up... Your link to the parts list is broken. Can you kindly repost the link please. Thanks
Is that a sticker on the dial
hello, do you service watches?? is there an email or website we can look for you.? have a great day
Please send me a message at. m.facebook.com/myjewelrybench
Do these cases from china have real sapphire crystals?
what gasket brand do you use
I buy them from esslinger.
@@watchesandjewelry Thanks for the prompt reply.
@@watchesandjewelry I'm about to embark on my first watch build, and feel in too deep. haha
need watch parts to make custom
The link to the website parts list is down 5/17/24
your web site is not working
I used to feel the same way you do concerning building watches that look like a Rolex. I believe you said: “It’s just wrong”. I no longer feel that way. You know what’s “wrong”? The fact that Rolex is registered as a non profit organization. They do that in order to not pay their fair share of taxes. When I think of nonprofit organizations I think of churches, Salvation Army etc… Not high end luxury watch companies.
Great video, you are very talented!
I definitely dont see a reason why you can't build your own Rolex's. It like saying it's not a house if Bob Vila dosnt build it!! We build gorgous homes! No difference to me! Except rich snobby dumb people 😒
Don't forget to take the blue sticker off your crown!
Lol. Thanks for the reminder.
Link to parts and or other info is dead or 404
I’ll be posting another build in about a week with the links.
Shame..the orange hand plays wrong with the other colors.. Red woulda been better..great for the price..thinking of making a frankenwatch now!😈😈
Wow!!
Not a bad looking watch. But why put a cheap looking sticker on an attractive dial?
Begrijp ik ook niet Joop.
The dial changed half way through the video because Italia wasn’t on there before
What about symbols ? I want to find small chrome colored stick on letters. An Idea to brand FLUX . when I looked All I seen was a rolex Crown. If not small sticky letters Possibly a unique symbol etc. I am not crazy about sterile Dial Watches.One would have to be a Picasso to Paint on the dial.
9:30 Changed the face too or did you just use a cheap italia transfer ??
I do not properly understand the pin shortening exercise. I realize that you have to, but I do not understand what is the right length or why. I am practical - 30 plus years in engineering and I have built several successful racing engines from bare cases. Nobody has satisfactorily explained to me yet what shortening the pin does or why the right length is the right length. I understand that the aim is to be able to pull out an unscrewed crown to set date and time, also that the crown should screw on without crushing the pin solid.
I've just destroyed my first Chinese movement through tightening a crown with a pin that I hadn't shortened enough, and I have every chance or destroying the next one I have ordered too, because I cannot grasp what I am trying to do.
To push the pin into normal running position, the crown spring has to bottom out, but then how can there be spare length left so that the pin is only spring loaded when you tighten the crown in? I don't get how there can suddenly be some spare length to wind the crown in (without crushing the pin solid) and yet still enough length to push in the pin in to the normal running position with the crown spring fully bottomed out.
Probably dumb questions for some of you experts, but I am told that the mark of a true expert is an ability to explain the complex in such a way that it seems easy. Hoping someone can help and possibly save another watch movement from being speared through the heart.
Lol. Not a dumb question. Cases ship with a crown. Movements come with the stem. The stem of a watch is designed to work the clutch inside the watch movement. Stems are therefore made long so that they can be used with different diameter case sizes. Because of that, you have long stems that need to be trimmed to fit the case with its crown. I.e. the length of the stem would be longer on a watch case that is 50 mm wide as opposed to a 40mm case. On some watches trimming even requires that a waterproof crown has an extra 2 mm so that the spring in the crown can push and tighten down allowing for the stem to remain in a fixed position when tightening. My explanation almost warrants a video. Lol. But your question is a good one.
@@watchesandjewelry Hi Peter- thanks for the reply.
My bewilderment was a little more subtle than that, but I think the penny finally dropped at around 8pm UK time last night. When you insert your shortened pin, if you press the detente, then the partially compressed crown spring still has enough force to drive the pin fully home to "watch normal running position". Then if you have cut the pin to the right length, the crown will still have enough axial clearance from the case threads in order to permit watch winding without any thread engagement.
A little pressure on the crown will then engage it with the case threads to allow it to be snugged to the case and the crown spring ensures that there is only ever a light spring force on the pin and that it is never solid.
In my case I believe that my pin was still cut 1mm to 1.5mm too long. So I was still able to engage the crown to case threads, but part way down the spring bottomed out (and in my eagerness I was too ham-fisted to notice) and so unfortunately I drove the pin too far into the movement.
I have a new movement on the way and effectively a spare pin as I am 99.9% sure that my old one is still too long.
I will enjoy dissecting the damaged movement, safe in the knowledge that it is already wrecked!
Kind Regards - Jason
Only an odd number of olives? That's a new one on me. Superstition??
Great video except the cheap RKY sticker on the watch face makes it look like dollar general purchase. It went from 8 to a 1.5
You didn't build a 'fake' Rolex. I've got a Citizen watch that looks like a Rolex. Is my watch fake? No, because it says "Citizen' on the dial and not Rolex. The maker is not trying to pass it off a Rolex and neither am I. A fake is something that's not made by Rolex, but it's got Rolex printed on the dial, and the seller and/or owner tries to pass it off as a genuine Rolex. What you've got there is a Rolex 'style' watch. Nothing wrong with that. BTW, nice vid, straight to the point with no padding.
Lol. Only fake if we put Rolex on it. Sadly some idiots do that
@@watchesandjewelry Point is that Rolex no longer holds patents on most of its movements/cases and neither do they have copyright protection as regards the style of their watches...except for their company logo and name. Anyone can copy the 'look' of a Rolex as long as they are not using the Rolex name/logo, and are not trying to pass it off as a genuine Rolex. It's not illegal or unethical. You wanna talk fake? Donald Trump is a fake successful business man and fake competent president. That's an example of a fake, someone passing himself off as something he's not...lol.
@@MrSloika So it's okay to create your own watch that looks like a Rolex, stick your own logo on it, and sell it to someone?
Yes. Look at invicta. How do you think they came to be the god awful watch company they are.
@@watchesandjewelry lol why are they god awful? Just curious as I don't know much about it
How to order mod watch from you?
Your hands very shaky..its kinda hard 2 watch video bc i notice that more ..
Band has to go no good
Did you ever do a video on cast cases ?
Are we sure this isn't Bill Murray? Cuz it sounds like Bill Murray...
i built a rolex for about 2300
with original movement.
Damn that thing looks ugly from every angle, the parts I mean. Finish on everything is bad.
what's with that hedious sticker on the dial