Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
i was looking through my photobucket and i came across these old photos of the first mod i ever did.
the watch was actually a 'feiko' skx011j from ebay - i saw it is a feiko, becoz the case angles and dimensions were not really correct when i compared to my skx007j. it could also be over polished... the dial lettering was also poorly finshed, but it was cheap and when i started out tinkering with modding, i wanted something cheap to play around with
i bought the dial, hands and bezel insert all from 10watches (noah). the chapter ring was from yobokies.
i think this dial is quite popular, as it came in different colors, but i went with the silver, simply becoz of the starburst effect. the hands were the batton hands. the original hands i chose had the tail sticking out, but i had to change it to the "non-tail" because it kept falling off. it was later i realised i had pressed the hands on too hard and 'stretched" the whole.. hehe (lesson learnt).
enough talk, here are the peekatures (on various shoes).
leather with deploy (see the original batton hands?)
changed hands
group shot (only left with the sammi now)
the watch was actually a 'feiko' skx011j from ebay - i saw it is a feiko, becoz the case angles and dimensions were not really correct when i compared to my skx007j. it could also be over polished... the dial lettering was also poorly finshed, but it was cheap and when i started out tinkering with modding, i wanted something cheap to play around with
i bought the dial, hands and bezel insert all from 10watches (noah). the chapter ring was from yobokies.
i think this dial is quite popular, as it came in different colors, but i went with the silver, simply becoz of the starburst effect. the hands were the batton hands. the original hands i chose had the tail sticking out, but i had to change it to the "non-tail" because it kept falling off. it was later i realised i had pressed the hands on too hard and 'stretched" the whole.. hehe (lesson learnt).
enough talk, here are the peekatures (on various shoes).
leather with deploy (see the original batton hands?)
changed hands
group shot (only left with the sammi now)
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
Nice work there.. Do u still do mods now?
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
now and again, but more for my own hobby... mod #5 was done beginning of this year: SBBN-6309milodinosaur wrote:Nice work there.. Do u still do mods now?
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
Moddy Director is very pro one. LOL.
Not as active.
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Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
then my future 55 let him mod de..... save me some coins....roo7 wrote:Moddy Director is very pro one. LOL.
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
Been toying with the idea of doing some lume work myself.. This mod virus is damn hard to shake off!
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
ehhh... i too scared to do for others.. not so pro yet..watchlooker wrote:then my future 55 let him mod de..... save me some coins....roo7 wrote:Moddy Director is very pro one. LOL.
best to leave it for Ah Goh
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
big-e you learnt to mod by yourself? or from websites/books?big-e-294 wrote:ehhh... i too scared to do for others.. not so pro yet..watchlooker wrote:
then my future 55 let him mod de..... save me some coins....
best to leave it for Ah Goh
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
From online tutorials and various posts. The open up old watched to trial and error.filtrate wrote:big-e you learnt to mod by yourself? or from websites/books?big-e-294 wrote:
ehhh... i too scared to do for others.. not so pro yet..
best to leave it for Ah Goh
Buy cheap tools at first. But cheap tools also makes it harder to learn and make more mistakes.
Check the Articles section iirc I posted the links to the tutorials I used.
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
Wah... bro e is bery talented.... I dun even dare to do all those.... there was once i borrow those china made caseback opener to open up the case and guess what... the case was badly scratched afterward... and not even dat... i even screw up a working 7009 to unworking condition when a screwdriver get in the mainspring.... hahaha.... from then on..... no more these jobs for me.....
These job need a steady hands.....
These job need a steady hands.....
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
watchlooker wrote:Wah... bro e is bery talented.... I dun even dare to do all those.... there was once i borrow those china made caseback opener to open up the case and guess what... the case was badly scratched afterward... and not even dat... i even screw up a working 7009 to unworking condition when a screwdriver get in the mainspring.... hahaha.... from then on..... no more these jobs for me.....
These job need a steady hands.....
no leh.. i only know how to open caseback to change dial and hands.
even with that, i have broken a few hands already
i know nuts about svc/cleaning movt.
best leave that to the sexpert.
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
At least u can do those.... many of us don't! Given your talent, it'll be a waste if you dun venture into movt svc.... break a few movts and you'll get the hang of it LOL....big-e-294 wrote:
no leh.. i only know how to open caseback to change dial and hands.
even with that, i have broken a few hands already
i know nuts about svc/cleaning movt.
best leave that to the sexpert.
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
definitely would like to, but dun have the time right now... and err, this need some guidance.watchlooker wrote:At least u can do those.... many of us don't! Given your talent, it'll be a waste if you dun venture into movt svc.... break a few movts and you'll get the hang of it LOL....big-e-294 wrote:
no leh.. i only know how to open caseback to change dial and hands.
even with that, i have broken a few hands already
i know nuts about svc/cleaning movt.
best leave that to the sexpert.
dun think tutorial got such detail as to how to lubricate and where..
for now, its a fun hobby.
Re: Gone... but not forgotten: my first skx mod
Ya bro e zai.. When conduct classes for sc? Haha..